260 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



strong branched rhizomorphoid mycelium, which did not exist in 

 the specimens found on the ground at King's Cliffe, and which 

 accorded perfectly with the plate of Bulliard. 



324. Ag. Helvelhides, Bull. t. 601. fig. 3. This elegant agaric, 

 which Fries considers doubtfully a state of Ag. umbelliferus, L., 

 occurred at Navigation House, Monmouthshire, Oct. 27, 1847. 

 It is far more delicate and graceful than any of the numerous 

 forms of that species. 



325. Ag. (Omphalia) rufulus, n. s. Pileo umbilicato rufo- 

 gilvo pallescente subfarinaceo ; stipite concolori nitente ; lamellis 

 decurrentibus crassiusculis furcatis incarnatis. On an exposed 

 common amongst Polytrichum aloides, Hanham near Bristol, 

 Dec. 7, 1847. 



Pileus half an inch across, at first convex, soon expanded and 

 umbilicate, subcarnose, reddish gray or buff*;, at length pale, mi- 

 nutely mealy ; margin crenulate. Stem half an inch high, 1 line 

 thick, flexuous, of the same colour as the pileus, smooth, shining, 

 solid. Gills decurrent, rather thick, flesh-coloured, especially 

 towards the margin, forked, rather distant ; interstices veiny. 

 Spores oblong, oblique. 



A very pretty and distinct species with somewhat of the aspect 

 of Ag. laccatuSj but allied to Ag. pyxidatus. 



326. Ag. [Pleurotus) euosmos, Huss. Odorus, pileis fascicu- 

 latis insequalibus ; stipitibus distinctis e lamellis longissime de- 

 currentibus albidis costatis ; sporis albo-purpuratis. Badham, 

 Esc. Fung. 1. 11 in part. On a decayed elm, Kent. Mrs. Hussey 

 and Dr. Badham. 



Pilei very much crowded, 2 inches or more across, deeply de- 

 pressed, unequal, at first white, invested with a light blue var- 

 nish, at length of a light brown. Stems distinct above, connate 

 below. Gills rather broad, running down to the bottom of the 

 free portion of the stem. Spores oblong, narrow, oblique, white 

 tinged with purple. The whole plant smells when first gathered 

 strongly of tarragon. 



Vittadini describes the spores in his Agaricus ostreatus as 

 ^' bianco porporino,'' but his figure is so much like that of the 

 true Ag. ostreatus, that it is possible he may have had two species 

 in view. In Ag. ostreatus the spores have not the slightest tinge 

 of purple. 



327. Ag. duruSy Fr. Ep. p. 162. Ag. obturatus, Krombholz, 

 t. 28. fig. 14-22. 



Brighton, Dr. Badham. 



328. Ag. (Pholiota) jecorinus, n. s. Csespitosus; pileis con- 

 vexis glaberrimis viscido-pelliculosis Isevibus demum caperatis 

 subcarnosis, brunneis, demum expallentibus ; stipitibus deorsum 

 incrassatis fibrillosis brunneolis, lamellis adnato-decurrentibus 



