250 CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. 
Bull. 260—Bolt. 38. 1. (excluding the other synonyms .) Sowerhy 385./. 4. 
Gills loose, broad. 
Pileus a quarter of an inch from the edge to the top of the cone. 
Stem one inch high, thick as a bristle. Bolt. Gills very thin, broad next to 
the stem. Pileus bright yellow, thin, brittle, splitting, glossy. Stem 
hollow, delicate. Mr. Stackhouse. Mr. Bolton tells me that the stem of 
his plant is solid. It may possibly prove to be a variety of Ag. clavus. 
(Dwarf Yellowish Agaric. E.) Ag. pumilus. Bull. Ag. luteo-albus. 
Bolt- Common in woods near Halifax. Short grass, at Powick, near 
Worcester. Mr. Stackhouse. 
Yar. 2. Gills yellow white: pileus dark green: stem green. 
Gills loose, yellowish white, four in a set. 
Pileus dark green, scored, paler at the edge and at the top, cylindro-eonvex, 
blunt, three-eighths of an inch high. 
Stem hollow, dark green, one inch and a half high, thick as a large pin. 
Lord Aylesford park, at Packington; on decayed wood. Autumn. 
(2) Gills hr own. 
Ag. co'lus. Gills red chesnut: pileus a tall slender cone, white : stem 
white. 
Sowerhy 33 : upper figure . 
Gills loose ; uniform ; deep Spanish snuff colour, numerous, tender. 
Pileus dead white, near an inch high, almost cylindrical, not more than a 
quarter of an inch diameter, except at the edge, which flanches out a 
little : rounded at the apex. 
Stem with a fine hollow, white, cylindrical, three inches high, thick as crow 
quill. 
This is a very beautiful and rare species. Its texture tender, soon crushing 
and becoming watery when gathered. 
(Distaff Agaric. Ag. tener. Sowerby. Hook. E.) A single specimen 
on the grass plats at Tettenhall, Staffordshire, June; and another in a 
pasture field, Edgbaston. August, 1792. 
Var. 1. Pileus buffy white, expanded at the edge: stem bulbous at the 
base. 
Sowerhy 33— Bull. 563. 1; hut the pileus not exactly the colour of our 
specimens. 
Gills loose, in pairs, cream-coloured when young, changing to buffy brown 
or Spanish snuff-colour. 
Pileus dead buffy white, conical, three quarters of an inch high, half an 
inch diameter, blunt at the top, flanched out at the edge, and crumpled, 
but smooth at the very edge. 
Stem white, with a very fine hollow, two to two inches and a half high ; 
bulbous at the base, thick as a raven’s quill. 
Ag. conocephalus. Bull. Ag. tener. Sowerby. Pastures, Edgbaston. 
6th Aug. 1795. 
Ag. atro-ru'fus. (Schseff.) Gills reddish brown, few, four in a set: 
pileus dark brown, convex, centre conical; stem brown, cylindri* 
cal, elastic. 
