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215. Agaricus (Pholiota) erebius. Fr. Hym. Eur. 216. 
Sacc. Syll. v., 3o50. Cooke I Lius. t. 358. =Ag. (Arm.) 
deuigratus. Fr. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, smooth, rather viscid, lurid, hygrophanous 
(4-5 c.m. broad), margin striate, stem fistulose, equal, tibrillose, 
pallid, striate (6 c.m long, 6 m.m. thick), as well as the apical, 
campnnulately reflexed ring ; gills adnate, rather distant, pallid, 
then dirty-cinnamon ; spores ovate, even. 
In grassy places. V iotoria. 
The form called Ag. denigratus is the state when the gills are 
pale. 
216. Agaricus (Pholiota) togularis. Bull. t. 595,/. 2. Fries 
Hym Bur. 216. Cooke Illus. t. 350. ISacc. Syll. v., 3052. 
Pileus fleshy, thin, campaiiulate, expanded, smooth (3-4 c.m. 
broad), pale ochre ; stem fistulose, rigid, fibrous or strigose, and 
cracking, pallid above (6-8 c.m. long, 4 m.m. thick), nag 1 entire, 
distant; gills adnate, then seceding, ventricose, narrow behind, 
becoming yellowish. Spores 8-10 x 4-6 y. 
In grassy places, etc. Victoria. 
217. Agaricus (Pholiota) recedens. Che. ij' Mass. Grev. 
xviii., 25. 
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then expanded, rather nmbonate, 
smooth, diy, golden tawny, disc darker (1 in. diam.), margin thin, 
at length faintly striate ; stem elongated, cylindrical, equal (3-4 
in. long, 2 lines thick), of the same colour as the pileus, or darker 
below, ring ample spreading half-way down ; gills adnate, rather 
distant, ventricose, thin, cinnamon. Spores elliptical, acuminate, 
bright brown, 9 x 5 y. 
On the ground. Victoria. 
218. Agaricus (Pholiota) blattarius. Fries Hym. Eur. 
216. Cooke Illus. Supp. t. 1172a. 
Pileus rather fleshy, soon flattened, somewhat uinbonate, smooth, 
ferruginous, hygrophnnous, margin striate, stem fistulose, equal, 
straight, ring entire, distant, white, gills free, rounded, ventricose, 
crowded, watery cinnamon. 
On the ground. V ictoria. 
** Pti a’.ot/E. Spores dusky, ferruginous. 
219. Agaricus (Pholiota) praecox. Pers. Syn. 420. Fr. 
Hym. Eur. 216. Cooke Illus. t. 360. Sacc. Syll. v., 3055. 
Pileus fleshy, soft , convexo-plane, obtuse, at length smooth, 
even, white, then yellowish (3-6 c.m. broad) ; stem stuffed, then 
hollow, cylindrical, pubescent or mealy (5-8 c.m. long, 4-7 m.m. 
thick), at length smooth, white as well as the ring; gills emar- 
ginate, adnexed, crowded, wliite, then brownish. Spores 8-13 x 
6-7 y. 
In gardens and pastures. W. Australia. 
