J020 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 



The Pileus is convex, of a pale yellow colour, 

 often mark'd in the centre with a kind of tawny 

 ftar. 



The gills are fulphur-colour'd, by wh'ch the fpe- 

 cies 13 readily known. It turns black in decay. 



:lypctitus 

 ii. 



A. ftipitatiis, pileO hemifphaerico vifcido acumi- 

 naco, lamellis albis, ftipite longo cylindrico 

 albo. Sp. pL 1641. (Batarra. /. 25. E. Scbctf. 

 fung.t.S2' h- 7'S, 9. cpt.) 



Long-flalk'd fliicld Agaric. AngUs, 



In woods and paftures. IX. X. 



The ftalk is cylindrical, fmooth, fiftular, about 

 half a foot long, of the fize of a fmall quill, 

 and of a grey white color. 



ThtPHsus is about two inches in diameter, (hap'd 

 like a lliield, with an umh or elevation in the 

 centre, quite fmooth, fometimes vifcid, of a 

 grey-brown or moufe color. The rim when 

 full-grown a little elevated, and ftreak'd with 

 radiated furrows. 



The gills are white, turning grey with age. 



The llibftance of the Pikus is brittle, and con- 

 tains very little flefh. • 



coriaceus A flipitatus pileo et lamellis fordide albidis co- 

 ^^' riaceis. (Schcef.fung. t, 220. et fortafie. t. 205, 



^232.) 



Little 



