CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI. 1C7 



The Ag. graveolens of SOWERBY, tab. 281., is different, and 

 I think no other than Ag. terreus. 



10. A. violaceusj gills purple, numerous, 8 in a set; pileus 

 purple to brown, convex, edge turned down ; stem purple, cylin- 

 drical WITH. iv. 242. LIGHT F. Scot. 1018. Sow. Fung. t. 209. 

 HOOK. Scot. ii. 20. GREV. Wern. Mem. iv. 364. ; Fl. Edin. 386. 



Hab. Amongst long grass at dike sides near woods, not un- 

 common. Autumn. 



Stem 2 or 3 inches high, thick, solid, light purple, hoary or 

 somewhat cottony, bulbous at the base. Pileus slightly 

 convex, smooth, brown, the margin inflected except when 

 very old ; flesh spongy, white, with a purple taint. Gills 

 always purple, numerous, 4 in a set. As large or larger 

 than the common mushroom, and distinguished by being 

 always more or less of a violet colour. It is sometimes 

 sold at Covent-garden market, under the name of blewits, 

 for making ketchup. Sow. c * This," says BRYANT, " re- 

 quires much boiling, but when sufficiently done and 

 seasoned, it is as delicious as an oyster." In SOWERBY'S 

 figures the stalk is represented more cottony than I have 

 seen it ; the gills are also too faintly coloured, and the 

 colouring of the pileus does not correspond to what I have 

 observed. 



11. A. subpurpurascens, stalk bulbous, cylindrical, stained with 

 light-purple ; pileus smooth, brown, rounded, the edge purplish 

 and turned down ; gills reddish-brown, numerous, WITH. iv. 

 240. Ag. glaucopus. Sow. Fung. t. 223, bene. GREV. FL Edin. 

 380. 



Hab Plantations, not common. New-water-haugh wood. 

 Autumn. 



Stalk 2 or 3 inches high, thick, solid, brown, with a rich pur- 

 ple tint, which is finest and always present near the top. 

 Pileus 3 inches across, convex, flattened on the top, smooth, 

 chestnut -brown, with a purple tinge on the margin. Gills 

 numerous, broad, ventricose, fixed, but separating easily. 

 Flesh white, tinged with purple. Single or in small clus- 

 ters. It is a compact dry species, certainly distinct from 

 every variety of the preceding. 



12. A. deliciosusj stem short and thick, orange ; gills orange, 

 numerous, rather close, branched ; pileus plane, depressed in the 



