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AGARICUS. 



Trichoioma. in pine woods. Ascot, 1865. Nov. 



Name lix, ashes ; lixivium, lye, a. mixture of ashes and water. Of the 

 colour of lye. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 97. Hym. Eur. p. 77. Icon. t. 45. /. 2. 

 B. & Br. n. 1197, 1840*. C. Illust. PL 120. Sow. t. 66? 



131. A. putidus Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) or less broad, some- 

 what olivaceous-grey, hoary when dry, hygrophanous, slightly 

 Jleshy, hemispherical, umbonate, soft, even, at the straight margin 

 as well, but occasionally sprinkled with white silkiness. Stem 

 4 cent. (\y 2 in.) long, 6 mm. (3 lin.) thick, hollow, equal, somewhat 

 compressed, soft, somewhat fragile, somewhat striate, grey, covered 

 with a very thin white pruina, which can be rubbed off. Gills 

 apparently free, but slightly adnexed in the top of the cone, 

 crowded, ventricose, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad, distinct, cinereous. 



A remarkable species. Odour strong, rancid, of new meal. Allied to the 

 rancid Collybice in habit and odour, but the stem is soft, wholly fibrous, by no 

 means cartilaginous. 



In fir woods. Jedburgh, &c. Oct. -Nov. 



Name putidus, stinking, disgusting. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 98. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 78. Icon. t. 46. /. 2. B. 6 s Br. n. 1198. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 82. C. 

 Illust. PI. 172. 



Clitocybe. Subgenus V. CLITOCYBE (K\ITOS, a steep or declivity, vr?, 

 head). Fr. Syst. Myc. i. 78 (Sub-tribe I). Universal veil, when pres- 

 ent, conspicuous on the pileus like 

 frost or silky dew, but commonly obso- 

 lete. Stem with a spongy stuffing, apt 

 to become hollow, somewhat elastic, 

 externally more compact and fibrous. 

 Margin of the pileus involute. Hy- 

 menophore quite continuous, owing 

 to the apex of the stem being dilated ; 

 gills attenuated behind, acute, adnate 

 or decurrent, never sinuate. Growing 

 on the ground, Jleshy but comparative- 

 ly tough, for the most part piano-de- 

 pressed or infundibuliform. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 78. 



The thinner and hygrophanous 

 species are late, and stand low tem- 

 perature. Many are remarkable for their fragrance. Very few 

 are edible. 



VI. Agaricns (Clitocybe) nebularis. 

 One-fifth natural size. 



