liga’tus, 
parti'tus. 
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_ CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus, Hollow and — 
Fixed. Brown. : 
edge, moderately numerous, smaller series very small, 
sometimes 1 wanting, — 
Pitgvus bluish white or purple, changing to yellow brown, gently 
. convex, or nearly flat, but always more or less of a cen- 
tral boss, turning up at the edge with age, smooth, 3 to 
inch over, — : : 
Srem hollow, red purple, cylindrical, thick as a crow quill, 13 
to inches high. Curtain purplish, composed of threads 
like a cobweb, vanishing when the plant 1s yet young. 
. \ The purple colour of the stem is the same within as without ; 
that of the pileus is very evanescent. Notwithstanding the 
difference of size, &c. it may possibly be only a variety of the 
preceding species. 3 as% 
Ag. purpureus. Bolt. Ag. janthinus. Batsch. Fir Planta- 
tions at Barr. June 28, 1792. 
(2) Grits brown. 
Ac. Gills pale brown, 4 in a set, eonnected to the pileus 
by ligaments : pileus. pale brown, flat, bossed: stem 
pale brown. 
Guts fixed, pale brown, 4 ina set, connected together and to 
the pileus by cross threads. 
_ Pixeus pale brown, flat, bossed, thin, centre deeper brown, 17 
inch over. ; 
Stem hollow, pale brown, cylindrical, smooth, 4 inches high, 
~. thick as a crow quill. 3 vo 
The whole plant semi-transparent, pale brown, white 
opake when dry. The threads or eee do not seem so 
much formed for connecting the gills ep as for strengthen- 
ing their union with the pileus and to keep them perpendicular 
to it. ; 
Edgbaston Park. Res 17th Nov. 1790. 
Ae. Gills pale brown, few, 2 or 4 in a set: pileus coni- 
cal, pale brown, sides plaited : ‘stem whitish brown, 
splitting at the top. 
Giuus fixed, pale brown, not numerous, 2 or 4 in a set 
the small series being often absent, especially in the 
smaller plants, 
Pirzus mouse brown, paler with age, conical, pointed, sides 
plaited, + inch from the base to the apex of the cone. 
"Sem hollow, pale brown, cylindrical, polished, splitting at the 
___ top, 3 to 4 inches high, thick as a thin crow quill. 
This is a very delicate plant, the stem uniformly splits at 
top in all the specimens I have examined. The pileus always 
retains its conical shape. 
Edgbaston plantations, amongst moss. Nov. 
