CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agariccs. 239 
Stem hollow, yellow, crooked, sometimes compressed and appearing as if 
double ; two to four inches high, thick as a crow or a goose quill. 
Curtain very pale yellow, fugacious, leaving no durable mark on the stem. 
In the larger and more expanded plants some of the long gills Separate from 
the stem ; and then they cease to grow, for they appear less broad than 
those which remain attached to it. This circumstance compels us to 
count eight in a set. 
Gills very closely set, and in maturity changing from a yellowish green to 
a dusky colour, discharging a subtile powder on being shaken. Major 
Velley. When held against the light with the gills towards the eye and 
gently turned round, a beautiful golden metallic lustre seems to play 
upon the under surface. 
(Clustered Agaric. E.) Ray Syn. p. 9. n. 50. Ag. lateritius. SchaefF. 
Ag. fascicularis. Bolt. (Pers. Purt. E.) In clusters; sometimes appa¬ 
rently distant from any decayed wood, but most constantly found under 
trees, or near the bottom of posts. June—Aug.—April. 
Var. 2. Gills yellowish to greenish, eight in a set* regular: stem With a 
ring. 
Batsch 29. 
Gills fixed, pale yellowish, soon changing to greenish; regularly eight in a 
set. 
Pileus at first conical, the edge turned in, then nearly flat, full buff, harsh to 
the touch, one and a quarter to one and a half inch over. 
Stem hollow, pale yellow, silky, seldom quite straight, one and a half to 
two and a half inches high, near a quarter of an inch diameter, marked 
very near the top with a ring. 
Curtain woolly, pale greenish yellow, not very fugacious, part adhering to 
the edge of the pileus and part to the top of the stem, forming a ring. 
Ag.jenensis. Batsch. In clusters, Edgbaston, at the bottom of posts, or 
other half decayed wood. Oct. 
Var. 3. Gills watery white changing to grey green: pileus irregularly con¬ 
vex, bossed. 
FI. Dan. 890— Battar. 22. D. G. JV. — Bolt. 5— Schoeff. 49. 6. 7. 
Gills fixed slightly to the top of the stem by a minute claw, watery white 
with a faint tinge of grey, which soon attains a greenish cast; numerous, 
four or eight in a set. 
Pileus irregularly convex, bossed but flatted at the top, sides depressed in 
places, edge turned in, deep buff approaching to brown orange, and 
sometimes to red chesnut, paler at the sides, cracking, two to five inches 
over. 
Flesh yellow, white. 
Stem hollow, with a loose pith, yellow white or buff above, brown at the 
bottom, smooth, crooked, cylindrical, splitting, three to four inches long, 
and near half an inch diameter. 
Curtain woolly, greenish white, fringing the edge of the pileus, but seldom 
leaving a permanent ring on the stem. 
Ray Syn. p. 10. n. 57. Ag. pomposus. Bolt. Ag. lateritius. SchaefF. Ag. 
auratus. FI. Dan. Single or in clusters, not uncommon, but the root 
always attached to decayed wood. Nov.—April. 
Var. 4. Gills dirty pale green covered with a purplish brown powder, and 
waved at the edge. 
Gills fixed, numerous, eight in a set, much waved at the edge, pale dull 
