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1019. WITH. iv. 293. Sow. Fung. t. 205, opt. HOOK. Scot. ii 

 22. GREV. Fl. Edin. 386. 



Hab. "Woods. Blackadder plantations. Autumn. 



Stalk 2 inches, thick as a goose quill, smooth, solid. Pileus 

 about 2 inches in diameter, glossy, very thin at the mar- 

 gin, and generally torn. It is a light dry species, and is 

 readily distinguished by this and its cinnamon colour. 



?0. A. aurantius, stalk yellow or bright red, splitting ; pileus 

 conical, yellow, orange or red, glutinous, uneven at the edge ; 

 gills yellow, fleshy, 8 in a set. - LIGHTF. Scot. 1025. BOLT. 

 Fung. t. 67- 2. WITH. iv. 297. Sow Fung. t. 381. HOOK. 

 Scot. ii. 22. Ay. conicus, GIIEV. FL Edin. 377- 



Hab. Old pastures, very common. Autumn. 



Stalk 2 inches high, generally compressed and twisted, split- 

 ting, smooth, yellow, orange, or bright red Pileus irre- 

 gular, with an uneven margin, gummy, smooth, as va- 

 riously coloured as the stalk. Gills always } ellow, broad, 

 ventricose, slightly adherent, and rather widely set. Flesh 

 thin, yellowish : tender and brittle. " It may be bleached 

 or lighter coloured in dry or sunny weather ; in damp 

 weather it becomes twisted and deformed ; occasionally the 

 moisture of the fungus partly going oif '. the remainder be- 

 comes black and like charcoal. This last change is very 

 common, but does not always happen." So WERE Y. 



21. A. psittacinus, viscid, green and yellow ; stalk cylindrical, 

 splitting ; pilaus campanulate, spreading, striate when moist ; 

 gills fleshy, distant, yellow. WITH. iv. 299. Sow. Fung. t. 82. 

 GREV. Crypt. Fl. t. 74. ; Fl. Edin. 376. 



Hab. Old pastures, not rare in autumn. 



This is often found in company with Ag. aurantius, which it 

 closely resembles, and from which " it is best distinguished 

 by the green tinge at the ui.per part of the stipes, which 

 is retained almost to the last." SOWKRBY. 



22. A. tortiliffy gills brown, distant, 4 in a set ; pileus reddish- 

 brown, convex, turning up with age ; stem brown, cylindrical. 

 WITH. iv. 244. BOLT. Fung. t. 41. f. A. 



Hab. At hedge bottoms, and in rich old pastures. , ; 



