. STACKHOUSE. 
CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus: Hollow and De. 233 
current. YELLOW. | 
sloping: stem’ whitish, cylindrical, flattened. and 
larger at the top. ; . 
Bolt, 1 He Sy 
Gi11s decurrent, of a delicate blush colour, tough, broad, “not 
numerous, 4 in a set. 
Prieus pale brown, or whitish, bossed, -plaited, crumpled, irre. 
gular, set sloping on the stem, about 2 inches over. 
Srem hollow, nearly white, cylindrical, but larger and flattened Pies 
at the setting on of the pileus, 2 inches high, j inch dia- = es: 
meter. pe es 
Specimen, description, and an excellent drawing from Mr. 
Ag. irregularis. Bolt. Ditches under trees, not uncom- 
mon. Beacon Hill, Bath. Woolhope, Herefordshire. Mr. 
STACKHOUSE. ‘ : 
| 5 (3) Gits yellow. 
Ac. Gills orange, in pairs, about 20 pair: pileus orange, par’vus, 
sg dimpled s:stem opinger.5 cok wae ae, 
“ : ; Bull. 519. ¥ BR. iss nse s “2 ge ee gee 
Gitts decurrent, deep orange, paler towards the stem, broad for 
the size of the plant, about 20 large ones and a very 
~ small one between each. 
Pireus orange, centre depressed, edge turned down, 1-3rd or } 
of an inch over. : 
Stem hollow, orange, $ or 3 of an inch high, not thicker than 
a pin. ; a 
The whole plant very viscid and semitransparent. M. Bulliard 
has called this plant corticalis, and figured it as growing on the ; 
bark of a tree, but as that is not its most common situation, his : 
name is not very proper. :  % 
Pastures, Edgbaston, amongst short grass and moss, com. . 
mon, Z 27th Aug. 1791. | ‘ 
*Var. 2. Gills pale orange, 4 in a set: pileus orange, the 
6 dimple bluish purple: stem deep orange below, paler 
above, “ 
Battar. 28. Y—very like Bull. 186, but that has a solid stem. 
Grits decurrent, whitish orange, not numerous, broad, 4 in 
a set. Sige 
Pitevs 1 line to } inch over; in the small ones bell-shaped, with 
plane margins; in larger convex, always dimpled in the 
centre; the dimple bluish purple, which colour runs down a 
eyie the stem, and may be seen through the gills if : | 
up to a strong light ; the margin waved and plaited j 
