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174 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Decur- 
rent. YELLOW. 4 
Grits greatly decurrent, pale yellow when full grown, nume- 
~ rous, nearly of the same length, most of them dividing 
at some distance from the stem. — 
Piteus yellowish brown, with stains of dark red towards the 
edge; gently convex, but the edge turned down and bent | 
_ ©" “nso as to approach the stem; 3} to 5 inches diameter; 
, ©. clammy when wet, satiny when dry. Flesh pale dirty 
ellow. . ey = x : ; 
_Srem ania, irregularly hollow with age, yellowish brown, with 
* “a few reddish stains; near 2 inches long, and more than 
1 in diameter, rather eccentric. 
el S$) oo "This is a very-different plant from the Ag. elephantinus of 
Bolton, with which it has been confounded, perhaps because the 
pileus in both becomes overspread with dark stains, giving the | 
appearance of their having been parched or burnt. 
e Ag. lateralis. Scheff, Edgbaston Park, under oak trees. 
ee Sees bak cl 4th Aug. 1791. 
_ tubeefor’mis * Ac, Phere Gills a golden yellow: pileus funnel- 
shaped, golden yellow : stem very long, crooked. 
Schaff..248 and 249. 
eee Gills decurrent, pale golden yellow. Pilezs hollow like a 
funnel, varying in shape, golden yellow, 13 inch over. Svem 
solid, woody, cylindrical, long, crooked, scaly, scored and 
pitted, golden yellow, 6 inches long, 3-Sths diameter. Scu£F. 
Ag. tubeformis. Scheff. Trunks of old trees. June. Dick- 
son, fasc. 1, 15. — = : : 
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contig'uus. Ac. (BuLt.). Gills yellow, very numerous, mostly branch- 
ed, and inosculating where they join the stem : 
pileus cinnamon, nearly flat, edge woolly, greatly 
turned in: stem brown, streaked. = 
Batich. 61—Bull, 240. 
Grits a little decurrent, yellow, changing to watery brown, 
"very numerous, most of them branched, and where they 
join the stem, reticulated. 
Pixgvs cinnamon colour, nearly flat, but a small rising in_ the 
centre; the edge very much rolled in and cloathed witha 
considerable quantity of pale brown woolly substance; 
diameter 4 or 5 inches, #/esh yellowish white, changing 
~ when cut, toa reddish brown, ; Lt as 
Srrm solid, pale brown, with dark bloody streaks, nearly cylin- 
___drical, ¢* inches high, 2 an inch diameter. ; 
The flesh of the stem changes like that of the pileus, when . 
exposed tothe air, Our plant exactly agrees with the excellent 
