170 
CRYPTOGAMS. FUNGI. Agarxcus. 
(Amethystine Agaric. E.) Ag. amethysteus. Bull. Woods near Bath. 
Mr. Stackhouse. Plantations, Edgbaston. July—Oct. 
*Ag. ri/tilus. (SchsefF.) Gills reddish purple, leathery, few, in 
pairs: pileus reddish purple, fleshy: stem reddish purple, cylin¬ 
drical. 
(,Sowerby 105. E.)— Schceff. 55. 
Gills decurrent, moderately numerous, leathery, thick, reddish purple, 
turning of a blue mouldy colour in decay. 
Pileus flat, fleshy, thick, smooth, centre somewhat depressed, edge turned 
down, not changing colour as Schaeffer mentions. 
Stem solid, reddish purple, cylindrical, insensibly swelling at the top into 
the pileus, tough, two inches high or more, three-eighths diameter. Major 
Velley and Mr. Stackhouse. 
(Ruddy Agaric. Ag. rutilus. SchaefF. Hook. Purt. Ag. gomphus. Pers. 
E.) Woods near Bath: under fir trees at Pendarvis, Cornwall; often 
distorted when fully grown, and wrinkled into grotesque shapes. Mr. 
Stackhouse. Abounds on Claverton Downs, and from its leathery texture 
continues much longer undecayed than any other species. Major Velley. 
*Ag. vis'cidus. (Linn.) Gills purple, four in a set: pileus rich 
brown, convex: stem paler brown, cylindrical. 
Ag. stipitatus, pileo purpurascente fusco viscido : lamellis fusco purpurascen - 
tihvs. Linn. 
Gills somewhat decurrent, distinct, remote, purple to brown, the short ones 
tapering to a point, sides woolly, powdery. Pileus convex, hemispherical, 
and the edge turned in when old, at length turban shaped and viscid. 
Stem cylindrical, brown yellow, especially in its horizontal section. FI. 
Suec. 
Gills decurrent, not numerous. 
Pileus convex, edge thin, rather turned down, about two inches over. 
Stem solid, cylindrical, paler brown than the pileus, one and a half inch 
high, thick as a goose quill. Taken from a beautiful drawing and dis¬ 
section, sent me by Mr. Stackhouse. 
(Viscid Agaric. E.) Plantations near Bath. Mr. Stackhouse. 
II. SOLID AND FIXED. 
(1) Gills white. 
Ag. grave'olens. Gills white, very numerous, irregular, four in a 
set: pileus white: stem white, tapering. 
Bull. 585./. 1. 
Gills fixed by a small claw, white, very numerous, irregular, mostly four in 
a set. 
Pileus dead white, convex, yellowish in the centre, three to four inches over. 
Flesh thich, white, spongy. 
Stem solid, white, fibrous, splitting, crooked, compressed, tapering down¬ 
wards, two inches high, near one inch diameter, spongy and white 
within : sometimes rather bulbous at the base. 
The want of a wrapper and curtain distinguishes this from Ag. bulhosus. 
The gills are disposed to separate from the pileus as the tubes of some 
