CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and De- 
current. RED. 
very broad, tearing from the stem when the pies: is 
expanded, 
Pitzvus buffy yellow, thin at the edge, nearly fiat, but concave 
in the centre when old. 
Stem solid, yellow, shining, 3 inches high, thick as a ravén or 
goose quill, cylindrical. 3 pass 
Ring turned down on the stem, fugacious. 
~The whole plant very brittle, tender, and juicy, a very dnall 
pressure destroying the colours, and giving them a watery dark 
appearance. 
_, Edgbaston, by the stews, rare. 20th May, 1792s 
- Var, 2. Gills brown, mottled, edges and claws white; 4 in 
‘a set: pileus buff: stem yellow ish white. 
Giuts decarrent, brown, mottled, not very numerous, 4. in a.set. 
‘The edge of the gills, and. the portion of .the Jong ones 
-_s°mext to and decurrent on the stem, white. 
Pirgus buff-colour, flattish, with a small pointed punta! boss, 
edge turned down, surface leathery, ito 13 2 inch over. 
os «Flesh white. - 
Stem solid, buffy white, glossy, various, Lhe cylindrical, 3 
‘inches high, thick as a raven quill, suddenly thickenin, ye 
- at the top at its connection with the pileus. Flesh ys 
‘lowish; but quite white in the centre, 
Chinas whitish, fugacious, sometimes leaving Fraspmesiti on 
the ‘edge of the pileus and on the stem. 
st site Edgbosien: 2 _- 20th May, 1792. 
(3) GiLLs ake 
Ae. Gills salmon-coloured, not numerous, 2 or 4 in a ‘set ;camneo-al’- 
pileus and stem white. 
Gitts decurrent, salmon-coloured, siaetly 7 in ents. narrow, not 
crowded. 
Pirevs white, polished, centre rather depressed; edge turned 
down, about 1 inch over. | 
Srem solid, white, cylindrical, about 1 inch high, thick as a crow 
quill ‘ 
qu . y 
Drawing and description from Mr, StackHouss. 
Ac. (Barscn. ) Gills pinky red, few, 4 to 8 in a set: 
se brown red: flesh red: stem pinky red. 
Batsch. 99. 
Grus Seaceet deep pinky red, not numerous, 4 ina set, but 
sometimes 8 from the intervention of other little teeth. 
Pitas brown red, rather scurfy, convex, but a little hollowed 
in the centre; 4 to 14 inch diameter. Flesh thin, red. 
= 
bus. 
rosel’lus. 
