CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus)” Hollow and 
Loose. - Warr. : 
Ag. extinctorius. Bull. “Ag. extinctorius. Bolt. Amongst 
sand in moist and’ shady situations, but rare about Halifax.— 
[I found it once at Woolhope, Herefordshite. Mr. Stack. 
House.] Matas 
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Ac. Gills white: pileus very thin, white or brownish, stercora’- 
flat, bossed, edge rolling up? stem white, enlarging ius, 
downwards, - 13 a 
? : ; Bull. 542, and 68. ae 
Git loose, distant from the stem, white, very narrow, generally 
in pairs, sometimes 4 in a set. 
Pirevs white or brown white, sometimes hasle in the centre, 
flat, slightly bossed, extremely thin, the edge rolling 
up, from 3 to 22 inch diameter. 
Stem hollow, white, thick as a goose or a raven quill below, 
gradually tapering upwards, 4 inches high. 
‘The whole plant extremely tender and brittle, of short dura- 
tion, dissolving into a black liquid, = - —__ 
Ag. stercorarius Bull. Pastures and woods, ‘on horse and 
cowdung. Aes \ «Autumn. 
Var. 2. Pileus light grey brown: stem swollen above the 
bottom and tapering upwards and downwards. 
Grits loose, distant from the stem, white, narrow. 
Prievs light grey brown, streaked, conical, but expanded and 
bossed in its most perfect state, 2 to 22 inches over. 
Stem hollow, white, shining, 4 or 5 inches high, hardly so 
thick as a goose quill, but for two inches above the root 
swollen out like the stem of an onion and tapering each 
' Way. 
In Lord Aylesford’s Park at Packington. : 
Var. 3. Pileus conical to bell-shaped, pellucid, watery 
white, top brownish mouse : stem white, pellucid, tall, thin. 
Bull, 32C—Bolt. 37. 
_ Grits loose, narrow, very thin and delicate, pellucid. 
Piteus conical changing to bell-shaped, smooth, striated when 
it begins to y, inch to 1 inch over. 
Stem hollow, white, pellucid, very tender and brittle, 6 inches 
high, thick as a small packthread, Botron.—Gil/s few, 
_thin, transparent. ileus mouse-coloured, thin, stri- 
ated, Stem very long, slender, brittle, woolly near the 
base. ‘Mr. Sracxn.— M. Bulliard observes that the stem 
is often 4 inches high before the pileus is larger than a 
pin’s head. : eke e 
In dry weather the edge of the pileus is apt to roll inwards 
very much. In open pastures the stem is shorter than in woods, 
