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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
Fixed. GRrey. : 
Ray Syn. p. 10. n. 57. Ag. pomposus. Bolt: Ag. lateritius, 
Scheff. Ag. auratus. Fl. dan. Single or in clusters, not uncom- 
mon, but the root always attached to rotten wood. : 
= : 4 Nov.—April. 
Var. 4. Gills dirty pale green covered with a purplish 
brown powder, and waved at the edge. 
Guts fixed, numerous, 8 in a set, much waved at the edge 
_ pale dull watery green, soon becoming covered by the 
seeds which are brown with a purplish cast. Flesh yel- 
lowish. a 
Pitevs when expanded nearly flat, but waved and wrinkled at 
the edge, deep buff, red brown in the centre, 5 to 7 
inches over. sere" 
Sram hollow, tinted with lighter and darker shades of yellow 
_ brown, 5 to.8 inches high, 4 inch diameter, 
‘Mostly solitary. Cherry Orchard, Edgbaston. Oct. 
auran‘tlus, | Ag. Gills fixed, few, pale green, whitish at the edges, 4 
in a set, but irregular: pileus green, changing to 
yellow brown, convex, bossed, irregular : stem 
green above, yellow below. : 
Ag. aurantius. Var, 3, see page 262, 
ae 
(8) Grits grey. 3 
camneo-fla’- Ag, Gills grey, changing to dark chocolate ; pileus bright 
vus, 
red orange, widely conical: stem light brown: flesh 
yellow, = a: 
Grits fixed, grey, turning to very dark brown, 
Pingus bright red orange, widely conical, bossed, 1 to 3 inches 
ek: ee ; 
STEM hollow, light brown, scored ; 22 to 32 inches high, nearly 
as thick as a goose quill. Curtain adhering to the 
stem. EEN. S 28 
In Lord Aylesford’s park at Packington, — 
corona’tus. Ac, Gills grey, 4 or 8 in a set: pileus brownish grey, 
bluntly conical: stem whitish brown, cylindrical. 
Gitts fixed, grey, 4 or 8 in a set, sometimes not reaching the 
edge of the pileus. : : 
Prieus bluntly conical, flattish at the top, whitish brown or 
grey, darker in the centre, skin round the summit of the 
Gone cracking in a circle, and the cracked edge turning 
up forms a kind of cap upon the pileus; 1 to 1% inch 
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