CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. AgSicus. Hollow and 
Fixed.. Rep. 
yellowish snuff colour, clothy to the touch. S#em bright yel- 
low, fleshy, thicker at bottom. © So well described by Linnzus 
that it is surprising it has not been since observed. ‘These ob- 
servations, accompanied by a beautiful drawing of the plant by 
Mr. Stackhouse. 
* Grits fixed by claws, which break as the pileus attains its 
fullest expansion, deep tawny red, broadest in the middle, 
uneven at the edge, not crowded. 
Piteus rich cinnamon, convex, the edge turned down, and 
' curled in; in its state of greatest expansion flat, the cen- 
tral boss small, pointed; diameter 1} to 34 inches. 
Stem hollow, fine full yellow, cylindrical, generally crooked, 
sometimes in old plants flatted, 2 inches high, silky, 
_ shining, thick as a goose quill. 
Ag. cinnamomeus. Bolt. Plantations belonging to Mr. 
Pearson at Tettenhall, Staffordshire. July, 1792.—Pendarvis, 
Cornwall. Mr. Sracknousz, : 
As. Gills red: pileus whitish to brownish buff: stemrubigino’sus 
white, changing to purplish brown. — 
Guts fixed, but frequently separating from the stem as the plant 
comes to maturity; rich pinky red to cinnamon; 4 ina 
set, numerous, very natrow, paler when young, 
Pitevs whitish when young, brownish buff when old and crack- 
ing; bluntly conical, ¢ to 1 inch diameter, thin and 
” semi-transparent. . 
Stem hollow, 2 to 3+ inches high, thick as a crow’s quill; white 
when young, but changing to purplish brown. Root ra- 
ther bulbous. Flesh white. 
“On cowdung; Edgbaston. : 12th Oct. 1793. 
Ac. (Butt.) Gills rose red, 2 to 4 in a set, connected by 
cross threads: pileus rose red, bossed: stem pale 
rose. 
Bull. 162. 
Gits fixed slightly to the stem, delicate rose ot peach blossom 
colour, not numerous, 4 in a set, but the shorter series 
often wanting, large gills in the larger plants as if bitten 
at the edges ; all of them connected by cross threads or 
ligaments. ; 
Pitevs blossom or pale rose colour, convex, bossed, scored at the 
sides, edge ragged, turning up with age and changing to 
yellow brown, from 4 to 14 inch over. 
Stem hollow, pale rose colour, firm, splitting, cylindrical, 
_ - smooth, 2 to 4 inches high, from i-Sth to 3-Sths of an 
inch diameter. 
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