CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGT. Agaricus. Hollow and 283 
Loose. Burr. 
Curtain white, cobweb-like, many of its threads extending 
from the stem to the edge of the pileus.  Fuice like thin milk 5 
not acrid, Specimen, description, and drawing from Mr. 
STACKHOUSE. ~ qiiiz 
Ag. lacrymabundus. Bull. “Common in the woodsin Here- 
fordshire, and sometimes in the open pastures, 
Ac. Gills pale flesh colour, mostly in pairs: pileus con- reticula'tus. 
vex, brown, with net-work on the centre; stem 
watery white. aS 
Gitts loose, in contact but not connected with the stem, pale . 
whitish flesh colour, moderately numerous, in pairs, with 
sometimes one of a third series intervening. c 
Piteus brown, centre darker, convex, nearly flat when full - 
grown, its central part covered with a kind of net-work 
rising considerably above the surface, ¢ to 4 -of an inch 
over, Se 
Stem hollow, watery white, scored, 1 inch high, thinner than a 
crow quill. aie 
The net-work is of a firm cartilaginous texture, rather a 
darker brown than the rest of the pileus, and ape rnient = tahas 
after the other parts of the plant are decayed and dissolv 
Edgbaston Pool Dam, very scarce. 6th Aug. 1791. 
(4) Gitts buff, . 
Ac. Gills buff, few, narrow, 4 in a set: pileus buff, co- margina’tus 
nical, edge thin, turned in: stem buff. 
Batsch. 207 ; (but as is usual with his figures smaller than 
our plants.) Z 
Gitts loose, few, narrow, light buff. 
Piteus buff, leather-like, smooth, skinny or membranaceous at 
the edge, which is very much turned in, conical, bossed A 
the boss darker coloured; 14 inch high, Flesh thick, 
white. ~ oa 
Stem hollow, buff, darker downwards, 4 inches high, thick as a 
goose quill. Rig, when present, cottony, brown buff. 
_ Ag. marginatus, Batsch, Found by Mr, Relhan in Ma- 
Bingley Wood, and White Wood near Gamlingay, In the 
Par at Packington, — ; 
*Ac. (Butu.) Gills pale brown buff, broad, few, 4 in adryophyl'lus 
set: pileus dead whitish colour, nearly flat: stem 
white, gently tapering upwards. 
Bolt, 6-Bull. 434, (with seweral variations in the colour of 
the stem and the pileni.) , 
