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196 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed, 
Aaa Brown. 
less than 4 of aninch high. Curtaiz brown white, tough, 
permanent. hinai¥ G2 . ys 
Stem solid but pithy, brown, paler upwards,.scurfy, thick as a 
_ thin crow quill, near } of an inch high. é 
On rotten wood; plantations, Edgbaston... Sept. 
muco’sus. Ac. Gills Tight brown, 4 in aset: pileus rich yellow, 
brown, flat but rather bossed: stem’ white above, 
» © yellow brown and woolly below: ring permanent. | 
Scheff.31°-Bull. 549, very stiff and unnatural. 
Gitts fixed, light brown, 4 in a set. : 
Pinus yellow brown, flattish, darker and rather bossed in the 
centre, about 2 inches diameter. 
Stem solid, above the ring white, below it brown and woolly, 3 
_. inches high, 3-8ths of an inch diameter. Ring permanent. 
Flesh brown white. — - : 
The aie and stem are remarkably viscid. 
Ag. limacinus. Scheff. Ag. mucosus. Bull. In the Earl of 
Aylestord’s Park at Packington, Warwickshire. Autumn. 
wacci‘nus. Ac, (Scumrr.) Gills pale brown, 4 or 8 in a set: pileus 
brown, scurfy, convex, gently bossed: stem. cylin- 
drical, pale brown. 
Scheff. 25; very good. 
Guts fixed, pale, changing to reddish brown, white at the edge 
; when young, § in a set. , 4 
Pizeus brown, convex, slightly bossed, scurfy with scales of 
various shades of brown, 1} to 3inches over. __ ‘ 
Stem solid, cylindrical, brown, scored, 3 to 4 inches high, ¢ t© 
+ inch diameter, often crooked. ; toe sete 
Flesh of the whole plant white, attaining a reddish tinge 
when exposed to the air. 
_Ag. vaccinus. Scheff. Plantations in Edgbaston Park. 
“ 13th Sept. 179!- 
Var. 2. Pileus yellow brown with dark blotches: stem yel- 
lowish, scored. ba. . 
In Packington Park. Autumn. 
sordidus. Ac. (Dicks.) Gills brown, 8 in a set: pileus darker 
brown, hollow: stem cylindrical, brown, bulbous. 
Bolt. 50—Dicks. tf. 3. PA Ts 
Grits fixed, dead brown, 4 or 8 ina set, moderately numerouse 
Piteus brown, darker than the gills or stem, and still ama 
the centre; funnel-shaped, 14 to 24 inchesover. to 
Sren solid, brown cylindrical, but a little swollen at the base 
