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Stem cylindrical,, rarely straight, tapering greatly downwards at the root. 
Ag. melleus. FI. Dan. In similar situations with the preceding. Oct. 
Var. 3. Gills white, fleshy, eight in a set: pileus dark brown and olive: 
stem nearly white, cylindrical: curtain and ring yellow. 
Pileus dark and woolly in the centre, border rich yellow olive, one to one 
and a half inch diameter, cracking and turning up when old. 
Stem white, with a pinky or brownish tinge, cylindrical throughout, two 
to three inches high. Curtain cottony, pale yellow. Ring deeper yellow. 
A much smaller plant than the preceding varieties. 
On a hedge bank in the Edgbaston old road. 25 th Sept. 
Var. 4. Gills white, four or eight in a set: pileus convex, different shades 
of brown: stem nearly cylindrical, brownish, curtain woolly: ring broad, 
turned down on the stem, permanent. 
Gills fixed, white, four or eight in a set. 
Pileus various shades of yellow, red, or olive, to cool pale brown, darker in 
the centre, convex, slightly bossed, edge turned down, cracking when 
fully expanded, one and a half to four inches over. Flesh white. 
Stem solid, spongy, smooth, from rich red brown to nearly white, cylindrical, 
seldom straight, silky, shining, two to seven inches high, half an inch 
diameter. 
Ring permanent, formed by the curtain, which is thick, tough, and woolly, 
turning down upon the stem. The curtain in the young state of the 
plant extends up the stem quite to the gills, and then stretches down¬ 
wards to the edge of the pileus, forming strise or rising scores upon the 
top of the stem, to which the gills are not connected, but which on a 
careless examination give them an appearance of decurrency, not really 
existing. 
Ag. obscurus. SchsefF. Grows in large clusters in the hollows left by the 
felling of trees. 
Var. 5. Gills dusky white, fleshy, tough, distant, four in a set; pileus 
convex, rust-coloured: stem rust-coloured, tapering upwards: ring 
white, tough, permanent. 
Bolt. 16. 
Gills adhering to the stem by a narrow claw. 
Pileus one inch diameter, feeling like harsh woollen cloth. Flesh white. 
Stem solid, firm, elastic. 
The whole plant of a tough leathery substance, and in decay dries and 
withers. 
Ag. elasticus. Bolt. Fixby Park, under oak trees. Oct. 1786. Bolton. 
Var. 6. Pileus smooth, rich redchesnut: stem cylindrical, silky, pinky. 
Gills white, numerous, fleshy, very narrow where fixed to the stem. 
Pileus convex, two inches over. 
Stem solid, two and a half inches high. Fle^h pinky, rather crooked, near 
half an inch diameter. Curtain leaving a permanent ring on the stem. 
The pileus not woolly in the centre, but patched with remnants of a 
shrivelled wrapper; hence it is probable that the woolliness mentioned in 
the preceding varieties is owing to the same origin. 
Under chesnut trees, Edgbaston Park. Oct. 
Ag. larFcinus. Gills white, in pairs: pileus fox colour, convex: 
stem brownish: ring white, permanent. 
Bolt. 19— Battar. 11. F. 
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