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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus, Solid: and- Des 
current. Brown. 
Srem solid, buff, 2 to §.inches'high, rather tapering downwards 
near + inch diameter, crooked at the root. ° 
Ag. aureus. Bull. Inserted on the authority of Dr..Sib- 
thorpe, who found it in Shotover plantations, Oxfordsh. Sept. 
A. Gills yellow white, changing to dark red brown: pileus 
© greenish ‘buff, scurfy, convex, edve turned in: stem 
white, to brown: ring permanent. pion 
a POSES AE EA PRR FOS Bi 
Gis decurrent, yellowish white, changing when old to dark 
i PR SE ORAD B-St 0 IF he 6a wenrmaesnies le. 
Piieus greenish buff, scurfy, most so in.the centre, convex be- 
coming flat with age, but the edge-much curled in; 1 to 
; 4 inches over. omtd vahein 
Stem solid, but spongy, white, changing to brown,’ thickest 
downward, 2-inches high, thicker than a‘swan’s quill, 
Ring permanent. Rost bulbous. 
> This. is a rare species. . I found it only once, and. then near 
the bridge in Edgbaston Park which goes over the stream that 
feeds the large pool... as July, 1792. 
As, Gills white, .8,in a-set; pileus glaucous green, nearly 
flat: stem white, cylindrical. ee Sie 
Bull, 176, 
Giits decurrent, white, 8 ina set; numerous, narrow, 
Piteus pale green, sometimes nearly white, sometimes bluish ; 
163 
versicolor, 
odo'rus. 
nearly flat, but sometimes bossed; from 2 to 4 inches _ 
ae diameters 9 ; abies liner sty Sut ine 
Srem solid, white, cylindrical, 1 to 14 inch high, as thick as a 
goose quill, : BGA 
Bulliard informs us that it has a strong smell, approaching to 
that of a Gilliflower ; that it dries well, but soon loses its odour. 
Moist woods, amongst decayed leaves. Found by Dr. Sib- 
thorpe in Shotover plantations, Oxfordshire. === —— Sept. 
<* (9) -GiLrs brown. 
Ac. Gills yellow brown, 4 in a set, but often irregular 
and branched: pileus concave, satiny: stem rich 
yellow brown, | # 
er esis ie Balt. 22... ars 
Guts decurrent, rich yellow brown, numerous, 4 in a set, those 
of the first and second series sometimes branched 
Pingus rich yellow brown, clammy when fresh, satiny when — 
dry, 2'to7 inches in diameter, concave, but. bossed in the 
centre; edge turned yi but when large: and vad 
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