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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaiucus 
Bull. 542. and 68— (Sowerby 262. E.) 
Gills loosa, distant from the stem, white, very narrow, generally in pairs, 
sometimes four in a set. 
Pileus white or brown white, sometimes hazel in the centre, flat, slightly 
bossed, extremely thin, the edge rolling up, from three quarters to two 
inches and a half diameter. 
Stem hollow, white, thick as a goose or a raven quill below, gradually 
tapering upwards, four inches high. 
The whole plant extremely tender and brittle, of short duration, dissolving 
into a black liquid. 
(Ephemeral Agaric. Ag. stercorarius. Bull. Purt. Hook. Ag. ephemerus. 
Pers. E.) Pastures and woods, on horse and cow dung. Autumn. 
Var. 2. Pileus light grey brown; stem swollen above the bottom and 
tapering upwards and downwards. 
Gills loose, distant from the stem, white, narrow. 
Pileus light grey brown, streaked, conical, but expanded and bossed in its 
most perfect state, two to two inches and a half over. 
Stem hollow, white, shining, four or five inches high, hardly so thick as a 
goose quill, but for two inches above the root swollen out like the stem of 
an onion and tapering each way. 
In Lord Aylesford’s park at Packington. 
Var. 3. Pileus conical to bell-shaped, pellucid, watery white, top brownish 
mouse: stem white, pellucid, tall, thin. 
Bull 320— Bolt. 37. 
Gills loose, narrow, very thin and delicate, pellucid. 
Pileus conical, changing to bell-shaped, smooth, striated when it begins to 
decay, half to one inch over. 
Stem hollow, white, pellucid, very tender and brittle, six inches high, thick 
as a small packthread. Bolton. Gills few, thin, transparent. Pileus 
mouse-coloured, thin striated. Stem very long, slender, brittle, woolly 
near the base. Mr. Stackhouse. Bulliard observes that the stem is 
often four inches high before the pileus is larger than a pin’s head. 
Ill dry weather the edge of the pileus is apt to roll inwards very much. In 
-open pastures the stem is shorter than in woods. 
Ray Syn. p. 9. n. 45. Ag. tenuis. Bolt, and With. Ed. 2. Amongst moss 
and grass in shady woods at the roots of large trees. Summer and 
Autumn. Woods near Woolhope, Herefordshire. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Woods and pasture ground, Edgbaston. On the cone of a Scotch fir in 
Packington park. 
Var. 4. Pileus brown or bluish grey, apex nearly black : stem grey. 
In the park at Packington, Warwickshire. 
Ag. clypeola'rius. Gills white, numerous, four in a set: pileus con¬ 
vex, bossed, pale brown, mottled: stem smooth. 
\ar. 1. Stem brownish, ring brownish. 
Sowerby 14— Bull. 306. 2. 
Gills loose, white, very numerous, four in a set. 
Pileus convex, bossed, pale brown, mottled, with dull greenish and a few 
reddish spots, edge turned down ; one and a half to two inches over. 
Stem hollow, smooth, very pale brown, two to three inches long, thicker 
than a swan’s quill. Ring permanent, loose on the stem* Moot a bulb. 
