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A. PRATENSIS, V itt.; distinguislied by the small rufous
scales of the pileus, and the flesh having a slight pink
tinge. King’s Cliffe. East Bergholt.
A. viLLATicus, Brond., acquires a large size, and is very
scaly.
This has been found by Dr. Badham in Suffolk.
A. siLVicoLA, Vitt., has a shining, smooth pileus, and an
elongated bulbous stem, and is not uncommon in woods.
The Mushroom of our gardens is also a distinct form, remarkable
for its brownish hue and fibrillose or squamulose
pileus. Mr. Buchanan has sent a very distinct bed-Mushroom,
which has the merit of being excellent in quality, and extremely
prolific. I t has a white, opaque, nearly smooth,
depressed pileus. He also sent at the same time a variety
with a tall stem and somewhat bulbous base, approaching A.
silvicola, Vitt.
A. VAPORARIUS, Otto, has a broad, entire ring, while A.
vaporarius, Vitt., has a brown pilose coat, which covers the
stem as well as the pilens, and leaves transverse fragments on
the stem as it elongates. Finally, a very distinct variety is
represented in our Plate 10, fig. 3, which is rufous, like A.
vaccinus, and whose flesh turns of a bright red when bruised.
In this the gills are at first perfectly white, as in A. cretaceus.
All of these might be proposed as distinct species, with almost
as much justice as the two or three which follow.
312. A. (Psalliota) arvensis, Schmff.; pileus fleshy, obtusely
conico-campanulate, then expanded, at first floccose,
then smooth, even, or rivulose; stem hollow, with a floccose
pith; ring broad, pendulous, double, the outer split in rays ;
gills free, wider in front, at first dirty-white, then brown,
tinged with pink. (Plate 10, fig. 4.)—Huss. i. t. 76, 77.
In meadows, forming large rings, and attaining an enormous
size. A coarse, hut wholesome species, often turning
yellow when bruised. There is also a scaly tawny form.
313. A. (Psalliota) cretaceus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, campanulate,
then convexo-plane, even, nearly smooth or rivulose ;
stem hollow, equally attenuated, even, white; ring simple,
reflexed, and again ascending ; gills remote, broader in front,
for a long time white. (Plate 10, fig. 5.)
In meadows and stoves. Not common. Generally pure
white. The stem is sunk into the substance of the pileus so
as to make the gills remote. At first sight looks much like a
Lepiota, as, for example, A. naucinus.
314. A. (Psalliota) silvaticus, Schmff.; pileus fleshy, thin,
campanulate, then expanded, gibbous, fibrillose or squamose ;
stem hollow, at first stuffed with delicate threads, unequal,
dirty-white ; gills free, crowded, thin, dry, reddish, then
brown.—Schmff. t. 242.
In woods. Not uncommon. Pileus brownish. Smell
strong.
315. A. (Psalliota) echinatns, Roth; pileus slightly fleshy,
campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, at first densely pulverulent,
then scaly; stem fistulöse, equal, floccoso-pulverulent
below the ring ; gills free, crowded, hlood-red.
On peat-beds, iu gardens. Rare. Milton, Northamptonshire,
etc. Pileus about 14 inch across, of a dingy smoky
purple, as is also the stem. Spores sometimes colourless. A
most curious species.
316. A. (Psalliota) versicolor. With. ; pileus fleshy, convexo
plane, scurfy, scales of the disc crowded ; stem spongy,
bulbous, dirty-white, inclining to brown ; ring .persistent ;
gills decurrent, pallid, then reddish-brown.
Edgbaston. Pileus greenish-brown. This has not been
recognized since the time of Withering.
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