CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed, 
— Waire. . 
Pingus convex, centre hollow when fully expanded, viscid, yel- 
low ; in some specimens quite yellow in the centre, buffy 
on the sides, and with still more of a reddish tinge at the 
edge; 4 inches over. _ . 
Srem solid, but spongy; white, or yellowish white, tapering - 
upwards, 2 inches high, aid _ 1 inch diameter. 
- There is little doubt but Mr. Hudson’s luteus, rejecting the 
_ Synon. of Vaill. is a variety of integer. Mr. Woopwarp. 
Ag. luteus. Huns. 
: Mr. Hudson temarks the affinity of this to the Ag. inte- 
ger, and I suspect that its differences arise from growing in 
. the shade of trees. : 
pretext/us, 
Meadows and pastures under trees and in groves. Aug. Oct. 
—Under a large oak in Edgbaston Park. 10th July, 1792.— 
‘At Woolhope, Herefordshire. Mr. Sracknouse. 
‘Var. 7. Pileus dirty yellowish or reddish: gills very white, 
“unequal: juice milky, mild. Drawing and description from 
Mr. Sracxnoust, who found it on Coplar Hill, near Hereford. 
- Var. 8. Pileus and stem of a fine uniform purple blue. — 
 [Arthe foot of St. Vincent’s rocks, Bristol. Oct.] 
Var. 9. Pileus greenish, rather reddish in the centre. 
Packington Park, Warwickshire. ~ Autumn, 
Ac. Gills watery white, numerous, 4 in a set : pileus 
red chesnut,edged with white, convex: stem white 
“above, brown yellow below. 
Giits fixed, watery white, numerous, narrow, 4 in a set; the 
punic’eus. 
damp situation at Edgbaston. Oct. 
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long ones sometimes appearing a little decurrent fro 
being broader at the shoulder than elsewhere. 
Pixeus convex, colour nearly that of a very red horse-chesnut, 
bordered by a white edge; 23 inches over. Flesh thick, 
yellowish white. * 
Stem solid, but spongy, the substance often shrinking so as to 
leave an irregular hollow: cylindrical, white upwards, 
dirty yellow brown below; 2 to 3 inches high; } inch 
diameter, often compressed at the base because growing 
in clusters. : r 
Curtain numerous white cobweb-like threads extending 
from the edge of the'pileus to the stem, and breaking as the 
former expands; not leaving any permanent ring or mark upon 
the stem. 
'. This new agaric was found 
on. decayed oak timber in 4 
Ac. Gis white, 4 in aset: pileus pinky, convex: ‘stem 
white. © : : bie 
