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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus, Hollow and 
Loose. Wuirte. 
at the edge; when fresh gathered, beautifully frosted 
over with distinct globular pellucid particles, 
Srem hollow, white, scurfy when young, scored at full growth, 
about 1 inch high, thick as a goose quill. 
Ag. lignornm. Scheff. In clusters of slow growth. On 
the stump of a tree sawn off horizontally. Nov, 
Var. 2. Gills quite white, much smaller than the preceding 
and growing on the ground. 
Gitts loose, but the edges making impressions on the stem, 
white, semi-transparent, yellowish with age, in pairs. 
Pirevs cylindrical, or rather feuak come half way 
_ down the stem, brown yellow, scored, frosted, uneven at 
the edge, 2-Sths to 3-8ths of an inch high. 
Sram hollow, white, woolly, $ to 1 inch high, thinner than a 
crow quill, 48 is 
Ray Syx. p. 10. n. 53. Ag. fuliginosus. Hups. 620. 
Scheff. 308, very much resembles it, except in having yel- 
‘lowish gills and a solid stem. Buw//. 94, not unlike it, but 4 
times as large, and the gills 4 in a set. ; 
Gills turning black with age. Pileus oblong, never turned 
up, not described since the time of Ray. 
Several hundred growing together, on short grass undertrees. 
Pear-tree Walk, Woolhope, Herefordshire. Mr. Sracxnouse. 
Not uncommon. Mr. Woopwarp. Among short grass, plenti- 
ful, Edgbaston Park. . 6th Aug. 
Var. 3. Gills white, brown when old, 4 in a set: pileus 
rich olive : stem brown. 
Balt. 154.- - a 
Grits loose, white, turning brown with age, tough, flexible, 
distant, 4 in a set. 
Pizzvs conical, rich olive, darkest at the top, edge scored and 
turning up when old, 14 inch to the apex. 
Srem hollow, dusky reddish brown, tough, 2 inches high, thick 
as a raven quill. Botton. 
Ag. pseudo-clypeatus. Bolt. On stumps of fallen trees. 
Oct 
_ Var. 4. Gills brownish white, changing to reddish brown; 
uniform: pileus scored, light brown, yellowish and smooth at 
top. 
Gi11s loose, numerous, uniform, watery brownish white, chang- 
... ing to reddish brown and then to dark chocolate. 
Pirevs light brown, deeply scored; smooth and yellow brown 
at the top, cylindrical, edge irregular, rather turned in, 
3 inch high, broad at the top. neces: : 
Srem hollow, white, 12 inch high, thick as a raven’s quill. 
Pasture land, Edgbaston, in clusters. July. 
