smooth. St. floccoso-squamose, white. A. superior, large,
spreading.
Woods, under birches. Sept. 3 i X X J in.
4d. A. citrina Pers. (from the lemon-coloured pileus) b.
P. convex, obtuse, brassy-yellow, with white warts. St. hollow,
white. A. large. Vo. imperfect. G. free, broad, white.
Woods. Oct. 4| X 4j X I.
5. A. musearia Pers. (from its former use as a fly-poison ; musca,
a fly) a b c.
P. scarlet or orange, rarely yellow, brown or liver-colour; marg.
slightly striate. St. white, rarely yellowish. Vo. bulb-like, large.
Poisonous, narcotic, acrid. Woods, birch, fir. July-Nov. 7 X 9 f X i in.
Compare brown form with 6.
6. A. pantherina Quél, (from the markings of the pileus) a b c.
P. viscid, pale or dark brown ; marg. striate. St. whitish.
Poisonous. Woods and pastures ; frequent. July-Oct. 4 X 5 X J in.
Compare 11.
7. A. exeelsa Gonn. & Rab. {excelsus, tall) a b c.
P. viscid, papilloso-wrinkled, brownish ; marg. striate. St.
brownish-white.
Solitary. Poisonous. Taste not unpleasant. Woods, chiefly beech and
birch; frequent. July-Oct. 4Ì X S j X f in .
8. A. strotailiformis Quél, (from the resemblance of the scales of the
pileus to the scales of certain fir-cones; strobihis, a pine
cone) a b c.
P. white, then ashy-brown, covered with large sc. ; marg. even.
St. whitish.
Said to be edible. Taste and odour at first slight, becoming disagreeable.
Open places in and near woods ; rare. Pileus sometimes 12 in. in diam.
July-Sept. 8 X X I§ in.
9. A. solitaria Seer, (from its solitary habit) a b. White or buff-white.
P. marg. even. St. brownish-white. Vo. forming an obconic
bulb ; base rooting.
Solitary. Taste insipid. On the ground, damp places. Sept.' 6 X 5j X l | in.
10. A. pubeseens Pers. (from the flesh becoming sienna-red when
broken or bruised) a b c.
P. reddish-sienna, light to dark. St. pale sienna-red.
Edible ; Golmelle of continental markets. Taste not unpleasant ; odour
strong. Woods ; common. Commonly much eaten by larvæ. There is a
white variety. June-Nov. 5J X 5 X i in. Compare 14.
11. A. spissa Opiz (from the small crowded warts ; spissus, crowded) a b.
P. smoky-brown or grey, with ash-coloured warts. St. concentrico
squamulose, obconic at base, rooting, whitish.
Woods, mixed ; uncommon. July-Oct. 4 X 4J X f in. Comparée.
Ila. A. eariosa Gill, (from the carious stem) a b.
P. soft, even, brown, whitish-brown, or dark grey, unequally
clad with thin, mealy, white patches and clouds. St. fragile,
somewhat enlarged below, white, pale umber and brown, scaly
at base. G. adnate then seceding and free.
Suspected poisonous. Woods. Sept. 45 X 55 X f in. Closely allied to 11.
12. A. nitida Fr. (from the shining pileus ; nitidus, shining) a b.
P. whitish, cream or whitish-buff, rarely yellowish or olive, warts
brownish. St. squamulose, white to buff-white.
Woods. Aug. 4 X 4j X § in. Compare 4.
13. A. aspera Pers. (from the rough pileus) a b c.
P. whitish- or dusky-olive, crowded with small, pointed warts.
St. white.
Poisonous. Taste not unpleasant ; odour strong. Woods, beech, fir ;
uncommon. June-Nov. 3 X 3^ X § in.
14. A. magnifica Sacc. (niagnificus, splendid) a.
P. whitish, pallid-tan or sienna-brown, floccoso-spotted ; marg.
sulcate. St. reddish-white. G. adnato-decurrent. Flesh white,
tawny when broken.
Woods, fir, beech ; rare. July-Oct. 4 x 4^ X ^ in. Compare 10.
15. A. arida Gill, {aridus, dry) a. Greyish.
P. soon plane ; marg. sulcate. St. subglabrous, white. A.
distant. G. adnexo-free or adnexed. Flesh white.
Plantations, birch. Scpt.-Oct. 3 X 3j X f in.
15a. A. junquillea Quél, (from a fancied resemblance in the colour
of the pileus in some examples to the flowers of the jonquil) b.
P. campanulato-convex, viscid, buff with paler marg., clad with
the greyish remains of the V. ; marg. deeply striate, white.
St. hollow, villous-scaly, white, whitish or pale yellowish, pale
olive at base. A. superior, membranous, partly appendiculate
at marg. of P. in young examples. Vo. marginate, at length
torn, white, becoming brown at the edge. G. crowded, adnate
with a tooth or adnexed, broader in front, white to faint
yellowish-ivory.
Woods. Spring and autumn. 4I X X f . Compare 20.
16. A. megalodaetyla Sacc. (from its tall stem ; Gr. megas, great,
dactulos, a finger) a c.
P. reddish-grey or brownish ; marg. not sulcate. St. solid, white.
A. large. G. free, at length red, not olive-tinged.
Odour strong. Woods. Oct.-Nov. 4 X 5j X | in. Allied to 17 and to
Lepiota,
17. A. lentieularis W. G. Sm., Agaricus lenticularis Lasch. (from its
lentil-shaped stem) a.
P. tan or buff ; marg. not sulcate. St. solid or slightly stuffed,
tan-white. A. large. G. free, sometimes faintly olive.
Odour mouldy. Plantations, mixed. Oct. 4J X 6 X J in. Allied to 16
and to Lepiota.