258 -CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
os ; Fixed. YELLOW. 
Piievs pale pink, conical, pointed, edge irregular and uneven, 
almost clasping the stem when young, turning up with — 
age and cracking entirely through to the very centre; 
height of the cone Linch. Flesh thin, pinky. 
Srem hollow, white with a pinky tinge, cylindrical, but flatted, © 
often cracking through its whole length on one or both — 
sides, and the edges at the cracks turning in so as to. give ~ 
the appearance of two stems united together; 1 to 2 — 
- inches high, of an inch diameter. % 
Pastures, Edgbaston, by the long stew in the Park, on land — 
sloping to the North East. 14th Oct. 
Var. 5. Gills loose, yellow, 2, 3, or 4 ina set: pileus and — 
stem pinky, 
The smallest gills are very minute, and frequently wanting. 
On the same sloping ground as the preceding. Qed July. — 
The Ag. aurantius is the strongest exception I have met — 
with to the present mode of arranging the genus. ‘The last two 
varieties undoubtedly belong to the aurantius, any of the plates — 
of which will give a good idea of them, if the colours, and the — 
circumstances of the gills were changed. Perhaps the gills in 
an earlier stage of growth may be found attached to the stem; 
. and as to colour, this species is unusually sportive. ‘To prevent 
embarrassment I shall introduce them as exceptions to ‘he ge- 
neral distribution ; and what system exists without its excep- 
‘tions. On further examination I am satisfied that the gills are 
all fixed to the stem, though in some of the varieties only by.2 
slender thread-like substance which breaks as the pileus expands, 
All these varieties turn black in decay. . ; 
cera’ceus. AG. (WuLrEN.) Gills pale yellow, in pairs : pileus deep 
yellow, hemispherical, smooth: stem deep yellow, © 
cylindrical. 
Sowerby 20-Wulfen, in Facq. misc. 15. ii. 2. 
Ag. stipitatus ; pileo hemispherico stipiteque subfistuloso 
_ flavis: Jameilis aquose luteolis. Wochen. 
Grits fixed, yellow, 4 in a set, not crowded, broad. 
Pieus convex, dry, deep yellow, 3 of an inch over, flat, and 
turning up with age. : 
Stem witha fine hollow, yellow, thick as a crow or raven quill, 
full one inch high, 2-10ths diameter. Flesh yellow- 
_ The whole plant of a tender texture and semi-transparent» 
_ Dry pastures, Edgbaston. * 8 , Sep @ 
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psittaci’nus, Ag. (Scuarr.) Gills bright yellow, 4 in a set: pileus 
. _. fine green and “8 buff, bluntly conical: stem 
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