AGAEICUS. 413 



Agaricus (^Psalliota) areensis, SchaeSer, t. 310, 311; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 193; Cke., Ulustr., pi. 523. 



Agaricus Georgii, Sow., t. 304. 



In pastures, &c., often in rings. Smell strong and not 

 pleasant as in A. campestris. 



PUens 4r-18 in. broad, wMte stained witli yellow, convex, 

 very tHck, firm and tougli, quite smooth or clothed with 

 broad tawny more or less concentric adpressed scales ; flesh 

 yellowish when cut, juice yellow. Gills adnate (free, Chev.), 

 broad, numerous, white or very pale flesh-colour, at length 

 dark purplish-brown. Stem 2-5 in. high, 1-2 in. thick, 

 firm, the centre loose and web-like ; when bruised yellow, 

 especially below. Distinguished from A. campestris by the 

 almost white giUs and the yeUow stains when bruised. It 

 grows to an enormous size. (Berk.^ 



Flesh white, unchangeable, gills for a long time paUid 

 dry, not becoming reddish during the middle stage, not 

 deliquescent. (Fries.) 



Var. villaticus, Brond. 



Grows to a very large size, pileus covered with brownish; 

 scales. Cke., Ulustr., pi. 585. 



Var. purpurascens, Cke. 



Much smaller and more slender than the typical form ; 

 pileus even, smooth, tinged with purple that is deepest at 

 the disc. Cke., Ulustr., pi. 584. 



Agaricus silvaticus. Schaeff. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, campanulate, then expanded, gibbousi 

 the margin sometimes upturned, fibrillose or squamulose, 

 brownish in the centre becoming paler towards the margin, 

 fiesh thin, whitish or tinged with brown ; giUs free, crowded, 

 about ^ in. broad, rather thin, dry, reddish, then brown ; 

 stem 4-6 in. long, ^— | in. thick, equal, straight or curved 

 towards the base, smooth, even, whitish, distinctly hollow, 

 ring superior, simple, persistent; spores brownish tinged 

 with purple, elliptical, apiculate, 7 X 4 /a. 



Agaricus silvaticus, Schaefifer, Icon., t. 242; Cke., Hdbk., 

 195; Cke., lUustr., pi. 530. 



In woods. Distinguished from all the varieties of Agaricui 

 campestris by the elongated hollow stem and the brownish 



