-ton. 
ORYPTOGAMIA.. FUNGI.” Agaricus.’ Hollow: and- 247 
Fixed. Brown. : 
Pi.gus chesnut, flattishy dimpled, turning up with age, 2 or 2 
of an inch over. 
Stem hollow, the perforation very fine, tawny or fox-colour, 
firm; fleshy, 2 to 4 inches high, thick as a swan’s quill. 
_ The almost uniform dead foxy-colour, the smallness, flat- 
ness, and thinness of the pileus, compared with the length, the 
firmness, and the thickness of the stem, give this plant a very 
singular appearance, but I have not found any figure resem- 
bling it. 
Seagal together, seemingly from one common root, amongst 
moss, Edgbaston. , _ 1ith Oct. 1790, 
Var. 2. Gills in pairs, long ones about 50; pileus convex, 
not dimpled, very small: stem club-shaped, greatly tapering 
upwards, 
Edgbaston plantations. Aug. ~ Oct. 
As. Gills purplish brown : pileus bluish, centre brown : ferruginas’- 
stem pale blue. . cens. 
Gi1ts fixed, regular, 4 in a set in the smaller, 8 in the larger 
plants, brownish with a beautiful cast of purple. — $ 
Prrevs bluish, browner in the centre, convex, the edge turned 
in, from 1 to 24 inches over. - Flesh purplish. 
Stem hollow, pale blue, or whitish, from z to ¢ inch diameter, 
2 to 44 inches high, club-shaped at the base. 
Curtain cobweb-like fibres extending from the stem to the 
edge of the pileus. . # eres gts e 
Ag. ferruginascens, Batsch, Red rock plantation, 5 P5 
Ac. (Batscu.) Gills cinnamon, 4 in a set, long ones Hyp‘ni. 
about 15: pileus reddish brown, conical: stem 
cylindrical, fox-coloured, shining. 
: _ Batsch. 96. : : 
Guts fixed, cinnamon colour, 4 ina set, long ones about 15. 
Pirevs uniform reddish brown, conical, blunt, rather scored, 
1-8th to ¢ of an inch over. 
Stem hollow, but pithy, cylindrical, shining, tawny. or fox- 
colour, 3 to 14 inch high, not thicker than a pin, 
Ag. Hypui, Batsch. Amongst moss.  - Oct. 
Ac. Gills brown, very broad, ragged at the edges, 4 in a lacinia’tus. 
_ set: pileus light brown, semi-globular : stem white, 
tapering downwards. oes 
