240 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
os Fixed. Waite. 
_. Grrts fixed, white, very numerous, shining at the edges, nearly 
: uniform, 2 shorter gill only now and then intervening. 
Pirzus convex, brown in the centre and bossed; border with 
* 2 more or less of a bluish lilac cast, streaked. In its 
younger’state frosted with white shining particles; 17 
= -..\ to3 inches over. Flesh white. = °— - 
- Ste hollow, a loose pith in the cavity, very white, cylindrical, — 
bulbous at the bottom, 2 to 3 inches high, 7an inch dia- . 
meter. Ring white, permanent. 9) y 
Ray Syz. p. 7. n. 31, and all the synonyms of Hudson’s 
verrucosus, except Scheff. 90. 91, which are the Muscarius. 
This is one of the Agarics which possesses all the parts pro- 
perly belonging to the genus, and the frosted appearance on the 
pileus is probably the fragments of the wrapper. ‘This species 
is undoubtedly deleterious, vide J. B. iii. 826, where it is well 
described ; also Haller hist. 2397, and Battar. p. 28, whose fig. 
and description are excellent. m 
Ag. plumbeus. Scheff. Ag. badius. ¥\. dan. Pastures, Edg- 
baston, several together. Oct. 
5 ae Var. 2. Pileus very pale bluish lilac. — 
Scheff. 244. : 
Ag. hyalinus, Scheff. ‘Shady situations, Edgbaston as ; 
=< Oct. 
ovallis, AG. Gills brownish white, 4 in a set: pileus cinnamon, 
bossed : stem brownish white, cylindrical. : 
(Bull. 443, gives an idea of ity but the solid stem precludes 
it from being the same.) 
Grits fixed, brownish white, broad, the edge shaped like a bent 
bow, not very rlumerous, 4 in a set, the second series 
nearly as long as the first in the young plants, but the 
difference is greater as the growth advances. 
Psievs convex, slightly bossed, edge turned down, frequently 
oval, red brown, paler at the border, satiny, 1 to 34 in- 
ches over. Flesh white. ; 
Stem hollow, brownish white, cylindrical, but often somewhat 
~ flattened, thicker towards the root, smooth, silky, not 
quite central, 2 to 33 inches high, 3 to 3 an inch dia- 
|. meter. Root bulbous. 
_ Fir plantations at Barr, Staffordshire, and in Edgbaston Plan- 
tations. Sept. Oct. 
Var. 2. Stem rich cinnamon coloured like the pileus, and 
furnished witha ring. 
imen and drawing from MMi. Stackhouse. 
plar Wood, Herefordshire. Mr, Sracxnousk. ~ 
