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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus, 
Pileus reddish mouse colour, satiny, convex but uneven, three inches dia-* 
meter, oblique. 
Stem solid, very white, crooked, tapering upwards, many united together at 
the base, two inches long, half an inch diameter. 
Coplar Wood, Herefordshire. Sept. 1791. 
Specimen, description, and a drawing from Mr. Stackhouse. 
Yar. 3. Gills eight in a set: pileus scaly: stem thinnest in the middle: 
root bulbous. 
Ag. terreus. SchsefF. Ag. scaher. FI. Dan. In the garden at Edgbaston. 
18th June, 1792. 
War. 4. Pileus livid, conical, bossed : gills dirty white : stem crooked. 
Schaeff. 14. 
Stem irregularly hollow when old, and often so much curved that the pileus 
is bent down to the ground. Pileus very variable, somewhat hairy, paler 
when old, and the border frequently split. Mr. Woodward. The death¬ 
like paleness of the gills distinguishes this plant. The hue of the pileus 
variable, but most frequently of a dove-colour. Schaeffer t. 14. the gills 
ill-coloured. This Agaric frequently comes up in waved lines of a con¬ 
siderable extent, or in great circles, ten or fifteen yards in diameter. 
Major Velley. 
Ag. lividus. Huds. 616. Relh. 937. Ag. multiformis . Schaeff. Woods and 
hedges. Pine grove, Kirby. Mr. Woodward. Oct.—April. 
War. 5. Gills extremely white: pileus mouse-colour, shaded with brown: 
stem cylindrical, thick, dirty white, straight. 
Gills not reaching the stem, but leaving a channel round it. Pileus flat, 
two and a half inches over. Stem two and a half inches high, half an 
inch diameter, ^splitting. Drawing and description from Mr. Stack- 
house. 
Grows in long extended lines; in woods near Bath. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Var. 6. Gills pinky white, mostly eight in a set: pileus semi-transparent. 
Edgbaston lanes. May. 
Ag. leucocepeFalus. (Bull.) Gills white, four in a set; pileus con¬ 
vex, centre mouse, border white or pinky: stem white, cylindrical, 
crooked, brittle. 
Bull. 536 428. 1. more bossed than our specimens . 
Gills fixed, white, brittle, four in a set. 
Pileus convex, silky, centre dilute mouse colour, lightly shaded off, border 
white, when young sometimes tinged with pink, cracking with age, one 
and a half to four inches diameter. 
Stem solid, white, cylindrical, but often compressed, crooked, silky, one to 
two inches high, quarter to half an inch diameter: central when young, 
not always so in a more advanced age. 
(Silky Flat-stemmed Agauic. E.) Ag. leucocephalus. Bull. Grows in 
clusters ; pasture land, Edgbaston, particularly by the long stew. 
27th Oct. 1790. 
*Ag. plumo'sus. (Bolt.) Gills white, four in a set: pileus convex, 
mouse-colour, tufted: stem mouse-colour, tufted, cylindrical, 
crooked. 
Bolt. 33. 
Gills fixed, white, broad, numerous, dry and light. 
