78 AGARICINI. 



cent. (\y z in.) and more thick, solid, equal or attenuated down- 

 war d S) a t length soft, often hollow and fragile at the apex, exter- 

 nally in a remarkable degree longitudinally flbrillose, fuliginous, 

 pubescent and whitish at the base. Veil none. Gills remarkably 

 decurrent, exceedingly distant, very broad, thick, quite entire, at 

 first white, at length waxy-soft, becoming glaucous. 



A most distinct species, in habit to be compared only with Ag. elixus. The 

 gills are sometimes altogether eaten away by slugs. 



In pastures. Bath. Glamis. Oct. 



Spores ellipsoid-sphaeroid, 6-8x4-5mk. K.; ellipsoid, guttate, 10 mk. Q. 

 Name caper, a goat. From the streaking of the fibrils. Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 

 131. Hym. Eur. p. 412. B. & Br. n. 1278. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 521. Ag. 

 Scop. Krombh. t. 72. f. 21-23. 



19. H. leporinus Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( J ~ 2 m -) broad, yellow- 

 rufescent, varying fuscous, equally fleshy, convex, gibbous, equal, 

 fibrilloso-floccose, opaque. Stem short, stuffed, firm, rigid, atten- 

 uated commonly downwards, more rarely upwards, fibrillose, 

 pallid. Gills decurrent, pale yellowish. 



Its appearance is wholly that of H. pratensis. 



In woods and on downs. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores pale umber. M.J.B. Name lepus, a hare. From the colour. Fr. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 412. Berk. Out. p. 199. C. Hbk. n. 559. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 522. Kg. Schceff.t. -&.-$. Batt.t.^.f. B. 



20. H. nemoreus Fr. Pileus somewhat orange, equally fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, gibbous and at length depressed, some- 

 what smooth. Stem stuffed, firm, squamulose, fibroso-striate, 

 attenuated at the base. Gills decurrent, thick, distant, somewhat 

 of the same colour. 



In woods. Stoke Poges. Dec. 



Spores white. B. & Br. ; ovate-spherical, punctate, 

 emus, a grove. Found in wooded groves. Fr. Hym. 



nemus, a grove. Found in wooded groves. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 413. B. & Br. 

 n. 1668. 



21. H. pratensis Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent> ( I ~ 2 i n -) an ^ more 

 broad, somewhat pale yellowish, compactly fleshy especially at the 

 disc, thin towards the margin, convex then flattened, almost tur- 

 binate from the stem being thickened upwards, even, smooth, 

 moist (but not viscous) in rainy weather, when dry often rimosely 

 incised, here and there split regularly round ; flesh firm, white. 

 Stem 4-5 cent. (iX~ 2 i n O l n g> I2 mm - (% i n -) an ^ rnore thick, 

 stuffed, internally spongy, externally polished-evened and firmer, 

 attenuated downwards, even, smooth, naked. Gills remarkably 



