CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGT. Agaricus! ‘Hollow and 
Fixed. Wnuire. : 
Bull. 58502." 
Grits fixed, white, numerous, the upper part only attached to 
the stem, very thin and delicate, but not brittle ; regu- 
larly 4 in a set; brownish and mottled when the seeds 
are ripe, ote ss 
Piieus white, smooth, convex, pointed and buffy in the centre, 
1 to !2 inch over. 
Stem hollow, white, thickest at the bottom, which is covered 
with a white cottony substance, 2 to 3 inches high, 
thick as a raven’s quill, 
Ag. des devins. Bull. In woods ; Edgbaston. Oct. Sist. 
Var. 2. Pileus, centre concave: stem cylindrical, 
' Var. 3. Pileus conical, uneven at the edge: stem cylindri. 
cal, . 
Grits fixed, white, numerous, 4 in a set. 
Pirzus white, smooth, conical, very thin and therefore trans. 
parent, uneven at the edge, cone ¢ inch high, and as 
much across at the base. pe = - 
: Curtain sometimes hanging in fragments to the edge of the 
pileus. | oo. ne Ee eee 
Srem hollow, white, cylindrical, smooth, splitting, not straight 
but forming a serpentine line, i4 inch high, thick asa 
crow quill, 
Plantations on low wet ground, amongst grass and moss, 
Edgbaston. Sept. 
‘The white colour in this species soon tarnishes, changing to 
a dirty pinky brown, and becoming watery at the edge of the 
pileus. {he outer coat of the stem frequently splits and sepa- 
tates, the inner remaining entire. ose Ss 
Var. 4. Gills yellow white: stem light orange; splitting. 
Girts broad near the stem, fixed only by a claw, and crumpled 
when fully grown. Flesh so little that the gills are 
marked on the pileus. 
In Packington Park. 
For other varieties of it see pl, 580 of Bulliard’s Agarics ; 
called Ag. ovinus. . as 
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*Ac. (Boxr.) Gills white, numerous, broad, 4 in a set :concin’nus. 
pileus mouse brown, conical, blunt: stem white, 
cylindrical. ‘ 
"ue iat ~ Bolt. 15. 
Guus fixed, thin, pliable, closely set. : 
Piteus conical, dark mouse brown, disolving into a sordid jelly ; 
2 inches over, nis as 
