EPPING FOREST. 



years before the conditions favourable to its pro- 

 duction will repeat themselves. The real plant 

 proper, or Mycelium, dives underground, and 

 may live for years in that condition without pro- 

 ducing its fungi, which are analogous to the flower 

 or fruit of a plant. However, the most probable 

 localities are indicated in the following list : — 



Agaricus muscarius. A splendid plant, the pileus or cap 

 three to six inches across, of a rich orange scarlet, beset 

 with angular warts. Under beech and birch trees. Plen- 

 tiful throughout the shady parts. 



Agaricus vemus. Large, white, having a remarkable rountl 

 volva. High Beach, rare. 



Agaricus procerus. Parasol mushroom. A handsome, tall, 

 gray plant. The pileus broken up into sub-reflexed 

 scales somewhat resembling thatch. On open spaces, 

 Fairmead, Theydon thickets. 



Agaricus constrictus. White, stout. Epping Lower Forest, 

 Sept. 1883. 



Agaricus mucidus. White, very glutinous, very beautiful. 

 Growing in masses or singly, old beech trunks. 



Agaricus saponaceous. Pretty gray plant, sometimes re- 

 ticulated. Monk Wood, Epping Lower Forest. 



Agaricus resplendens. Silvery white. Epping Upper 

 F'orest, rare. 



Agaricus cyathiformis. Dark cup-shaped plant. Found 

 in early winter. Epping. 



Agaricus odorus. Light glaucous green, odour fragrant. 

 Amongst dead leaves. Epping Lower F'orest. 



Agaricus radicatus. Tall handsome plant, very broati 

 distant gills. Old stumps. High Beach, Epping. 



Agaricus maculatus. Creamy white, often spotted, amongst 

 heather. High Beach, Theydon thickets. 



Agaricus ostreatus. Oyster mushroom, a very striking plant 

 when seen growing in masses, tiled one above another 

 like shells. Trunks, mostly hornbeam, etc. Epping 

 Lower Forest, High Beach. 



Agaricus prunulus. White, pink gills. In open glades, 

 on the ground ; many specimens together. High Beach, 

 Epping. 



Agaricus adiposus. Very handsome when young, the scaly 

 pileus much resembles a pine-apple. Beech trunks. 

 High Beach. 



Agaricus spectabilis. A veiy fine conspicuous plant, three 



