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CRYPTOGAMIA. FUNGI. Agaricus. 
*Ag. palma'tus. (Bull.) Gills red brown, four in a set, but irre¬ 
gular: pileus deeper, brown red, flat, oblong: stem reddish 
white, eccentric. 
(,Sowerhy 62. lEi.)—Bull. 216. 
Gills long ones terminating on a membrane which prevents their adherence 
to the stem; few in number, very irregular. Bulliard. Unequal, lighter 
coloured than the pileus. 
Pileus brown red, flat, membranous, edge turned down. 
Stem solid, strong, inserted near the edge of the pileus. Substance very 
leathery and tenacious. The place of growth is very particular, viz. on 
the perpendicular side of a post, out of a knot in the solid undecayed 
wood, pointing first horizontally and then turning upwards. Description 
and drawing from Mr. Stackhouse. Bulliard says it is found in 
autumn on the squarred sides of timber, and also on trees both healthy and 
decayed, at the height of sixty or eighty feet. In Mr. Stackhouse’s draw¬ 
ings the pileus is about one foot and a half or two inches over; the stem 
about one inch high, and a quarter of an inch diameter, but the figures of 
Bulliard are much larger, and more of a brown colour. 
(Palm Agaric. Ag. palmatus. Pers. Purt. “ I have always found Ag. 
palmatus upon the elm.” Purt. E.) 
*Ag. pla'nus. (Bolt.) Gills mouse brown, thin, pliable, four in a 
set: pileus mouse brown, flat, with narrow stripes near the edge. 
Bolt. 72. 3. 
Gills fixed, four in a set, spear-shaped, soft and tender. 
Pileus smooth, semi-circular, brownish mouse-colour, marked near the edge 
with three or four narrow concentric lines of a darker colour ; waved at 
the edge, near one inch broad and something more in width. 
Stem solid, very short, more properly perhaps to be considered as a root. 
Bolton. 
Bulliard 140, seems a variety of this. 
(Flat Agaric. Ag- planus. Bolt. Purt. E.) Grows upright on the ground. 
Oct. 
*Ag. flabellifok/m is. Gills yellowish brown, numerous: pileus 
smooth, mealy, whitish : stem short, variably eccentric. 
( Sowerhy 109. E.)— Schaeff. 208. 
Gills decurrent, mostly uniform, light yellowish brown. 
Pileus smooth, tough, leathery, mealy, whitish, with deep rust coloured 
tints near the stem, set upon the stem like a leaf upon its stalk, but some¬ 
times more central, and turned up like a funnel; one to one and a half 
inch over, the edge cut into irregular segments. 
Stem solid, dark brown, one quarter to half inch high, thick as a crow quill. 
Drawing and description from Mr. Stackhouse. 
(Fan-shaped Agaric. Ag. Jlabelliformis. Hook. Purt. E.) Ray. Syn. 
p. 25. n. 23. Ag. semipetiolatus. SchaefF. Stumps of oaks, Aldenham, 
Salop. Hazle stumps, Powick, Worcester; frequently growing in clusters. 
*Yar. 2. Pileus about three quarters of a circle, one inch diameter, entire 
at the edge. 
Bolt. 71. 2— Vaill. 10. 6—Buxb. v. 10. 1. 2. 
Grows single or tiled; of a dry leathery substance, a smooth surface, and 
either a white or dull pale yellowish colour. 
