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CRYPTOGAMIA. 
Class XXIV. 
B YMENOMYCE TES. 
Class I. Hymenini. 
2365. AGA'RICUS. L. Agaric. 
^ 1. Amani'ta. Ptrs. 
15731 vernus BuH. vernal 
15732 phallo'ides Fries. Phallus-like 
/3 verrucosus Fl.LiOnd. ivarfed 
y virescens ¥\. Dan. greenish 
15733 porphyrius Fries, porphyry 
15734 vaginatus Bull. 
a-pAmbeus Scheeff! 
y hyaltnus SchaefF. 
^ pulvindtus Bolton 
t fulvus Schffiff. 
15735 nivalis Grev. 
sheathed 
lead-colored 
transparent 
cushioned 
tawny 
alpine 
stinking 
scentless 
scentless 
scentless 
scentless 
eatable 
eatable 
eatable 
eatable 
eatable 
delicate 
Dir. I. Pileati. 
Sp. 308—715. 
3-6 spr. su. W woo., dam. pi. Bulliard, 1. 108 
4 jul.oct. W woody places Bull. t. 2. .577. bulbosus 
4 jul.oct. Y woody places Fl.lo.t.312.f.dex.i»e/-/-i<c. 
4 jul.oct. Pa.Gr woody places Flora danica, t. 1246 
4 juloct. Livid among moss Michel, gen. t, 76. f. 3 
6 aut. "W waste places Bulliard, t. 512 
6 aut. Lead waste places SchEefFer, tt. 85, 86 
6 sum. Cses. waste places SchsefFer, t. 244 
6 sum. Br waste places Bolton, t. 49 
6 sum. Tawn. waste places Bolt. t. 38. f.2. trilobatus 
5 aug. W Scotch mou. Greville crypt. 1. 18 
15736 muscarius L. 
15737 pantherinus Dec. 
fly-blown 
mottled 
poisonous 4 au.oc. Or.R woods Greville crypt. 1. 54 
warted 3 au. oc. Ol moun.' woods SchaefE t. 90. maculatus 
15738 rubescens Pers. 
J 57 39 asper Alb.8(Schwe. 
flesh-colored 
rough 
^ 2. Lepio'ta. Pers. 
15740 procerus Scop. gigantic 
15741 excoriatus Schceff. flayed 
nauseous 3 jul.sep. F. Col. heaths ^ch^m t.dl. pustulatuc 
stinking 3 jul.oct. Rsh open woods ^\x\\. t.3lQ. verrucosus 
esculent 10 au.no. W.Br gardens 
esculent 7 Jul. au. Wsh fields 
Sowerby, 1. 190 
SchEBfF. 1. 18, 19 
15742 clypeolarius Bull, buckler 
fifelmus Pers. 
y meledgris Sowerb. 
15743 cristatus Bolton 
spotted 
variegated 
crested 
insipid 2 au. oc. Wsh beech woods Sowerby, t. 14 
insipid 2 au.oc. Wsh hot-houses 
insipid 2 au. oc. Wsh pine woods Sowerby, 1. 171 
foetid 1| au.no. Wsh grassy places Greville crypt. 3. 176 
15744 illinitus Fries 
15731 
besmeared 
15732 
mucilaginous 3 jul.oct. Wsh meadows 
15733 15736 
Fl. dan. t. 600 
15736 
15734 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2365. Agaricus. This, the most extensive genus in tbe vegetable kingdom, derives its name from Agaria, a 
kingdom of Sarmatia. The species are determined upon various principles. Some writers have mixed together 
species of the most different kinds, as Gleditsch ; and a few writers only have really taken pains to ascertain 
the species. If it is divided into many genera it would be necessary to break up Boletus also, which would 
scarcely be judicious. An accurate and simple mode of division is, however, of the utmost moment, and 
several methods have been proposed, the greater part of which are artificial, and therefore objectionable ; such, 
for example, as that of Villars, from the magnitude of the species ; of Linnseus, from the color of the pileus ; 
of Haller, from the color of the lamella; or gills ; of Withering, from the nature of the stipes and the color 
of the lamellcE taken together; or of Otto, from the position of the lamellae. The divisions of Fries, which 
are all named as subgenera, depend upon the characters of the veil, the lamellae, the sporidia, and the pileus. 
Our notes will follow these in their order of succession. 
§ 1. Amanita. This name was applied by Galen to some eatable fungus, and has been restored in modern 
days by Persoon. Most of the species are poisonous. They do not perish quickly, and are found for the most 
part on damp earth in shady woods, never upon wood or the dung of animals. They are in perfection about 
the end of summer. 
A. vaginatus is eaten by the Muscovites; but in the Jena Literary Gazette of 1819, it is declared to be 
poisonous. A. ovoideus is said to be delicious. 
A. muscarius, or reddish mushroon, has a large pileus, varying much in color, white, red, or crimson, convex, 
sprinkled with downy warts, which are raised, compact, and angular, or thin, flat, and ragged, turning up with 
age, from two to seven inches over ; flesh white, reddish in decay : gills fixed, white, yellowish with age, mostly 
uniform, but a shorter one sometimes intervening ; the shorter gills varying much in length, but rarely less 
than one-third the length of the long ones : the .stem solid and cylindrical, but the internal substance shrivel- 
ling with age leaves irregular hollows ; scaly, bulbous at the base, from three to five inches high, and from 
three quarters to one and a half inch in diameter ; ring broad, permanent, and turned down upon the stem. 
This plant rises out of the ground inclosed within its brown .studded wrapper. It is found in pastures. The 
juice rubbed on the walls and bed-posts destroys bugs j and in the North of Europe, the inhabitants infuse it in 
