226° 
CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Solid and Loose. 
RED. Se 
Var. 1. Pileus smooth, ot only a little scaly when old. 
Bull. 514—Bull. 134—-Fl. dan. 714—Bolt. 45-Mill. ill. t. 
106—Lob. ic. 271-F. B. hist. iii. 824—Gars. 279. 1-Sterb. 
1-Scheff. 310. 31 is 
Guts loose, pinky red, changing to liver colour, in contact 
but not united with the stem ; very thick set, irregular 
in disposition, some forked next the stem, some next the 
edge of the pileus, some at both ends, and generally in 
that case excluding the intermediate smaller gills. - 
Pitzus white, changing to brown when old, we becoming 
scurfy ; rezularly convex, fleshy, flatter with age, 2 to 
4 inches diameter, liquefying in decay. Flesh white. 
Stem solid, white, cylindrical, 2 to 3 inches high, 4 inch dia- 
meter. Cuxrtaiz white, delicate. 
Such is the more common kind, in this part of England, 
which is so much in request for the table. They differ very 
much in size; I gathered one, whose pileus measured 9 inches 
over. The field plants are better for eating than those raised on 
artificial beds, the flesh of the latter being far less tender. 
Ag. stipitatus, pileo convexo squamato albido, lamellis rufis. 
Fj. Suec. 1203.—Ray Sy. p. 2.n. 1. and p. 3. n. 8. 
Common Mushroom. Ag. arvensis. Scheff. Ag. edulis. Bull. 
Ag. campestris. Bolt. Ag. campestris. Fl. dan. In parks, and 
other pastures where the turf has not been ploughed up for many 
years. “ ; Aug. Sept. 
Var. 2. Pileus rough and scurfy, or hairy. 
Scheff. 33—Battar. 7, A-Mich. 75. 1-Clus. 268. 
Ag. campestris. Scheff. This seems the more common sort 
in some parts of Europe. See 
Var. 5, Pileus beautifully tufted with pencils of brown hair: 
stem tapering downwards. 
Scheff. 33. f. 5.6. 
Gives a good idea of this, which with us never expands fur- 
ther; consequently the curtain is very durable. 
Ag. campestris. Scheff. Woolhope, Herefordshire. Sept. from 
Mr. Stacknoust.—Rookery, Edgbaston, a single plant. Oct. 
Var. 4. Gills’ whitish, slowly changing to liver colour. 
Grits loose, 4 in a set, numerous,’ whitish, changing to liver 
colour, ea es 
Prievs cream colour, 2 to 4 inches over, rather scurfy, nearly 
..- semi-globular. ae Seles : 
Srem solid, % inches high, 1 inch diameter, yellowish white. 
“~~ Ring permanent, tough, white. 
Edgbaston Park, under large lime creés. 42th Nov. 1794+ 
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