PTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed, 
YELLOW. . 
pin. Varini. Scuarr..Stm tall in proportion, gene- 
rally curved, smooth. ileus thin, without flesh, thence 
transparent ; and from the gills being visible through it, 
striated. Gills narrowing at each end. Mr. Woop. 
bee OS Se ia ee : 
Ag. fragilis. Scheff. Ray Syx. p. 8. 0. 38. Woods and 
hedges amongst moss and Fitted Weieves:: [Pine Grove at Kirby, 
Norfolk, on moss. Mr. Woopwarp.—Pool dam, Edgbaston. } 
: Aug.—Oct. 
squamo’sus.* Ac. (Scuzrr.) Gills yellowish, toothed, 4 in a set: 
pileus_ brown. yellow, convex but irregular, ragged 
with scales: stem brown yellow, scaly. 
: Scheff. 29 and 30. 
Guus fixed, whitishyellow, toothed or notched at the edge. — 
Pixevs brown or greyish yellow, scaly, convex but very irre- 
“3 gular in shape, sometimes hollow in the centre, 3 inches 
a over. ° ; Rear ae 
Stem solid, brown yellow, scaly, itregular in shape, 14 to 3 
inches high, + inch or mote in diameter. SCHAFFER. 
The hard scaly texture of the pileus and stem, together 
with the indented gills, well characterised in Schzeffer’s. 
figures. Major Vettey. . 
eee — Scheff. Hups. 614. 17. Old trees in Ditch- 
ingham. Retuay. Fl. Cantab.—On decayed trees, particularly 
on old willows, eis Aug.—Nov. 
eitr’nus, *AG. Gills pale or dirty yellow, nearly white at the edge: 
pileus rich brown, golden yellow and waved at the _ 
edge when fully grown: stem pale greenish yellow. — 
- Sowerby 8-Scheff. 41. 
Guts fixed, 4 in a set. . . 
Piteus brown, darker with age and becoming yellow at the 
edge; convex, but when old, inverted, 2 to 4 inches 
over. . : 
SreM solid, cylindrical, but rather thickest in the middle ; near 
3 inches high, + inch diameter. e 
Mr. Sowerby informs us that the plant is envelloped ina veil _ 
of gluten when young. 
Ag. limacinus. Sowerby ; not of Scheffer.’ Found by Mr. 
Sowerby abundantly in fir plantations at Cossey, near Hoshi ; 
perona’tus, *Ac. (Boxr.) Gills pale watery straw onlogr, 4inaset: 
pileus brown, hemispherical, semi-pellucid: stem, 
its lower half cloathed with yellow wool. 
