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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agahicus. 
(Sowerby 66. E.) 
Gills fixed, white, fleshy, broad, wide apart, very irregular, two to eight in 
a set, but most frequently four; often forked at the outer end. 
Pileus brown, centre generally darkest, very thin, bluntly conical, but very 
irregular in shape, more or less transparent; when full grown the skin 
cracks and forms little scales; from one to two and a half inches over. 
Stem hollow, containing more or less of a loose pith, white, brownish at 
the bottom, compressed, rarely straight, often irregularly crooked and 
twisted, sometimes so compressed as to appear double, splitting, a quarter 
to half an inch diameter, two to three inches high. The whole plant very 
brittle and watery. In a great quantity of specimens I did not find a 
single one that had not a compressed stem. Is not this another variety 
of the sportive Ag. aurantius ? 
(Flat-stemmed Agaric. Ag. compressus. Pers. Purt. E.) In patches 
on the rising ground, opposite the stews, Edgbaston. 
28th June, 1792. 
Ag. argen'teus. Gills watery, brownish white, four or eight in a 
set, shining at the edges: pileus pale watery brown, convex but 
flatted: stem white. 
Gills fixed, watery, brownish white, four or eight in a set, the small ones 
irregular and uncertain, the long ones sometimes splitting, all of them 
shining, silvery white at the edges. 
Pileus pale watery brown, convex and bossed when young, afterwards flat 
topped, and the centre depressed, centre darker, surface mealy, streaked 
at the sides when young, wrinkled and plaited when old; one to two 
inches and a half over. 
Stem hollow, silvery white, cylindrical, but thicker downwards, bending, 
tender, splitting, two to four inches high, thick as a goose or a swan’s 
quill. 
(Silvery Agaric. E.) Packington park in clusters: under elm trees in 
Edgbaston park. 10th April, 1792—Aug. 
Ag. aurPcomus. (Batsch.) Gills brownish white, few, in pairs: pileus 
golden brown, convex, bossed: stem brown, thick at the top. 
Batsch 21. 
Gills fixed, brownish white, not numerous, in pairs, but sometimes a little 
gill intervening. 
Pileus rich brown, gently convex, bossed, slightly scored, half an inch over. 
Flesh white. 
Stem hollow, pale brown, thicker and flattened at the top, firm, smooth, one 
and a half to two inches high, thick as a crow quill. 
(Golden Brown Agaric. E.) Ag. auricomus . Batsch. Roots of filbert 
trees, Edgbaston. 24th Nov. 1790. 
Ag. plum'beus. (Schaeff.) Gills white, numerous, uniform: pileus 
light brown with some bluish lilac tints, convex, border streaked: 
stem white ; ring permanent. 
FI. Ban. 1014— Schaeff'. 85. 86. {hut the hollow stem not well expressed, 
though particularly mentioned in the description.) — Battar. 6. B— Mich. 
78. 2— J. B. iii. 826. figure to the left hand, good — Sterb. 20. K. 21. B. 
•— Buxh. 48. 1. very had. 
Gills fixed, white, very numerous, shining at the edges, nearly uniform, 
a shorter gill only now and then intervening. 
