CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agakicus. 
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Ag. verrucosus . Huds. Ray Syn. p. 3. n. 12. (and Curt. E.) Ag. maculatus 
and pusiulatus . Schreff. Edgbaston Park, where grass had been mown. 
May, Aug.—Nov, 
*Var. 8. Pileus dirty yellow, with dull red clouds. 
Curt. 312. 
Pileus smooth, glutinous. Warts light coloured, thin, crumpled. Stem 
slightly tinged with red. Ping beautiful, standing aloof from the stem in 
a wavy line, and finely striated. 
Pendarvis, Cornwall. 28th July, 1790. 
Var. 9. Pileus olive brown : warts black. 
Pileus in colour not unlike the bark of a young ash tree. Warts irregular, 
large, blackish. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Pasture land, Woolhope, Herefordshire. 
Var. 10. Pileus olive brown, without warts: gills four in a set. 
This turns up with age, not in the usual mode at the edge, but the whole 
pileus doubled together. 
Fir plantations, Barr, Staffordshire. Sept. 
I have been the more particular in the descriptions of this species and its 
numerous varieties, on account of the confusion caused by the latter, 
the various times it has been figured under different names, and the au¬ 
thority of Mr. Hudson, who has made two species out of one, and has 
inadvertently quoted as a synonym still another, and really a different 
plant.* 
Ag. ter'reus, (Schaeff.) Gills white, numerous, eight in a set: 
pileus brown, shaded, convex, irregular, cracking; stem white, 
conical, eccentric. 
(Sowerby 76. E.)— Schaff. 64. 1. 2. 3. 
Gills fixed, watery white, numerous, eight in a set, the smallest gills vary¬ 
ing much in length. 
Pileus light watery brown, with various shades, scored, convex, rather 
bossed, edge turned down, and the sides with one or two large irregular 
depressions, cracking with age, two and a quarter to four inches diameter. 
Flesh white, spongy. 
Stem solid, white, smooth, rather crooked, tapering to the root, rarely cen¬ 
tral, two and a half inches long, half an inch diameter. Ray Syn 5.21. 
which Mr. Curtis would not have assigned to Ag. ovatus , had he suffi¬ 
ciently considered the description of Ray. 
(Earth-coloured Agaric. E.) Ag. terreus. Schseff. In clusters, Edg¬ 
baston, under the large oak by the bolt of the square stew. 
4th Sept. 1791. 
Var. 2. Gills white, four in a set, wide apart: stem tapering upwards. 
(Sowerhy 207. E f—Schaff. 64. 4— FI. Dan. 832. 3. seems to he the same plant 
of a dwarfish growth, and having a rough pileus. 
Gills fixed, very white, fleshy, broad, wide asunder, four in a set. 
. * (Too much caution cannot he observed in attempting to increase the number of 
edible mushrooms. Those of most inviting appearance often prove deleterious to the 
stomach, and Ag. muscarius , with its several varieties, have been generally deemed 
poisonous. E.) 
