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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
Loose. White. 
“Ray Spa. p. 9. n. 45. . Ag. tenuis. Bolt. and Bot. arr. ed, 
ii. Amongst moss and grass in shady woods at the roots of 
large trees. Summer and Autumn—[ Woods near Woolhope; 
~ Herefordshire. Mr. Sracxnousr. Woods and pasture ground, 
clypeola’- 
rius. 
Edgbaston. On the cone of a Scotch fir in Packington Park. } 
Var. 4. Pileus brown or bluish grey, apex nearly black: 
stem grey. 
In the Park at Packington. 
Ac. Gills white, numerous, 4 ina set: pileus convex, 
~ bossed, pale brown, mottled : stem smooth. 
Var. 1. Stem brownish, ring brownish. 
Sowerby 14-Bull, 306, 2. 
Gi tts loose, white, very numerous, 4 in a set. 
Pitrvs convex, bossed, pale brown, mottled with dull greenish 
_ and a few reddish spots, edge turned down; 1% to 2 
inches over. 
Stem hollow, smooth, very pale brown, 2 to 3 inches long, 
thicker than a swan’s quill. Ring permanent, loose on 
the stem. Root a bulb. j 
The want of a collar at the top of the stem separates this 
from the Ag. procerus. ae 3 
Ag. meleagris, Bot. arr. ed. ii. Edgbaston Park, not fre- 
quent. 11th Oct. 1790. 
Var, 2, Stem quite white: ring white, delicate. 
° : Bull. 506. > a4 . om f 
This is a very small variety, the pileus hardly 3 of an inch 
over, the stem 1 inch high, the size of a crow quill. : 
Ag. clypeolarius. Bull. Cherry otchard, Edgbaston, a sin- 
gle specimen. Sept. 
Var. 3. Stem without a ring, pileus beautifully mottled. 
Bull. A05—Bolt.. 7. 
GiLts loose, pure white, numerous, tender and delicate, 4 in 2 
set, but not very regular; in the larger specimens run- 
ning close up to the stem, though not united to it. 
Pitzus convex, expanded, centre rich red brown, white towards 
the border but beautifully mottled with red scurfy frec- 
Kies, 23 inches over, Flesh white, very tender. 
Stem hollow, red buff below, paler upwards, tender, splittings 
cylindrical but rather tapering upwards, 3 inches high, 7 
pyitehdiameter, | - 
fileus at first sharply conical, smooth, white, mottied, 
boss darker. Stem ies. splitting into threads... Gills east- 
ly separating, fleshy, few. Curiaiz white, delicate, fagaciouss 
