CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. 
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rather thicker upwards ; two to four inches high, quarter to half an inch 
diameter. Root a small bulb. 
A large quantity of seeds fall from the gills of this Agaric, staining the 
fingers as well as the stem of a Spanish snuff-colour. Stem solid, 
but it has a central pith different in colour from the surrounding flesh. 
(Cinnamon-coloured Glossy Agaric. E.) Ag. orichalceus. Batsch. Ag. 
aimatochde. Bull, if the dissection should agree. Plantations at Edg- 
baston, and at Barr, Staffordshire. Sept. 
Ag. lacticau'lis. Gills brown, numerous, two or four in a set: pileus 
convex, light brown buff, border whitish: stem white, bending, 
splitting. 
(One of the taller figures in the plate of Bull. 102. if properly coloured , would 
give a tolerable idea of this plant in its fully expanded state.) 
Gills fixed, brown, very numerous, two but mostly four in a set. 
Pileus gently convex, nearly flat, when fully expanded, cracking in the 
centre, brownish buff in the middle, paler and almost white towards the 
edge, two to two and a half inches over. Flesh very thin, white. 
Stem solid, white, cylindrical, tender, splitting, mostly crooked, four or five 
inches long, thick as a goose quill. 
Juice of the stem dilutely milky, the milk not acrid. The whole plant very 
tender. 
(Buffy Split-stemmed Agaric. E). Plantations, Edgbaston, amongst 
old leaves and deep grass ; several together. 
11th Oct. 1790—25th Sept. 1791. 
Var. 2. Gills light reddish brown; pileus dark red brown, centre depressed: 
stem short. 
Gills fixed, lighter colour than the pileus, numerous, unequal. 
Pileus deep red brown, smooth, circular, depressed in the centre, edge 
turned down, half inch over. 
Stem solid, short, thick, the size of a reed. Juice milky, mild. 
Specimen and description from Mr. Stackhouse. 
Ag. obsole'tus. (Batsch.) Gills light reddish brown, four in a set : 
pileus brown buff, whitish at the edge : stem yellow white. 
Batsch 103 — Bull. 576. 1. 
Gills fixed, pale, reddish brown, broad, four in a set. 
Pileus convex, very irregular, sometimes peaked, brown buff, more or less 
white at the edge, one to one and a half inch over. Flesh thin. 
Stem solid, pithy, yellowish white, rarely straight, often eccentric, one to 
one and a half inch high, thick as a small goose quill. In clusters, often 
united both at top and bottom, whence the pileus seldom regular. 
The plant has a sweetish hawthorn-like, but nauseous and fainty smell. 
In its very young state the gills seem loose, but as the stem advances 
in growth, part of the central flesh of the pileus elongates to form 
the upper part of the stem, and then they are evidently fixed. 
(Yellowish Eccentric Agaric. E.) Slope of the boat-house field, 
Edgbaston. 10th Sept. 1793. 
Ag. nu'dus. (Batsch.) Gills cool brown, numerous, four or eight in 
a set: pileus brown, gently convex, concave with age; satiny 
when dry : stem brown. 
