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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed, : 
: Wuite. 
: FI. dan. 1013-Scheff. 74. 
Giuts strong, white, changing to buffy brown. 
Piveus at first bluntly conical, dark reddish brown and woolly at 
' _ the apex, the edge olive brown ; afterwards a more uni. 
“form rich brown. , 
Srem cylindrical, rarely straight, tapering greatly downwards 
at the root. “ag ne 
» | Ag. mellews. Fl. dan. In similar situations. with the = 
ceding. , , te 
Var. 3. Gills white, fleshy, 8 in a set: pileus dark brown 
and olive : stem neatly white, cylindrical: curtain and ring 
yellow. 
Pireus dark and woolly in the centre, horder rich yellow 
olives 1 to 14 inch diameter, cracking and turning up 
_ when old. : 
Stem white, with a pinky or brownish tinge, cylindrical 
throughout, 2 to 3 inches high. Curtain cottony, pale 
yellow. Ring deeper yellow, A much smaller plant 
than the preceding Varieties. : 
“Ona hedge bank in the Edgbaston old road. 25th Sept. 
Var. 4. Gills white, 4 or 8 ina set: pileus convex, diffe- 
rent shades of brown: stem nearly cylindrical, brownish, cut- 
_ tain woolly : ring broad, turned down on the stem, permanent. 
Grits fixed, white, 4 or 8 in a set. =: 
Pireus various shades of yellow, red, or olive, to cool pale 
brown, darker in the centre, convex, slightly bossed, 
edge turned down, cracking when fully expanded, 14 to 
4 inchesover. Flesh white. 
Stem solid, spongy, smooth, from rich red brown to nearly 
white, cylindrical, seldom straight, silky, shining, 2 to 
7 inches high, 3 an inch diameter. : 
Ring permanent, formed by the curtain, which is thick, 
tough, and woolly, turning down upon the stem. The curtain 
in the young state of the plant extends up the stem quite to the 
gills, and then stretches downwards to the edge of the pileut, 
forming striz or rising scores upon the top of the stem, to which 
the gills are not connected, but which on a careless examination 
gives them an appearance of a decurrency, not really existing. 
Ag. obscurus. Scheff. Grows in large clusters in the hol. 
lows left by the felling of trees. Sept. Oct. 
_ Var. 5. Gills dusky white, fleshy, tough, distant, 4 in a set ; 
pileus convex, rust-coloured : stem rust-colouréd, tapering up- 
wards : ring white, tough, permanent, 
Bolt. 16. z 
Grits adhering to the stem by a narrow claw. 
Pizeus ee diameter, feeling like harsh woollen cloth, Fest 
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