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A handsome Agaric, not uncommon on stumps of trees, in 

 autumn. It is well figured by Greville in his ' Scottish Crypto- 

 gamic Flora,' 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) fasctcularis, Huds. Smaller fasci- 

 culate Agaric. Pileus subcarnose, umbonate^ ochraceous ; gills 

 at length green ; stem hollow, slender. 



Roots of trees, gateposts, etc. etc., April to November; very 

 common. 



Gregarious, and densely tufted. Pileus 2 inches broad, at first 

 conic then expanded, tawny or yellow, with an orange centre. 

 Gills adnate, at first yellowish, becoming pale-green, and finally 

 purplish fromt^the spores. Spores purplish-brown. Stem 2-9 

 inches high, 2 lines thick, curved and unequal, hollow, yellow. 

 Veil woven, fugacious. 



A very common species, growing on decaying wood almost 

 everywhere. Often very beautiful from its bright yellow or 

 orange pileus and pale-green gills. Taste bitter and nauseous. 



Agaricus (Coprinus) micaceus. Bull. Mica Agaric. Cses- 

 pitose j pileus membranaceous, sulcate, squamuloso-furfuraceous ; 

 gills pale, then black ; stem equal, slender. 



Roots of trees, bottoms of posts, etc., May-November ; very 

 common. 



Tufted. Pileus f-1 inch or more broad, campanulate or semi- 

 ovate, at length expanded and inverted, reddish -ochre, sprinkled 

 with glittering particles, strongly striate. Gills broad behind 

 and adnate, from white becoming purplish-black. Spores brown- 

 ish-purple, almost black. Stem 2-3 inches high, 2 lines thick, 

 hollow, brittle, slightly pulverulent, but shining, as if varnished. 



A very common Agaric about the roots of trees, etc. Re- 

 markable from the glittering atoms with which the pileus is be- 

 sprinkled, though these are not always very evident. In decay 

 the pileus turns up and becomes purplish, like the gills, and the 

 whole melts into a soft blackish mass. 



The only other genus of this suborder I shall notice is Can- 

 tharellus, the character of which is as follows : — 



Cantharellus. 



Pileus furnished below with dichotomous, radiating, branched, 

 subparallel folds, not separable from the flesh, sometimes anasto- 

 mosing, or obsolete. 



