1020 CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGf. 



The Pileus is convex, of a pale yellow colour, 



often mark'd in the centre with a kind of tawny 



ftar. 



' The gills afe fulphur-colour'd, by which the fpe- 



cies is readily knovv^n. It turns black in decay, 



clypeatus A. ftipitatus, pileo hemifphterico vifcldo acumi- 

 ii* nato, lamellis albis, ftipite longo cylindrico 



albo. Sp. pi. 164.2. (Batarra. t. 25. E. Scba:f. 

 fling, t. 52. fig. 7,8, 9. cpt.) 

 Long-ftalk'd ihield Agaric. Anglis. 

 ■ In woods and paftures. IX. X. 

 The ftalk is cylindrical, fmootb, fiftular, about 

 half a foot long, of the fize of a fmall quill, 

 and of a grey white color. 

 The Filcus is about two inches in diameter, (hap'd 

 like a fliield, with an umbo or elevation in the 

 centre, quite fmooth, fometimes vifcid, of a 

 grey-brown or moufe color. The rim when 

 full-grov/n a little elevated, and ftreak'd with 

 radiated furrows. 

 The gills are white, turning grey with age. 

 ■7 - The fubftance of xhc Pileus is brittle, and con- 



tains very little flcfh. 



conaceus 

 12. 



A ftipitatus pileo et lamellis fordide albidis co- 

 riaceis. (Schccf. fung, t. 220, et fortafie. t. 205, 

 67232.) 



Little 



