CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
Fixed. YELLOW. 
remaining longest at the edge; shape irregular, some- 
times bossed, edge always uneven, soon cracking and 
. turning up, 7 to 1} inch from the base to the apex of 
the cone. Flesh yellow, tender, brittle. 
Ste hollow, pithy, pale yellow to deep saffron, streaked, often 
flatted or twisted, splitting, 1 to 3 inches high, } to + 
inch diameter. 2 
Ag. dentatus, Linn. Huns. But I still retain the name 
given it by Mr, Lightfoot, because we have long been accustomed 
to associate it with the plant, and it is also more obviously cha- 
racteristic than that of Linnzus. aoe 
Ag. conicus. Scheff. Ag. croceus, Bull. Ag. aurantins. 
Bolt. Ag. Juxurians. Batsch. Ags conicus. Fi. dan. Edgbaston 
Park, plentiful on a grassy bank sloping to the East. Bungay 
Common; frequent. Mr. Woopwakp, Covers upland pastures 
and downs, near Bath, In woods and long grass the stem grows 
taller, Mr, Sracxnouss. pe aes ; June—Oct. 
_ War. 2. Pileus deep crimson: stem carmine colour; gills 4 
in a set. - . eae ee 
_- Ball. 570. 2-Schaff. 2. f. 65 nearly represents it, 
Bulliard’s 4 ge scarlatin. is larger than our specimens, which 
are generally smaller than var. 1. Amongst short grass and _ 
moss. Very small, glossy, highly coloured; growing on com- 
mons amongst short grass. Woolhope, Herefordshire; Clow- 
ance, Cornwall. Mr. Sracknowss. Bulliard’s 598. 1. seems 
also to be the Same. : 
Var. 3, Gills few, pale green, whitish at the edges, 4 in a 
set, but irregular: pileus green, changing to yellow brown, con- 
vex, bossed, irregular: stem green above, yellow below. 
Grits fixed, dilute green, pale yellowish brown, or whitish to- 
wards the edges, 4 in a set, but the smaller series very 
irregular, sometimes absent, sometimes 2 ina place ; large 
_ Ones about 30, : 
Piizus convex, bossed, irregular, border scored, turning up with 
ge, green when young, changing to a varying mixture 
of brownish yellow and green, 1 to i2 inch over. 3 
Srem hollow, cylindrical, splitting, greenish upwards, yellowish 
__ below, 14 inch high, thick as a raven quill. 
The whole plant semi-transparent, and so slippery with slime 
that it is wich difficulty retained between the fingers. 
Edgbaston Park, by the stews; not frequent... 
Ge /£ Ya seg 21st Oct. 1790. 
_ Var. 4, Gills loose, pinky, fleshy, 4 ina set; piles pale 
Pink: stem pinky, 
-.. but not. fixed to the stem, 4 ina set. 
Vor. IV, s 
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Mf 
Tae 
Git loose, pinky, fleshy, brittle, riot numerous, in-contact with, - 
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