CLASS XXI. ORDER VI. 371 



AGAR"ICUS. Destitute of a volva at the base of the stipe, with or without 

 the ring ; lamellae either entire or with shorter ones intermixed, rarely simple 

 ramose. Never veiny. A vast genus. Persoon describes 447 species, which 

 occupy one third of his work on Fungi. 58. 1. 



BOLE'TUS. Pileus various : tubes and pores terete, entire, A large genus. 

 Persoon describes 83 species. 58. 1. 



