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A small species, of a brown colour, the gills and stalk being 

 merely a shade lighter than the pileus. Stalk 1 inch long, 

 as thick as a crow or turkey quill ; pileus smooth, some- 

 times fully I inch across and turning up in age so as fully 

 to expose the gills. In habit it resembles Ag. muralis, 

 Sow. Fung. t. 322 , and I think can be nothing but a va- 

 riety of that plant, although I find it very constant in its 

 appearance in this neighbourhood, where it is common. 



23. A. ramealis, stalk solid, curved, short ; pileus convex, cir- 

 cular, white, tinged with brown ; gills distant, white, 2 or 4 in a 

 set. GREV. Fl. Edin. 381. Ag. horizontalis. Sow. Fung. t. 341. 

 Ag. candidus, BOLT. Fung. t. 39. D. 



Hab. Parasitical on decaying branches of trees. 



Gregarious, but never clustered, of a uniform brownish- 

 white colour, dry. Stalk cylindrical, minutely furfura- 

 ceous, as thick as a stout pin, firm. Pileus 3 or 4 Hues in 

 diameter, smooth. 



24. A. androsaceus, stalk filiform, dark brown, paler at the top, 

 smooth, tough ; pileus slightly convex, dimpled, obsoletely rib- 

 bed, light wood brown ; gills pale brown, distant, 2 in a set, ven- 

 tricose, Sow. Fung. t. 94. GREV. Fl. Edin. 381. 



Hab. Parasitical on decayed branches, fir cones and leaves, 

 &c. in woods, abundant. 



Stalk 1-2 inches high, solid. Pileus i inch in diameter, dry, 

 and rather leather-like, thin. " This species often pro- 

 duces very slender barren stems, which are much branched 

 and entangled, some of the branches being as fine as a 

 human hair. FRIES has rightly conjectured it in this 

 state to be Rhizomorpha setiformis of PERSOON." GREV. 



ftf Gills loose. 



25. A. campestris, stalk somewhat bulbous, smooth, white, with 

 a veil ; pileus semi-orbicular, more or less scaly, white, tinged 

 with red, inflected at the margin ; gills flesh-red, changing to 

 liver-brown, numerous, broad, ventricose WITH. iv 265. 

 LIGHTF. Scot. 1016. Sow. Fung. t. 305. HOOK. Scot. ii. 21. 

 GREV. Wern. Mem. iv. 354.; Fl. Edm. 390.; Crypt. F I. t. 161. 

 Ag. esculentus, GOOD'S Study of Medicine, i. 207. 



Hab. Old pastures in autumn. 



