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Woods. July-Dec, very common. 



Pileus 2-5 inches broad, smooth, hemispherical, at length 

 plane and depressed in the centre, of various colours, but gene- 

 rally purple or rose-red ; margin thin, striato-sulcate. Gills 

 rather distant, broad, rigid, thickish, equal, with a very few 

 small ones interspersed. Spores white. Stem 2-3 inches hig'i, 

 solid, firm but brittle, white, or tinged with the colour of the 

 pileus. 



A common species in Fir or other woods, in early autumn. 

 Very acrid and poisonous, but much relished by snails ; indeed, 

 it is rarely allowed to attain maturity, owing to these moUusks. 

 The pileus varies much in colour, and is sometimes even white. 



Agaricus (Galorrheus) subdulcis. Bull. Subacrid milky 

 Agaric. Subacrid ; pileus smooth, polished, dry, rufescent ; 

 gills flesh-colour, at length ferruginous ; milk-white, unchange- 

 able ; stem smooth, at length hollow. 



Woods, Sept.-Oct. 



Pileus 1-4 inches broad, dark-chocolate, sometimes slightly 

 viscid when young, at first somewhat convex, becoming de- 

 pressed and hollow in the centre. Milk-white, acrid when the 

 plant is old. Gills decurrent, at length deep red-brown. Spores 

 white. Stem 1-2 inches high, \~\ inch thick, somewhat spongy 

 within, at length hollow. 



One of the milky Agarics, the whole plant abounding in a 

 milky juice, which exudes when it is cut or broken in any way. 

 This milk is often highly acrid, but one species, A. deliciosus, is 

 edible, and much esteemed in some countries. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) coccineus, Wulf. Changeable scarlet 

 Agaric. Pileus convex, expanded, viscid, at length depressed; 

 gills adnate, with a decurrent tooth, connected, changing colour ; 

 stem compressed, scarlet. 



Pastures and grassly uplands, Sept.-Oct. ; common, 



Pileus 1-2 inches broad, at first conico-campanulate, at length 

 expanded and inverted, sometimes umbonate, splitting in a ra- 

 diate manner, yellow, orange, or scarlet, becoming huffish in old- 

 age. Gills broad, ventricose, wrinkled, thick, connected by veins, 

 much paler than the pileus and with a glaucous bloom. Spores 

 white. Stem 1^ inch high, \ inch thick, more or less hollow, 

 smooth, tough, but easily splitting longitudinally. 



An abundant species in some localities, and very beautiful in 



