CRYPTOGAMIA, FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Decur 
rent. RED. | e 
Stem solid, orange coloured, tapering downwards, 1 to 2 inches 
high, and ¢ to 5-8ths inch diameter ; hollow withage. 
Juice rich yellow. It soon shrivels and feels remarkably 
light. The specimens from which the above description was. 
taken having been carried some miles in an open basket, gives 
me reason to apprehend that it is not so exact as I. could wish. 
I find no figure exactly corresponding with this beautiful and 
remarkable plant, but on the authority of Mr. Hudson, and Mr. 
Relhan, the deliciosus of Schaeffer must be inserted as a variety. 
Mr. Stackhouse observes that the yellow juice soon. turns 
green, and that the stem becomes hollow from the shrinking of 
the central substance, the cavity being wider above and below. 
Fir plantations in Scotland. Rivelstone Wood, near Edin. 
burgh, -[In 4r plantations on barren hills at Barr, Staffordshire. ] 
20th Sept. Oct. 
It is much esteemed in Italy, and is exposed in the markets, 
See Ag. cesareus, : 
_*Var. 2. Gills brick red, branched : pileus brick red, mark: 
ed with darker and paler concentric circles: stem, spotted : — 
juice saffron colour. 
Scheff 11. Pe 
Generally solitary, fleshy, juice saffron-colouted. Pileus he 
mispherical, depressed in the centre, raised and arched towards 
the edge, colour of brick, with concentric circles alternately 
paler. Gills brick red, branched, Svem cylindrical, spotted, 
short, thick, somewhat hollow ; without curtain or ring. Scuzr. 
Ag. deliciosus, Scheff. Woods near Guildford. Aug.—Oct. 
Mr. Hupson.—Dry pastures. Gogmagog Hills, Mr. Revuan. 
Var. 3. Gills pale brick colour, four in aset; pileusa pale. 
brick colour: Juice golden yellow. 
Belt, 144. 
Stem cylindrical, solid, hollow with age. No curtain. Gills 
narrow, brittle. Paleus at first convex, becoming horizontal, 
and lastly funnel-shaped, marked with darker concentric cir~. 
_ Cles, but these are not always equally distinct, and in some 
plants hardly perceptible. Every part of it when wounded 
affords a copious discharge of yellow acrid juice. Bort. p. 144. 
Stem solid, cylindrical, brown olive, blotched, 2 inches Jong, 
z to 1 inch diameter. Pi/eus always more or less hollowed in 
the middle, a little woolly, from 3 to 5 inches over. Specimen 
from Mr. SrackHouse. ~ 
169 
As. (Lryn.) Gills nee pinky red, numerous, in pairs: pipera‘tus. 
€ 
pileus dirty yellow white, woolly, depressed in the 
centre: stem pale yellow. ee 
