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apinky tinge, 
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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Fixed. 
Yaaows — 
Srem solid, but spongy; 3 inches long, 1 inch diameter, dusky 
_gold colour; brittle; pale yellow within. Botton. —— 
Var. 6. Gills pale buff: ee ‘peach bloom colour, convex 
when young, dimpled when full grown: stem pale yellow with © 
Gus fixed, numerous, pale buff, Sina set. 
Pirgus regularly convex, paler and turned down at the edge, 
«~~ from 24 to 5 inches over, hollowed a little when old. 
__. Flesh white. Curtain yellowish white, tough, leaving a 
+ permanent broad ring on the stem. 
Srem solid, but pithy, yellowish white or pinky, cylindrical, 3 
_. to 5inches high, 4 inch or more in diameter. aise 
On the stump of a fir or a larch, in the Red Rock planta- 
tion, Edgbaston; inclisters. 25th Sept. 1793» 
Maggots very soon excavate the pithy central part of the 
stem, forming an irregular hollow. Se 
_ The .above are the most remarkable varieties of this very 
beautiful and splendid Agaric, Mr. Woodward has noticed that 
when discharging their seeds the edges of the gills have rather a 
fringed than a serrated appearance. Mr. Stackhouse always 
found the gills of a bright gold colour. ileus of various tints), 
from reddish purple to rich brownish yellow ; flat, often de- 
pressed in the centre, edge turned down; clothy. Stem thick, 
large, clothy to the feel, purple. Often found in clusters. This 
gentleman discovered and sent me three beautiful drawings of 
__ the plant prior to its appearance in any English publication. Pi- 
oliva’ceus, 
texs from 2 to.5 inches over, deep saffron colour, blended with 
purple tints, but often of ared brown and purplish. Gulls con- 
stantly yellow, rather broad and full. Szem thick, from 1 to 4 
inches long. Major Vetter. i 
Ag. xerampelinus. Scheff. [Fir plantations near Bath; fir 
woods at Clowance, Cornwall. Mr. Sracxnouse.— Major 
Vetiry.—Pine grove, Ditchingham. Mr. Woopwarp.] Auge 
* Ac. Gills yellow : pileus olive green, dotted, convex 
stem pale rose colour. 
Scheff. 204, 
Grits fixed, golden yellow, in pairs, fleshy, long one sometimes 
splitting. 
Pirzus olive green, dotted, convex, 3. to 4 inches over, edge 
turned up when old. ‘ 
Stem solid, pale rose red, cylindrical, 2 inches high, } inch 
diameter. Flesh white. ScH#FFER. ; 
Ag. olivaceus. Scheff. Found by Dr. Sibthorpe in Shotover 
plantations, Oxfordshire. 5 te 
Possibly another variety of the Ag. xerampelinus. 
