104 AGARICUS. 



Coiiybia. Gills at first slightly adnexed, soon free, somewhat crowded, linear, 

 whitish. 



Gregarious, somewhat caespitose, strong-smelling. Like Marasmius ery- 

 thropus, but a true Agaric, nearest to A. confluens. 



In woods. Coed Coch. 



Spores 6-7 x 3-3 % mk. B. Name hariolus, a soothsayer. Another name 

 of the species is A. sagarum, from saga, a witch. The names seem to indi- 

 cate some superstitious idea attached in France to the Agaric, or some super- 

 stitious use made of it. Dec. Fl.fr. \\. p. 182. Bull. t. 585. f. 2. Fr. Mon- 

 ogr. i. p. 155. Hym. Eur. p. 117. B. & Br. n. 1740. C. Illust. PL 150. 

 A. sagarum Seer. n. 735. 



210. A. confluens Pers. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) and more 

 broad, hygrophanous, rufescent when moist, wholly white when 

 dry, slightly fleshy, but tough, flaccid, convex then flattened, at 

 first obtuse, at length however (contrary to rule) broadly and 

 obtusely umbonate, slightly striate at the margin when moist, even 

 when dry. Stem 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) and 

 more thick, but widened in lying flat against others and occa- 

 sionally truly united in a bundle, and dilated chiefly at the apex, 

 fistulose, remarkably cartilaginous, rufous, everywhere pulverulent 

 with dense white villous down. Gills free^ at length remote from 

 the stem, very crowded, very narrow, linear, flesh-colour then 

 whitish. 



Growing in troops, many individual specimens becoming confluent in rows 

 by the expanded floccose mycelium, but easily separating each from the 

 other, not truly caespitose. In external appearance various Marasmii are 

 very like it. A. hariolorum, A. ingratus, and?L4. acervatus are allied to it. 



In woods. Frequent. June-Oct. 



Name confluo, to flow together. From the cohering stems. Pers. Syn.p. 

 368. Ic. pict. t. 5. f. i. Fr. Monogr. p. 156. Hym. Eur. p. 117. Berk. 

 Out. p. 116. C. Hbk. n. 145. Illust. PL 150. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 117. Saund. 

 & Sm. t. 30. Fl. Bat. t. 1083. Buxb. C. iv. t. zo.Batschf. 104 var. 



211. A. ingratus Schum. Pileus 4 cent. (i% in.) broad, dingy 

 fuscous-tan, slightly fleshy, pliant, globoso-campanulate then ex- 

 panded, umbonate, even, smooth. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick or in becoming compressed still broader, 

 cartilaginous, flstulose, flexuous, twined, becoming fuscous, not 

 rooted at the base, at length umber, white-mealy above, internally 

 villous at the sides. Gills free, very crowded and narrow, but 

 slightly ventricose, quite entire, pallid. 



Caespitose, tough, with a mouldy odour. A smaller form occurs : Pileus 

 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, convex then plane. Stem 4 cent. (ij in.) long, only 

 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, pulverulent, attenuated and smooth downwards, exter- 

 nally and internally of the same colour as the pileus, not rufescent. 



