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lacerated, fugacious; gills adnate, broad, yellowish, then umber. — 

 Fr. S. M. i. p. 291. B. & Br. Ann. No. 1255. Fr. Epicr. p. 220. 

 \V< mm. p. 253. Buxb. C. 4. 1. 16. /. 2. 



Ou dung. Oct. Sibbertoft. 



Densely gregarious. Pileus moist, prettily edged with the 

 remains of the veil, ^-1 in. across ; stem -|-- * in. high. — B. 4" Br. 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) leucotephrus. B. cj- Br. " White-capped 

 Hypholoma." 



Caespitose. Pileus at first pallid, subcampanulate, rugose, then 

 convex, expanded, whitish ; stem silky-fibrillose below, apex striate, 

 or between sulcate and striate, fistulose ; riug broad, here and 

 there appendiculate ; gills narrow, at first cinereous-white, slightly 

 adnate, then grey, nearly black. — B. ty Br. Ann.N.H. No. 1256. 



In large masses at the base of ash trees. Oct. North Kilworth. 



Pileus 3 in. across ; stem 4 in. high, 5 lines thick ; gills 1^- line 

 broad; spores -00028 in. long -00019 in. wide, very dark brown 

 purple. Clearly different from A. Candollianus and A. appendi- 

 culatus, Fr. The pileus is not of a rich brown when young, nor 

 are the gills when old at all brown. — B. fy Br. 



Agaricus (Psilocybe) agnarius Fr. " Whitish Psilocybe." 

 Pileus conical-convex, then expanded, whitish, then becoming 

 cinereous, not hygrophanous, subumbonate, between sulcate and 

 striate ; flesh white ; stem flexuous, fistulose, white ; gills rather 

 distant, somewhat broad, briefly adnate or adnexed, cinereous. — 

 Fr. MSS. B. $ Br. Ann. N. H. No. 1257. 



About the roots of decayed trees. Oct. North Kilworth, 

 Leicestershire. 



Allied to A. coprophilus. In colour the pileus somewhat re- 

 sembles Ilygropliorus ovinus. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus) acuminatus. Fr. *' Acuminate Pameolus." 



Pileus rather fleshy, conic, acuminate, even, smooth, shining, 

 zoned about the margin with a blackish line ; stem thin, equal, 

 pruinose, bicolored ; gills adnexed, ventricose, crowded, becoming 

 blackish. Fr. Epicr. p. 237. Batt. t. 22. F. B. & Br. Ann. N. H. 

 No. 1258. 



On dung. Oct. Sibbertoft. 



Exactly accords with Batarra's figure, which scarcely agrees with 

 the specific name. B. fy Br. 



Agaricus (Psathyrella) subatratus. Batsch. ' ' Blackish Psathyrella." 

 Pileus rather membranaceous, campanulate, then expanded, um- 

 1 miiate, striate, rugulose, sprinkled with pruinose atoms; stem 

 straight, rather firm, shining with a silky lustre, naked ; gills ad- 

 nexed, fuliginous, becoming black. — Batsch. f. 89. B. fy Br. Ann. 

 N. H. No. 1260. Fr. Epicr. p. 238. 

 In grassy places. Sept. Batheaston. 



Pileus rufescent, growing pale, scarce exceeding 1 in. broad. 

 Stem 1^ line thick, clad with whitish down at the base. 



