230 Linnean Society. [February 18, 



February 18. 



W. H. Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



John Walton, Esq., was elected a Fellow, and Mr. Thomas Hall 

 an Associate. 



Read a memoir " On Agaricus crinitus, L., and some allied spe- 

 cies." By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. &c. &c. 



Mr. Berkeley refers to the Fungi of the Linnean herbarium as few 

 in number but in good condition, and comprising some remarkable 

 forms. Among these not the least interesting is the Agaricus cri- 

 nitus, which, together with a few allied species, it is the object of the 

 paper to illustrate. 



1. Lentinus crinitus, pileo late infundibuliformi repando badio-rufo fibris 

 innatis apice liberis vix fasciculatis regulaviter striato margine reflexo, 

 stipite sequaU pallida sericeo-farinoso, lamellis acutis integris rigidius- 

 culis subdistantibus glandulosis decurrentibus postice anastomosan- 

 tibus. 



Agaricus crinitus, L. Sp. Plant, ed. 2. p. 1644. 



Hab. in ligno in Americil Australi, Rolander in Herb. Linn. 



The Agaricus crinitus of Swartz and Fries (figured and described 

 under the same name by Mr. Berkeley in the ' Annals of Natural 

 History ') is very distinct, and has since been named by Mr. Berkeley 

 Lentinus Swartzii. 



2. Lent, tener, pileo tenui regulari late infundibuliformi repando cervino 

 fibris fasciculatis subcrispis vestito subtiis sericeo-striato margine sub- 

 sulcato, stipite gracili aequali pallido granulato-furfuraceo, lamellis 

 subdistantibus pallido-ligneis opacis lato-denticulatis glandulosis decur- 

 rentibus postic^ vix anastomosantibus. 



Lent, toner, Klotzsch ; Fries Syn. Lent. p. 6, Epicr. p. 389 ; Berh, in Hook. 



Lond. Journ. of Bot. ii. p. 362. 

 Hab. in ligno, in Mont. Organ, Gardner; ad Novum Aureliam, Klotzsch. 



3. Lent. Schomburgkii, pileo tenui late infundibuliformi repando cervino 

 floccis mollibus fasciculatis leviter crispatis vestito demum medio sub- 

 glabrescente sericeo-striato, stipite aequali sublurido parce furfuraceo 

 apice sericeo, lamellis confertis tenuibus decurrentibus postice anasto- 

 mosantibus pallide cervinis eglandulosis acie denticulatis. 



Hab. in ligno sicco, in Guiana Britannica, Schomburgk. 



