VIII. FUNGI. 
604 
[. Agaricus . 
linear, subdeliquescent, sulphur-coloured, then greenish. — Berk. Outlines, 
169. t. ii. f. 1. 
Northern Island : ou the ground, Co/enso. (Europe, Tasmania.) 
22. A. (Hypholoma) stuppeus, Berk, in FI. N.-Z. ii. 175. Pileus 
2 in. broad and more, fleshy, convex, expanded, clothed with towy fascicled 
fibrous scales especially towards the margin. Stem 1-| in. high, i in. thick, 
fibrillose, thickened at the base, and attached to abundant mycelium. Gills 
crowded, moderately broad, adnate, umber. 
Northern Island: on the ground, Colenso. 
23. A. (Hypholoma) appendiculatus, Bulliard ; — Berk, in FI. 
N. Z. ii. 175. Pileus between fleshy and membranous, ovate, expanded, 
smooth, watery when fresh, wrinkled and sparkling with atoms when dry ; 
margin fringed by the remains of the veil. Stem fistulose, equal, smooth, 
white, pruinose above. Gills somewhat adnate, crowded, dirty white, then 
rosy-brown.- — Berk. Outlines, 170. t. ii. f. 3, 4. 
Northern Island: on decayed stumps, Colenso. (Europe.) 
2. COPRINUS, Persoon. 
Plabits and characters of Agaricus, but the gills deliquesce, and are 
membranous. Spores black. 
Eugacious toadstools, growing on rotten wood and manured soil, etc. 
1. C. Colensoi, Berk. ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 175. Small, subfascicled ; stem 
slender, in., tomentose. Pileus snow-white, cylindric, obtuse, at length 
campanulate, furfuraceous. Gills linear. Spores small, oblong, 35 V 0 - in. 
long. 
Northern Island, Colenso , on dung, very near the European C. niveus. 
2 . C. fimetarius. Fries. Stem solid, scaly, thickened at the base. 
Pileus submembranous, clavate-couic, soon torn and revolute, at first rough 
with floccose scales, then naked, longitudinally cracked, even at the apex. 
Gills free, black, lanceolate, linear and flexuose. — Berk. Outlines, 179. 
Middle Island : Canterbury province, on dungheaps, Sinclair and Haast. (Europe, 
and almost ubiquitous.) Very variable. 
3. HYGROPHORTTS, Pries. 
Habit, etc., of Agaricus. Pileus fleshy ; hymenopliorum continuous with 
the stem, descending without change into the sharp-edged gills ; hymenium 
waxy. 
A considerable European etc. genus. 
1 . H. cyaneus, Berk. mss. Azure blue. Stem 4-5 in. high, stout, 
nearly \ in. diam., irregularly hollow, thickened at the base. Pileus 1^ in. 
high, 2 in. diam., conic acuminate. Gills broad, very obtuse in front, nar- 
rowed posteriorly. 
Middle Island : beech forests, amongst moss, Nelson Province, Haast (drawing only). 
A very fine species. 
