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uniformly filled with a white pith, the surrounding flesh having a yellow 
cast. This pith does not appear in Schaeffer’s figure., therefore I suppose 
it is not always found so fully to occupy the hollow. 
(Buff Grass-plat Agaric. E.) Ag. pulverulentus. Schseff. Grass plats, 
but not very common. August. 
(3) Gills red. 
Ag. cinnamo'meus. (Linn.) Gills deep tawny red, broad about the 
middle, four in a set: pileus rich cinnamon, convex, somewhat 
bossed: stem yellow. 
(,Sowerby 205. E.)— Bolt. 150. 
Gills tawny red. Pileus convex, but flatted, often with a central rise; 
colour of leather, or of a chesnut. Stem yellowish, naked, long. It is 
readily distinguished by its cinnamon colour. Linn. Not Haller, n. 
2432. nor Ray Syn. 5. n. 23. nor Huds. 615. n. 19. Gills a glowing red¬ 
dish yellow. Pileus yellowish snuff colour, clothy to the touch. Stem 
bright yellow, fleshy, thicker at bottom. So well described by Linnaeus 
that it is surprising it has not been since observed. These remarks, 
accompanying a beautiful drawing of the plant, by Mr. Stackhouse. 
Gills fixed by claws, which break as the pileus attains its fullest expan¬ 
sion, deep tawny red, broadest in the middle, uneven at the edge, not 
crowded. 
Pileus rich cinnamon, convex, the edge turned down, and curled in; in its 
state of greatest expansion flat, the central boss small, pointed; diameter 
one and a half to three and a half inches. 
Stem hollow, fine full yellow, cylindrical, generally crooked, sometimes in 
old plants flatted, two inches high, silky, shining, thick as a goose quill. 
(Cinnamon Agaric. Ag. cinnamomeus. Bolt. Pers. Purt. E.) Planta¬ 
tions belonging to Mr. Pearson at Tettenhall, Staffordshire. July, 1792. 
Pendarvis, Cornwall. Mr. Stackhouse.* 
Ag. rubigino'sus. Gills red: pileus whitish to brownish buff : stem 
white, changing to purplish brown. 
Gills fixed, but frequently separating from the stem as the plant comes to 
maturity; rich pinky red to cinnamon ; four in a set, numerous, very 
narrow, paler when young. 
Pileus whitish when young, brownish buff when old and cracking; bluntly 
conical, half to one inch diameter, thin and semi-transparent. 
Stem hollow, two to three and a half inches high, thick as a crow’s quill; 
white when young, but changing to purplish brown. Root rather bul¬ 
bous. Flesh white. 
(Rubiginous Agaric. E.) On cow dung; Edgbaston. 12th Oct. 1793. 
Ag. ro'seus. (Bull.) Gills rose red, two to four in a set, connected by 
cross threads: pileus rose red, bossed: stem pale rose. 
Bull. 162—( Sowerby 72. E.) 
Gills fixed slightly to the stem, delicate rose or peach blossom colour, not 
numerous, four in a set, but the shorter series often wanting, large gills 
in the larger plants as if bitten at the edges; all of them connected by 
cross threads or ligaments. 
* (This species is said to be edible, yielding a good flavour when broiled. E.) 
