296 CRYPTOGAMIA, FUNGI. Agaricus. Stems lateral, 
_ Brown, | 
At the foot of an oak gate post on the side of the Birming- 
ham road near to Hales Owen, Oct. 
palma’tus, *Ag, (Buxx.) Gills red brown, 4 in a set, but irregular: 
. ~ pileus deeper brown red, flat, oblong; stem reddish 
white, eccentric. see 
Bull. 216. 
Giits, long ones terminating on a membrane which prevents 
their adherence to the stem; few in number, very irre- 
gular. Buttiarp. Unequal, lighter coloured than the 
pileus. : 
Prieus aad red, flat, membranaceous, edge turned down. 
Stem solid, strong, inserted near the edge of the pileus. Sub- 
stance very leathery and tenacious. The place of growth 
. is very particular, viz. on the perpendicular side of a post, 
out of aknot in the solid undecayed wood, pointing first 
horizontally and then turning upwards. Description and 
drawing from Mr. Sracxuouse. M. Bulliard says it is 
found in Autumn on the squared sides of timber, and also 
on trees both healthy and decayed, at the height of 60 
or 80 feet. In Mr. Stackhouse’s drawings the pileus is 
about 1} or 2 inches over ; the stem about 1 inch high, 
and { diameter, but the figyres of M. Bulliard are much 
larger, and more of a brown colour. 
pla‘nus, *Ac. (Botr.) Gills mouse brown, thin, pliable, 4 in a 
set: pileus mouse brown, flat, with narrow stripes 
near the edge, ; 
v 
Bolt. 72. 3. 
Gitts fixed, 4 in a set, spear-shaped, soft and tender. 
Pitevs smooth, semi-circular, brownish mouse colour, marked 
near the edge with 3 or 4 narrow concentric lines of a 
darker colour ; waved at the edge, near 1 inch broad and 
something more in width, 
Sr solid, very short, more:properly perhaps to be considered | 
asa root, Botton, 
Bulliard i40, seems a variety of this. 
Ag. planus. Bolt. Grows upright on the ground, Oct. 
flabellifor’- *Ac, Gills yellowish brown, numerous: pileus smooth, 
mis, , mealy, whitish: stem short, variably eccentric, 
Scheff, 208, 
Grits decurrent, mostly uniform, light yellowish brown, 
Pirevs smooth, tough, leathery, mealy, whitish, with deep 
rust coloured tints near the stem, set upon the stem like 
