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on the original. On the drawing is written, “ pithy ” and « — 
like ags esculentus but watry”’; the gills are said to be ‘*s 
times more numerous and somew what yellowe.” At the back of hs 
drawing is written, ‘ sodden 
173. CortInaRIus (Pevaxconta) HinNULEUS Fr. There is a good 
coloured original of this with additional cponaltlinigd of poe ex- 
amples; there is also a second drawing of two large examples with 
a coloured section, unengraved. A note on the original says, ‘gills 
much darker,’ and this instruction has been carried out on the 
plate. A further note as to gills says, ‘‘more detached from stipes”’ ; 
as to pileus, ‘‘ sometimes cracked.’’ On the unengraved sheet 
written, “smell like Agaricus campestris, but has a bitter un- 
Reston tast.”” 
4, Agaricus (ENnrotoma) costatus Fr. The original drawing 
of this is on itis ack of the original of A. cervinus Sow. t. 108. 
The transverse ribs on the gills, a shown on the drawing, 
and from which the plant derives its specific name, are omitted on 
the plate. This led Fries to erron see name the plate Ag — 
(Pluteus) chrysopheaus Scheff. On the drawing is written, a 
rotten stump almost covered with grass.’’ Of the stem aay 
says, “silky and shining”; of the gills, ‘‘ not shining”; of the 
pileus, ‘‘ rought and pow wdery. ” He refers to the veins on the gills 
as ‘not quite regular undulations,” yet omits them on the plate. 
175. Bouetus sabius Fr. There is an original of “se but the 
section is the only part coloured. Fries refers this to B. scaber Fr., 
but neither drawing nor plate is like seaber. A n a * turns 
blue after reba cut a little while’”—B. scaber does not change 
colour to blu 
2. Lenzites BseTuLINA Fr. The original is a very careful 
pencil drawing, uncoloured. ; 
183. ScurzopHyttum commune Fr. The original is practically 
the same with the plate; there is, however, an additional example 
me the drawing. Sowerby ses he found his specimens ‘‘ on a Bear 
185. Agaricus (Cxrrocysz) riaccipus Sow. The original is 
somewhat paler in reo than the plate; notes say: ‘‘stipes often 
thinner”’ and “ tas atin but — : 
186. AcGaricus ps LITOCYBE) INFUNDIBULIFoRMIs Sche The 
original group is an uneolonred calians the section is, Lowa : 
coloured, but not quite the same colour as the plate. A note at 
the back of the drawi aie says: ‘ ««Tastless n large quantities and 
clusters not lactescent the specimen brought ‘ane was hollow in the 
stipes but could not tell whether or not it was affected by insec! 
187. Aca 
METHYsTINUS Bott.). The original is much more tarqueeee i 
i : “ Should 
of the drawing is a remark as to the gills,—‘‘ partly decurrent i in @ 
young state but seems to detatch from the stem when older.’ The 
