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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus., Hollow and 
— ses Loose. YELLOW. rise: 
centre of the star. Stem long, tender, hollow. Mr, Stack. 
HOUSE. : a ; 
Ag. equestris. Bolt, Pastures, Edgbaston Park. 
¥ ae ..., July, August. 
'* Var, 1. Broader and shorter. Curtain evanescent. 
Bolt. 149-Bull. 563.2. 
Gruts loose, yellow, white when young, dirty brown when old, 
4 ina set, thin, tender. 
Pixevs yellow, convex, often somewhat raised in the centre, 
tearing at the edge when old, near 3 inches over. 
Stem hollow, yellow throughout, smooth, splitting, 2 inches 
high, thick as a goose quill. Boiron. : 
Ag. flavidus. Bolt. On dunghills after rain. June, July.— 
Pastures near Bath. In Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Mr. 
STACKHOUSE. 
Ag. (Curt.) Gills pale yellow, 8 in a.set: pileus brown 
orange, nearly flat: stem yellow above, velvety and 
dark brown below. 
Curt. iv. 40-Bull. 344—Vaill, 12. 8.9- 
Gi11s loose, in contact with though adhering to the stem, pale . 
* yellow, 8 in a set. boa 
Prieus gently convex, nearly flat with age, brown orange, glu- 
tinous, irregular in shape, often curled at the edge, | to 3 
inches over. Flesh yellowish. 
Stem hollow, dark brown and velvety below, top yellowish, 
thickest downwards, splitting, yellow itn, 2 to 4 
inches high, 2-Sths to 3-Sths of an inch in diameter. 
This has been confounded with Ag. sulcatus, well figured in. 
Bolton 135, but though very much alike at first sight, the strac- 
=“ is sufficiently different to prevent their being again mis- 
taken. 4 
Ray Syz. p. 9.0. 51. Ag. mutabilis. Huds. 615, 22, and 
Relh. 930, seem to be this plant, but on their.authority, sup- 
ported by that of Mr. Woodward, the mutabilis of Scheffer 1s 
introduced in its proper place. ; 
Ag. nigripes. Bull. Varies very much in size; grows in 
clusters, many from 1 root, generally attached to rotten wood. 
Oct, April, not uncommon. by 
cruenta'tus. Ag, Gills pale yellow: pileus yellow brown, with red 
__ Streaks : “stem light brown. ~ 
Gitts loose, pale yellow, 4 inaset.  —* 
Pitevs pele brown with dark blood red streaks, convex rather 
ssed, 22 inches over. Flesh very thick towards the 
stem, pale yellow. hss 4 
