' CkYPTOGAMIA FU>tGI. io^^ 



V' This Agaric is nearly related to the A. fimeta' 

 ■"- rius^ but we think it diftind, 



Mmlafusi6. A. ftipitatus, pileo campanulato fubfufco fqua-J 

 mate, lamellis albidis, ftipite bulbofo anulato. 

 {Scha^ff. fung. tab. 22. f/23. opt. et ejus varietates'. 

 "'• ''-'■■ tab. 18. et\<).) 



*•' - Ruffled Agaric. Anglis. ' '''" 



■ In woods and fhady places. X. 



«— The llalk is about fix inches high, fiftular, a 



'-' . finger thick, bulbous at the bafe, furrounded 



with a permanent membranaceous Volva^ like 



' a ruffle, and generally covered with downy 



fcales of a whitifh or a tawny color.' 



The Pileus is covered with pale brown or tawny 



'" ■ • ^ fcales; when young, is ovalandhas its rim 



contracted around the ftalk, but when full 



' V-' -grown is widely conical or bell-fliaped, three 



or four inches in diameter, and Itriated near 



■ - "■ - '■ the margin. '• •"' " . 



The gills at firft arc white, but afterwards ftraw-^ 

 ; ' colored, and laftiy pale-brown. 

 The feeds are oval. 



It is nearly allied to the A. verrucofus, but differs 

 in color, and in being fcaly and not warty. 



fiMrantius A. ftipitatus pileo conico vifcido aurantio, lamellis 



17. luteis, ftipite nudo. an A. fragilis? Lin. 



■'" ' U u u S^. 



