294 AGARICUS. 



Galera. Like A. pygmceus, but differing in the elongated stem, &c. 



In a cucumber-house. West Lynn, &c. Nov. 



Fries gives as its habitat grassy places in walks shaded by trees. Spores 

 8x4 mk. W.P. Name affinis, allied to A. pygmceus. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 389. 

 Hym. Eur.p. 269. Icon. t. 128. /. i. C. Illust. PL 481. b. 



** BRYOGENI. Pileus membranaceous^ campamilate, &>c. 



659. A. vittseformis Fr. Pileus 1-2.5 cent - ( 1 A~ 1 in -) broad, 

 date-brown when moist, membranaceous, conical then hemispheri- 

 cal, obtuse, even at the disc, striate towards the margin, smooth. 

 Stem 4-7.5 cent. (1^-3 in.) long, 1-2 mm. (Yz-\ lin.) thick, fis- 

 tulose, equal, somewhat straight, but not tense and straight, smooth 

 or sometimes pubescent, slightly striate under a lens, opaque, 

 rubiginous. Veil scarcely conspicuous. Gills adnate, broader at 

 the middle, in the form of a segment when larger, somewhat 

 ascending, somewhat distant, at first watery-cinnamon^ at length 

 ferruginous. 



A smaller form, corresponding with the figure of Schaeffer, has the pileus 

 papillate, the gills linear, and the stem paler. 



Among moss and grass. Perth, &c. Nov. 



Name mtta, a chaplet ; forma, form. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 393. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 269. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 350. C. Illust. PI. 464. a. A. campanulatus 

 . t. 63. /. 4-6 (stem light yellowish). 



660. A. rubiginosus Pers. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, 

 cinnamon or honey colour when moist, tan when dry, hygrophan- 

 ous, membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, striate throughout, 

 smooth, even when dry. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, Jt/if arm, fis- 

 tulose, tough, flaccid, smooth, shining, bay-brown or dark ferrugi- 

 nous. Gills adnate, ascending, rather broad, but almost linear, 

 distant, ochraceous. 



It varies with the stem pubescent under a lens. Among the taller mosses 

 the stem is elongated, and more tense and straight. The gills do not become 

 pale. Intermediate between A. vitttzformis and A. hypnorum. 



Among moss. Kew Gardens, 1866. Sept.-Oct. 



Name rubigo, rust. From the colour of the stem. Pers. Syn. p. 385. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 394. Hym. Eur. p. 269. Icon. t. 128. f. 3. B. & Br. n. 1252. 

 C. Illust. PL 464. b. minor. Mich. Gen. t. 75.7. 8. 



661. A. hypnorum Batsch. Pileus 6-12 mm. (3-6 lin.) broad, 

 ochraceous- pale -yellowish or watery-cinnamon, tan when dry- 

 hygrophanous, membranaceous, campanulato-convex, most fre- 

 quently papillate at the umbo, but varying obtuse, lineato-striate 



