266 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
Loose. WHite. . 
*Var. 2. Stem livid. 
Pastures, in cowdung. Sept. Oct, Mr. Hupson, 
Var. 3. Gills brown grey, 4 ina set, long ones 16 or 18: 
pileus pale buff, smooth, viscid, semi-globular, but’ pointed in 
the centre : stem white, viscid. 
Baisch. 5-Scheff. 236, (the figures agree better than the 
oo description.) » 
_ Priews about 2 an inch over. : ‘ 
nae Srem hollow, silky, nearly white, 3 inches high, thinner than a 
crow quill. 
Ag. griseus. Scheff. Edgbaston plantations, -31st Oct. 1790. 
VI. HOLLOW and LOOSE, 
| Se ety. GAELe White, 
Ac. collariatus. see Merulius collariatus, 
\proce’rus. Ac. (Scop.) Gills white, uniform, fixed to a collar: pileus 
| bine a broad cone, bossed, white brown, scaly: stem 
of _ . scaly: ring loose. 
Curt. iv. 39—Fl. dan. 772-S chef. 23, 22-Bull. 78Sterb. 7. 
A.-Clus, 274. 18, 
Giits loose from the stem but fixed to a collar surrounding its 
top; white, uniform, numerous, 
Pixevs a broad blunt cone, more or less bossed, whitish, but 
covered with brown tawny scurfy scales, from 3 to 7 
inches over. Flesh white, spongy. 
Stem hollow, a fine pith in the cavity; gently tapering up- 
wards, whitish brown, scaly, 6 or 8 inches high, 2 inch 
. diameter, 5 : 
Curtain white within, brown on the outside, fixed to the | 
edge of the pileus and toa loose ring upon the stem, Ring ca- a 
tilaginous, loose, permanent. Root a pear-shaped bulb. 
A short \intervening gill is sometimes found in the larger 
‘specimens, This plant when preserved in pickle is very liable 
to run into the vinous fermentation,—Its size and large horizon- 
tal ring distinguish it. The white gills change with age to 
straw-colour and dark brown. Mr. SracxHousz. Ray Syz- p+ 
3.n. 10.—p. 4. n. 18.—p. 4, n. 17. ‘ 
Ag. procerus. Huds, Ag. procerus. Scheff, Ag, colubriaus. 
Bull. Ag. procerus. Fl, dan, Hedge banks, and dry pastures, 
not uncommon. Sept. 
Var. 2, Gills white, fixed to a collar, 2 or 4 in a set, irre- 
ar: pileus conical, bossed, smoath, pale brown: stem whitish 
‘brown, smooth above, j 
