280 - CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. Hollow and 
; —— Loose. Rep. 
' Curtain threaddy. Ring permanent, imperfect, Scu@FFER. 
Gills not so closely set as in the Ag. fascicularis, and also diffe- 
rent in colour. Pileus, its varying form seems effeted by the 
close and fasciculated growth, which in their tender state obs 
trude one upon another, as in the fascicularis, Major Vetter. 
Schzffer’s tab. 9, and also his description good. Pileus very 
much varying in shape and often deformed, Mr. Woopwarp. 
Scheffer’s t. ), contains 2 distinct plants, one with a hollow and 
one with a solid stem: one with a permanent ring and one. 
without. ; | ee 
Ag. mutabilis. Scheff, On decaying. wood, common.. Mr: 
Woopwarp,—At Edgbaston, og rotten wood. Aug. 
ti'tubans. Ac, Gills red brown, 'in pairs : pileus yellow, conical, 
expanding : stem yellow. — 
Bull, 425.15 but stiff, toa strougly streaked, and harshly 
; coloured. pl. 595.2, is nearer to our specimens. 
G11 loose, reddish brown, narrow, in pairs. 
Pingus conical, wide at the base, pale yellow, darker in the 
centre ; edge striped with purplish brown, or rather mot- 
tled by the gills: about 1 inch high; flat and turned 
; up with ages as 
STEM hollow, yellow, 2},to 3 inches high, thick as a raven 
quill. | : 
~ Whole plant very weak, It has avery strong and highly 
disagreeable smell. ah 
Ag. titubans, Bull, In Packington Park, es : 
utumn. 
(3) Grxts red, 
auran'tius. Ag. Gills Joose, pinky, fleshy, 4 in a set: pileus and 
stem pinky. ae is 
Var. 4, Ag, aurantius, see page 263, 
eylindri‘cus. AG. Gills ‘pinky, uniform: pilens white, cylindrical, 
scaly : stem cylindrical, white. | 
Fl, dan, 834-Curt, ii, 16-Schmid. ic. t. 10-Schaff. 46. 47+ 
8—Bo/t » 44, : 
‘ Grits loose, distant from the top of the stem, numerous, white 
when very young, when in perfection pinky ; changing 
to black and dissolving, uniform. asl ee & 
Pitevs cylindrical, white, covered with scurfy scales, splitting 
at the edge, 4 inches high, 12 or 2 inches diametet: 
