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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed, 
WHITE.  * 
brown, separating in fringes on the edge of the pileus 
and on.the stem. Mr. Sracxnousz. 
Ag. ochraceus. Bull. Ag. croceus. Bolt. Ag. favo-floccosus. 
Batsch: In the Burks, and other woods about Halifax. Comb 
Woods, near Bath. Mr. StackHouse. 3 : 
-Ac. Gills white, fleshy, 2 or 4 in a-set: pileus dirty 
brown yellow, much hollowed: stem white. 
. Grits fixed, white, fleshy, in fours or in pairs; narrow. 
Pitevs dirty brown yeliow, very hollow in the centre, but the 
edge curled in, crumpled and very irregular, 5 inches 
over. Flesh white, in thickness twice the breadth of the © 
gills. 
Srem solid, white, about 1 inch high, nearly as much in dia- 
meter, tapering and rather rounded at the bottom. 
Notwithstanding the difference in the composition of the 
gills I am inclined to believe that this and the 2 following are 
- Mot specifically different. 
aura’ tus 
Under trees in Edgbaston Park, Aug. Sept. 
Ac. (Borr.) Gills yellowish white, fleshy, wide apart, 4 
in a set: pileus brown yellow, changing to black, 
and cracking : stem white. 
Bolt. 28-Sowerby 36—Battar. 9. A. 
Grits fixed, yellowish white, very fleshy, wide asunder, 4 in 2 
Piteus brown yellow, viscid, changing to almost black, and 
cracking like burnt clay ; semi-globular, but with irregu- 
lar depressions. F/esh white. 
Stem solid, white, contracted at the bottom, 2 to 3 inches high, 
and 2 in diameter. 2 
This and the following species require further attention to 
determine whether they really are or are not distinct. I am dis- 
posed, from their general habits, to believe they are not, but yet 
Joep  ectaag by the remarkable differences in the structure 
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Ag. elephantinus. Bolt. Edgbaston Park, in various places, a 
but always under oak or Spanish chesnat trees. 13th Aug. 1791+ 
. Ac. Gills yellow. white, uniform, often splitting, con- 
_ nected by threads: pileus golden yellow, viscid, flat, 
_ «9. .the sides. turned down: stem white, . 
- Guts fixed, yellowish white, in oné series only, often splitting, 
connected and strengthened by transverse threads or liga- 
ments extending from one gill to another near the inner 
surface of the pileus. 
