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rents. PURPLE. 
CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGT. Agaricus. Solid aiid Decur- 
Stem solid, irregularly hollow when old, pale purple, cylin- 
* _. drical, smooths 2 to 3 inches long, thick as a raven or 
goose quill, 
Stem often crooked. Pileus sométimes bossed. Differs ess 
sentially from the 4. violaceus in habit as well as colour. Mr. 
177 : 
SrackHouse. Our plant perfectly agrees with Mr. Hudson’s— 
character, and also with the more explicit description by Vail- 
lant. p. 67. | 2 em 
Ag. amethystens, Bull. Woods néar Bath. Mr. Stack. 
House. Plantations, Edgbaston. : _ July—Oct. 
*Ac. (Scuarr.) Gills reddish purple, leathery, few, in 
pairs: pileus reddish purple, fleshy: stem reddish 
purple, cylindrical. 
Scheff. 55. ° ; 
Gixts decurrent, moderately numerous, leathery, thick, reddish 
purple, turning of a blue mouldy colour in decay. . 
ru’tiluse 
Piievs flat, fleshy, thick, smooth, centre somewhat de mressed, - 
edge turned down, not changing colour as Scheffer men- 
tions. = : z resis 
Stem solid, reddish purple, cylindrical, insensibly swelling at 
the top into the pileus, tough, 2 inches high or more, 
3-Sths diameter, Major v 
HOUSE. : : : 
Ag. rutilus. Scheff. Woods near Bath. Under fir trees a 
Pendarvis, Cornwall; often distorted when fully grown, and 
eitgy and Mr. Sracx- — 
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wrinkled into grotesque shapes. Mr. Sracxwousg. Abounds — 
on Claverton owns, and from its leathery texture continues 
much longer undecayed than any othet species. Major Veuier. 
* Ac. (Linn.) Gills purple, 4 in a set : pileus rich 
brown, convex : stem paler brown, cylindrical. 
Ag. stipitatus, pileo purpurascente fusco viscido : Lamellis 
sco purpurascentibus. Linn, : 
Gills somewhat decurrent, distinct, remote, purple to brown, 
ee short ones tapering to a point, sides woolly, powdery. /i- 
us convex, hemispherical, and the edge turned in when old, 
at length turban-shaped and viscid. Stem cylindrical, brown 
yellow, especially in its horizontal section. Fi, suec. — 
_Giuts decurrent, not numerous. _ Sere, dap 
Prievs convex, edge thin, rather turned down, about 2 inches 
tog over, ry! ; - : F i eet : : 
Stem solid, cylindrical, paler brown than the pileus, 14 inch 
: high, thick as a goose-quill. Taken from a beautiful 
drawing and dissection sent me by Mr. Stackuovss, 
Plantations near Bath. Mr. StackHouss. 
Vou. IV. N / 
vis 'cidus. 
