CRYPTO GAM I A. FUNGI. Agaricus. 251 
SdhcSff. 23 &—Bolt. 61. 1. 
Gills loose, broad, red brown. 
Pileus conical, apex rounded, smooth, dark red brown, a quarter to half an 
inch high. 
Stem, hollow, brown, shining, rather strong, disposed to split, one inch and 
a quarter to one inch and three quarters high, thinner than a crow quill. 
Root rather bulbous. 
(Dark Red Turf Agaric.) Ag. atro-rnfiis. Bolt. Ray Syn. p. 8. n. 43. 
Dry barren pastures, amongst moss. Grass plats at Tettenhall, Staf¬ 
fordshire. Spring—Aug. 
Var. 2. Pileus deep yellow at the edge. 
In Packington park. 
*Ag. nu'ceus. (Bolt.) Gills pale brown, broad, thin, four in a set: 
pileus red brown, edge lobed and turned inwards: stem white. 
Bolt. 70—Bull. 535. 1. 
Gills loose, gently waved at the edges. 
Pileus size and colour of a Spanish nut, dimpled at the top, dry, pliable, 
smooth, silky, shining : the margin lobed and very much rolled in, so as 
to touch the stem or even to pass by it, the opposite lobes pressing 
against, or crossing each other. 
Stem hollow, dead white, thin, tender, splitting, four inches high, thich as a 
crow quill. Bolton. 
(Involuted Nut-brown Agaric. E.) Ag. foraminulosus. Bull. Ag. 
nuceus. Bolt. Among young firs, abundantiy. In dry and barren soils 
amongst heath and furze bushes. Oct. 
*Ag. corruga'tus. Gills pale brown, four in a set: pileus brown, 
convex, crumpled: stem white, crooked, tapering upwards. 
Gills loose, shallow, wide apart. 
Pileus brown, clothy to the touch, skinny, crumpled and twisted, one inch 
and a half over. 
Stem hollow, white, crooked, tapering upwards, several united together at 
the bottom. Description and drawing from Mr. Stackhouse. Curtain 
sometimes remains hanging on the edge of the pileus. 
(Crumpled Taper-stemmed Agaric. E.) Packington park. Autumn. 
Ag. rubla/tus. Gills brown pink: pileus brown pink, conical; stem 
brown pink. 
Gills loose, brown pink, narrow. 
Pileus brown pink, clothy, conical, but flat topped, near one inch and a half 
from the edge to the apex. 
Stem, hollow, brown pink, clothy, cylindrical, gently waved, four inches high, 
three-eighths of an inch in diameter. 
The whole plant is coloured as though it had been dyed with madder. 
(Pinky Flat-topped Agaric. E.) In the Earl of Aylesford’s park, at 
Packington. Autumn. 
(Ag. hy'bridus. Gills four in a set, numerous, very pale brown, with 
white margins; pileus chesnut brown; stem yellowish brown, 
striated, woolly at the base. 
Hook. FI Lond~-Sowerby 321* 
Gills loose. 
