AGAPJCINI. ir>3 



commonly adhering to margin of pileus ; gills adnato- 

 decarrent, somewhat crowded, very broad behind, dingy 

 pallid, at length brown-fuscous. 



On horse-dung. Sibbertoft. Epping Forest. 



782. A. (Stropharia) stercorarius, Fr. (p. 168) ; 1 in. 

 Epping Forest. 



783. A. (Stropharia) semiglobatus,-Ba/5cA (p.l69) ; l\w. 

 Epping Forest. 



B. Spintrigeri. — Pileus icithout a pellicle, but innato-fibrillose, 

 not viscous. 



784. A. (Stropharia) caput-Medusse, Fr. ; pileus 3 in., 

 fleshy, ovate^ then convexo-expanded, obtuse or obtusely 

 umbonate, dry, when young densely scaly-squarrose with 

 the veil, soon naked, even and umber on the vertex, 

 lacunose, paler and somewhat tan-colour towards margin ; 

 stem whitish, hollow, the somewhat bulbous base solid, 

 attenuated upwards, covered below the superior ring 

 with crowded, imbricated and squarrose whitish-fuscous 

 scales, white-mealy above ; gills adnate, ventricose, lanceo- 

 late then semi-ovate, not very crowded, at first clay-white, 

 then pale umber, fuscous-spotted. 



About Scotch fir stumps. Rare. Glamis. 



785. A. (Stropharia) scrobinaceus, Fr. ; caespitose ; 

 pileus at first fuscous, livid, then yellow in centre, grey- 

 violaceous at the circumference, fleshy, thin, hemispherical 

 then expanded, gibbous, slightly sulcate, covered with 

 crowded, adpressed, separating, blackish squamules ; stem 

 hollow attenuated from the thickened base, fibrillose, white, 

 mealy at apex ; ring superior, fugacious, white ; gills 

 adnate, crowded, crenulate, white flesh-colour, then be- 

 coming purple. 



On and near stumps. Glamis. 



