20 ACOTYLEDONS. FUNGI. AgaHcUS. 



somevvtiat buff- coloured, juice white milky mild. Willi, p. 165. 



Ligklf. p. 1012. SchcBff. I. 5. Sow. t. 204. 

 Hab. Woods, frequent, Lightf. Bothwell Wood, Hopk. 

 Lightfoot says this is one of the best kinds for the table ; but such 



assertions should be received with great caution, for Withering tells 



uSj that, on tasting it, it leaves a pungent sensation on the tongue. 



-f--{--f- Gills red. 



4. A. piperatus, gills pale pinky red numerous in pairs, pileus 

 dirty yellow white woolly depressed in the centre, stipes pale 

 yellow. mth.p.\69. Lightf. p. 10 VS. Soiv, i. 103. 



Hab. Woods^ frequent. Blair in Athol. Autumn, Liglitf., Dickson. 



-<--(--(--(- G'tlls purple. 



5. A. amethystinus, gills purple 2 3 or 1 in a set, pileus pur- 

 ple convex, stipes pale purple cylindrical. JVilh.p. 176. Sow. 

 t. 157. 



Hab. Woods, occasionally, as Carmyle wood. Autumn. Hopk. 



6. A. rulilus, gills reddish purple leathery few in pairs, pileus 

 red; disk purple fleshy, stipes reddish purple cylindrical. With, 

 p. 177. SchcBf. t. 55. Sow. t. 105. 



Hab. Fir woods^ but not veiy common, in the autumn^ Hopk. 



ft Stipes solid and fixed. 

 +- Gills white. 



7. A. crassipes, gills white brownish at the edges fleshy distant 

 4 in a set, pileus reddish brown bossed cracking, stipes greatly 

 tapering downwards ribbed. With. p. 180. Schceff. t. 88. 

 Sow. t. 129. 



H.A.B. On the roots of decayed trees. Aug., Sept. Hopk. 



8. A. stipitis, gills brownish white 4 in a set, pileus pale brown 

 darker and woolly in the centre, stem pale brown with a buff 

 tinge thicker and bulbous at the base, ring white permanent. 

 mth. p. 187. Bolt. t. 136. Sow. t. 101. 



Hab. Stumps of trees, corarnon, frequently in clusters, Hopk. 



9. A. hites^er, gills white mostly uniform, pileus of various tints, 

 stipes white. With. p. 190. Lightf. p. 1009. Sow. ^ 201. 



Hab. Woods, frequent. Autumn. Lightf., Hopk. 



10. A. elephajitimis, gills yellowish white fleshy distant 4 in a 

 set, pileus brownish yellow changing to black and cracking, 

 stipes white. With. p. 194. Sow. t. 36. 



Hab. Woods, occasionally. Plantation opposite Dalbeth-house, fre- 

 quent, Hopk. Autumn. 



^--f- Gills purplish. 



11. A. violaceus, gills purple numerous .8 in a set, pileus va- 

 rying from purple to brown convex, edge turned down, stipes 

 purple cylindrical. With. p. 203. Light/, p. 1018. Son: 

 i. 209 ? {the stipes is cottony) . 



