ACOTVLEDONS. t*UNGI. AgaVlCUS. 19 



SEf/F, II. Hymenothech. Ueceplacle of the fructyicatmif a 

 permantnt inemhrane icitli pulverulent sporules. 



A. Agaricoidei. Membrane forming plates {or gills) fOrveiny, 

 23. AMANITA. 



Bursting from a Vblva. Pileiis fleshy, generally warted. Gills 

 crowded, nearly entire. Stipes mostly elongated, annulate, or 

 naked. 



\. A. muscaria, pileus orange-red or brown shining at length 

 nearly plane, the warts gills and stipes white, stipes annulate. 

 j4garicus miiscarius, Sow. t. 286. 



a. Pileus orange-red. ^. muscaria, Pers. p. 253, Jgaricus 

 muscarius, LightJ'. p. 1010. 



/3. Pileus brownish. ^. aspera, Pers. p. 254. jigaricus verrucosus^ 

 Bull. f.3\6. Curt. Fl. Loud, with a fig. Light/, p. 1012. 



Hab, \^''oods, not unfrequent. Autumn. Light/. 



This is one of the largest, and, at least the var. a., the most 

 beautiful of all the Agaric tribe. It is, however, esteemed of an 

 acrid and deleterious quality. Steeped in milk it is set in Sweden 

 to decoy and kill flies, and, by rubbing on the bedsteads and other 

 furniture, to destroy bugs. It is nevertheless said to be eaten by 

 the Russians, and that the natives of Kamschatka prepare an ine- 

 briating liquor from this, and the runners of Epilobium angusti- 

 foUuin ] but, if taken in too large a dose, it produces trembling of 

 the nerves, intoxication, delirium, and melancholy. 

 21. AGARICUS \ 



Volva none. Pileus with gills beneath, differing in substance 

 from the rest of the plant. 



*■ Stipes central. 



t Stipes solid and decurrent. 



-{- Gills white. 



1 . A./m^ra;w,gills white four in a set, pileus brownish white semi- 

 transparent, stipes brownish white. With, p. 158. Soiv. I, 10. 



H.\B. Fir woods, near Helensburgh, but not plentiful, Hopk. 



2. A. velatus, gills greyish white much branched, pileus convex 

 entirely covered by the membranaceous curtain. IVith.p. 161. 

 j4g, glutinosus, Sow. t.l , 



Hab. Fir woods, not unfrequent. Woods near Kenmuir. Sept. Hopk. 

 -(- -r- Gills brown. 



3. A. lactijluus, gills red brown, pileus dark red brown, stem 



» Both in this and the following most intricate genera, I follow the arrange- 

 ment and adopt the specific characters of Withering, since almost my only 

 knowledge of the species hitherto found in Scotland, is derived from the FL 

 Glottiana of Mr. Hopkirk ; and that gentleman refers exclusively to the 

 " Botanical Arrangement ;" so that I have no means of ascertaining what 

 the species are of other RUthors. My edition of fFitherings Arrangement 

 is the 4th. 



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