172 CRYPTOGAMIA, FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Decur- 
rent, BUFF. “Wie 
livido-ru- AG. (Batscu.) Gills buff, numerous, 4 ina set’: pileus 
bes'cens, mouse colour, concave, edges turned down: stem 
= white, thick. 3.24 OFRS 
; : ~~ Bull, 282-Batsch. 202. 
- : Gixts somewhat decurrent, buff colour, semi-transparent, thick 
ote - set, 4 ina set, sprinkled over with a substance like brown 
_ sugar; probably the inspissated juice. ; 
Pirzus mouse colour, dotted, concave, irregular at the edge, and 
more or less turned down and plaited. ‘Three to 4 inches 
diameter. ; 
Flesh white, changing to a reddish tinge.by exposure to the 
“Rite. 
Sve solid, white, smooth, but not even, 2 inches long, more | 
__ than 4.an inch diameter, gently tapering downwards. 
Juice milky, somewhat acrid, but not peppery. 
«Ag. lactifluus plumbeus. Bull. Ag. livido-rubescens. Batsch. 
Edgbaston plantations, Aug. 1791. 
a’cris, AG. (Bour.) Gills reddish buff, 4 in a set, branching: 
_ pileu cool brown, viscid, shining, sloping: ‘stem 
whitish, shining, eccentric. 
Bolt. 60. : 
Grits decurrent, more sO on one side the stem than on the 
_ other, pale brown buff, with a reddish tinge, very thick 
. set, the long ones often inosculating. - 
Pitzus cool brown, viscid, shining, irregular, concave, 2 to 33 
inches diameter, set sloping on the stem. Flesh white. 
Srem solid, tapering downwards, flatted at the top, nearly white, 
shining, crooked, eccentric, 1 to 14 inch long. 
From the crooked stem and the sloping pileus it lies very 
close to the ground amongst the grass, and is much eaten by the 
— large black snail. ‘It abounds with white milky juice, very 
acrid to the taste. _ This species is nearly allied to var. 2. Ag- 
Listeri, and I have felt much inclined to connect it with that, 
but the differences are such that I think the investigation will 
be facilitated by the present disposition, and further observation 
- may determine more exactly whether that should be arranged as 
a variety under this species, or where it now stands. 
| Ag. acris. Bolt. 
claveefor'misAc. Gills pinky buff, very irregular: pileus brown buff, 
; cracking: stem whitish, : 
a . Scheff. 307-Bull. 551. 1. 
9 : 
Grits decurrent, pinky buff, very irregular, not very namerousy 7 
the ends of the long one frequently dedissin sometimes — 
connected by cross ligaments, 
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