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“CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus flattow'ond 241 
Fixed. Waite. 
‘Ac. Gills purplish greenish white, 4 in a set but irregular, purpuras’- 
connected by threads to the pileus: pileus, edge  cens. 
- purplish, boss reddish brown: stem purplish white. 
Gus fixed strongly tothe stem, purplish white with a cast of 
<< green, fleshy, not numerous, connected by ligaments to 
the pileus, mostly 4 in a set, but very irregular, the long 
ones sometimes splitting into 3 or 4 divisions at the ? 
outer end. The gills of the second order often end at a 
distance from the stem, whilst a bit of gill is found on 
the stem, seemingly intended to meet the other... 
Pitzvs convex, bossed, very thin and semi-transparent at the 
edge, turning up with age; central boss pale reddish 
brown, border darker brown with a purple tinge; j2 to 
_ 2 inches over. 
Stem hollow, partly filled with a light loose pith, whitish with 
a purple tinge, smooth, 2 inches high, thick as a swan’s 
~quill, more or less bent, and sometimes swollen in the 
By the long stew, Edgbaston. 14th July, 1792. 
Ac, Gills whitish, numerous, 4 or 8 ina set: pileus con- sub-ceru’- 
vex, centre brown, edge blue: stem pale brown:  leus. 
root large, bulbous. ; 
Guts slightly connected with the stem, nearly white, slightly 
and irregularly serrated at the edges, the serratures most 
_ obvious in the older plants, 4 or 8 in a set. 
-Pirevs convex, brown in the centre, bluish at the edge, else. | 
~ where pale buff, or almost white, smooth, 12 to 2 inches 
over. : 
Srem hollow, but the hollow partly filled with loose pith, pale 
brown, cylindrical, smooth, cottony at the base, 2 inches 
high, thick as a goose quill. - Root a large bulb, covered 
with a white cottony substance, and dead leaves adhering 
toit. 
In some plants of smaller growth the edge of the pileus is 
more turned in, giving a rounder shape to the whole of it, and 
the purple tint is more equally diffused, “ie 
lantations, Edgbaston, S3ist Oct. 1790. 
‘Ac. (Borr.) Gills white, 4 in a set: pileus purplish, purpu'reus. 
_ somewhat bossed: stem cylindrical, purple. 
Bolt. 41. B=Batsch. 20, very like our plant, but the stem 
thicker, and neither the drawing uor the description speak 
sufficiently to the structure. en Pd ay 
ae white or purplish — 4 in a set, uneven at the 
