CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus 
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Stem solid,, readily splitting, three inches high, a quarter of an inch diame- 
ter; several from one root, which is long, taper, fibrous. Bolton. 
Ag. ramoso-radicatus. Bolt. 148. Plantations, Fix by Hall, and near Dar¬ 
lington. 
Ag. fra'gilis. Gills yellow, four in a set: pileus and stem golden 
brown. 
Ag. stipitatusy pileo convexo viscido pellucido, lamellisque luteis , stipite nudo. 
Vaill. par. xi. 16. 17. 18— Schceff. 230. 
Gills fixed, pale yellow, two, four, or six in a set; long ones sixteen or 
eighteen. 
Pileus rich brown yellow, convex, at first pointed, then dimpled in the 
centre, sides sometimes scored, two to three-eighths of an inch over. 
Stem solid, pale or rich brown yellow, paler upwards, tender, watery, 
viscid, one and a half inch high, not thicker than a large pin. Vaill. 
Schaeff. Stem tall in proportion, generally curved, smooth. Pileus thin, 
without flesh, thence transparent ; and from the gills being visible 
through it, striated. Gills narrowing at each end. Mr. Woodword. 
(Golden-brown Striated Agaric. E.) Ag. fragilis. SchsefF. Ray Syn. 
p. 8. n. 38. Woods and hedges amongst moss and fallen leaves. Pine 
grove at Kirkby, Norfolk, on moss. Mr. Woodward. Pool dam, Edg- 
baston. Aug.—Oct. 
*Ag. squamo'sus. (SchsefF.) Gills yellowish, toothed, four in a set: 
pileus brown yellow, convex but irregular, ragged with scales: 
stem brown yellow, scaly. 
Schceff. 29. and 30. 
Gills fixed, whitish yellow, toothed or notched at the edge. 
Pileus brown or greyish yellow, scaly, convex, but very irregular in shape, 
sometimes hollow in the centre, three inches over. 
Stem solid, brown yellow, scaly, irregular in shape, one inch and a half to 
three inches high, half an inch or more in diameter. Schaeffer. The hard 
scaly texture of the pileus and stem, together with the indented gills, well 
characterized in Schaeffer’s figures. Major Velley. 
(Scaly Agaric. E.) Ag. squamosus. SchaefF. Huds. 614. 17. Old trees 
in Ditchingham. Relhan. FI. Cantab. On decayed trees, particularly 
on old willows. Aug.—Nov. 
'*A G. citrFnus. Gills pale or dirty yellow, nearly white at the edge: 
pileus rich brown, golden yellow and waved at the edge when 
fully grown: stem pale greenish yellow. 
Sower by 8 — Schceff’. 41. 
Gills fixed, four in a set. 
Pileus brown, darker with age and becoming yellow at the edge; convex, 
but when old, inverted two to four inches over. 
Stem solid, cylindrical, but rather thickest in the middle; near three inches 
high, half an inch diameter. 
Mr. Sowerby informs us that the plant is enveloped in a veil of gluten when 
young. 
(Citron-coloured Agaric. E.) Ag. limacinus. Sowerby; not of Schaeffer. 
Found by Mr. Sowerby abundantly in fir plantations at Cossey, near 
Norwich. October. 
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