412 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Var. silviebla, Vittadini, Gke., lUustr., t. 629. Pileus 

 smooth, shining, stem elongated, somewhat bulbous, hollow, 

 ring large. 



In woods. 



Var. pratensis, Vittadini. 



Distinguished by the small rufous scales of the pileus, and 

 the flesh having a slight pink tinge. 



Var. hortensis, Cke., lUustr., pi. 527. Pileus fibrUlose 

 or squamulose, brownish. 



This is the- cultivated form, which is very variable, in- 

 eluding var. elongatus, Gard. Chron., 1860, p. 1061, with fig., 

 and var. Budhanani, Gard. Chron., 1860, p. 1039, with fig. 



Var. vaporarius, Otto, 



PUe'us even, with a brown pilose coat, which also covers 

 the stem and leaves transverse fragments thereon as it 

 elongates. 



Var. costatus, Fr., Cke., Illustr., t. 628 a. Small. Pileus 

 -sulcate, repand. Eing large, persistent. 

 In woods. 



Var. rufescens, Berk. 



A distinct variety, which is rufous, like A. vaecinus, and 

 whose flesh turns of a bright red when bruised. The gills 

 are at first perfectly white. Berk., Outlines, t. 10, f. 3. 



In pastures. 



Var. exannulatus, Cke., Illustr., pi. 528 b. Pileus 

 squamulose, stem elongated, equal, solid, ring evanescent or 

 obsolete. 



Ag aricus arvensis. Schaeff. 

 Pileus ?^0 in. or more across, conico-campanulate then 

 expanded, at first rather mealy, becoming nearly smooth 

 even or cracked, flesh thick at the disc, becoming thin towards 

 the margin ; gUls free, broadest in front, close, whitish then 

 reddish-brown ; stem 3-6 in. high, 1^-2 in. thick at the base, 

 slightly thinner upwards or almost equal, whitish, smooth' 

 even, soft in the centre and filled with loose threads, rino- 

 pendulous, double, the outer portion more or less split*^ 

 spores elliptica,!, 6 x 4 /;i. 



