CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
Fixed. GREEN, | 
Curtain very pale yellow, fugacious, leaving no durable 
mark on the stem. 
In the larger and more expanded plants some of the long gills Z 
separate from the stem ; and then they cease to grow, for they 
appear less broad than those which remain attached to it. ‘This 
circumstance however compels us to count 8 in a set. : 
Gills very closely set and in maturity changing from a yel- 
lowish ais to a dusky colour, discharging a dust when shaken. 
‘Major Vertex. When held against the light with the gills 
towards the eye and gently turned round, a beautiful golden 
metallic lustre seems to play upon the under surface. — 
Ray Syn. p.9. n. 50. Ag. lateritius. Scheff. Ag. fascicularis. 
Bolt. In clusters ; sometimes apparently distant from any rot. 
ten wood, but most constantly found under trees, or near the bot- 
tom of posts. June—August—April. 
Var. 2. Gills yellow to greenish, § in a set, regular: stem 
with a ring. os : 
 . Batsch 29, 
Gits fixed, pale, yellowish, soon changing to greenish ; regu- | 
larly 8 ina set. : 5 
Pirevs at first conical, the edge turned in, then nearly flat, full 
buff, harsh to the touch, 14 to 14 inch over. 
Stem hollow, pale yellow, silky, seldom quite straight, 12 to 2 
inches high, near } inch diameter, marked very near the 
top with a ring. : 
Curtain woolly, pale greenish yellow, not very fugacious, 
part adhering to the edge of the pileus and part to the top of the 
stem, forming a ring. ee 
Ag. spad:ceus, Batsch. In clusters, Edgbaston, at the bot- 
tom of posts, or other half rotten wood, Oct, 
Var. 3. Gills watery white changing to grey green: pileus 
irregularly convex, bossed, 
FI. dan. 890—Battar. 22. D. G. N—Bolt, 5-Scheff. 49. 6. 7. 
Gi1ts fixed slightly to the top of the stem by a minute claw, 
watery white with a faint tinge of grey, which soon at- 
tains a greenish cast; numerous, 4 or 8 in a set, 
Pireus irregularly convex, bossed but flatted at the top, sides _ 
depressed in places, edge turned in, deep buff approaching 
to brown orange, and sometimes to red chesnut, paler at 
the sides, cracking, 2 to 5 inches over, t 
Flesh yellow white. : 
Srem hollow, with a loose pith, yellow white or buff above, 
brown at the bottom, smooth, crooked, cylindrical, split- 
ting, 3 to 4 inches long, and near } inch diameter. 
_ Curtain woolly, greenish white, fringing the edge of the 
pileus but seldom leaving a permanent ring on the stem. 
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