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colour of the pileus, thickening upwards." PURT. Mid. FL iii. 

 182. 



Hab. Old pastures, not rare in autumn. 



The stalk is tapered a little at the base, rarely so thick as a 

 goose-quill, and from 1 1 to 2 inches high. The pileus is 

 about the same in diameter, always smooth, of an uniform 

 greyish mouse colour, and deeply cupped or funnel-shaped, 

 with an even circular margin. 



3. A. pratensis, stalk thickened upwards, smooth, whitish ; pi- 

 leus convex, umbonate, smooth, dull reddish-orange ; gills thick, 

 distant GREV. FL Edin^ 376. ; Crypt. FL t. 91. 



Hob. Heathy pastures, in autumn, common. 



Of a firm compact fleshy substance, the stalk thickish, and 

 rarely more than 1 \ inch high. The colour of the pileus 

 varies in shade, but is generally a yellowish-orange or 

 brown ; it is an inch or a little more in diameter, often 

 cracked, and subject to frequent irregularities in form, but 

 never becomes concave. " If two plants happen to be in 

 contact, they often grow into each other and become con- 

 fluent." The gills are coloured like the pileus, two in a 

 set, and decurrent. 



4. A. flaccidus, stalk yellow-brown, cylindrical, curved ; pileus 

 flattened, brown, leathery, smooth ; gills yellow-brown, numerous, 

 very decurrent Sow. Fung. t. 185. 



Hab. On a turf wall near Longformacus, Berwickshire,, 

 abundantly. Autumn. 



This fine species is dry, coriaceous, of an orange-brown or 

 chestnut colour. Stalk not quite central, curved, 1 or 2 

 inches long, scarcely | inch in diameter, solid. " The 

 pileus is thin, and resembles tanned leather ; it is often 

 prettily stained or blotched in an advanced state ;" flatten- 

 ed or depressed in the centre, the margin involute,, po- 

 lished, frequently 4 or 5 inches in diameter ; flesh very 

 pale yellow. Gills numerous, narrow, sometimes branched. 

 The Ag. adscendens of BOLTON, tab. 55., has some things 

 in common with our plant, and may be the same, for the 

 outlines and colouring of the figures in that work are al- 

 ways indifferent, and often very faulty. 



5. A. Listeri, stalk thick, greyish, cylindrical; pileus large, 

 bluish-grey, smooth, depressed in the centre, becoming funnel- 



