7 2 4 . Agazicus (Stropharia) a ibo-cyaneus. Desm. Cat. p. 22.
Allo-cyaneus, from aZZ>MS= white, and ci/nWÄiiS = sea-blne.
Pileus fleshy, thin, umbonate, even, Yi&avl, greenish, then ivhitish ;
stem hollow, thin, flexuose, even, whitish ; ring incomplete ; gills
attenuated, fixed, whitish flesh-colour, then brownish purple.—Fr.
Hym. Eur. 284. Fers. M. E . t. 29. / . 2, 3. Cooke Illus. t. 552.
In meadows and on dung. Oct. Nov.
7 2 5 . Agaricus (Psalliota) in u u c tu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 284.
Inunctus — anointed, besmeared, from its being at first glutinous.
Pilens fleshy, soft, even, smooth, snbumbonate, cZa/zyfi/i
escent livid purplish gluten, growing paler ; stem soft, flexuose,
white, silky fibrillose below the distant fugacious ring ; gills
adnate, ventricose, pale brown.—Saund. 4 Sm. Illus. t. 29. Cooke
Illus. t. 534.
In grassy places.
var. p a llid u s. B. 4 Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1875.
Hall'idus = pale.
“ A pale form occurred at Sibbertoft, which we should have
been inclined to refer rather to Ag. albocyaneus ; but the cuticle
peeled oil with the greatest ease, and after a heavy rain it dripped
with gelatinous matter. I t resembled greatly Pries’s figure of A.
torpens, var.”—B. 4 H''.
7 2 6 . Agaricus (Stropharia) co ron illu s. BuU. Champ, t. 597.
Coronillus, diminutive of corona = a crown.
Pileus fleshy, hemispherical, then flattened, convex, even, rather
viscid, ochraceous, fulvous, growing pale, margin a t first whitish,
floccose (3 5 cm.) ; stem white, stuffed, then fistulöse, fibrillose,
attenuated downwards, base equal or bulbillose (4-5 cm. long, 3-5
mm. thick) ; ring adhering to the stem, median, sulcato-plicate.
Flesh white. Odour somewhat of radishes. Gills crowded,
sinuately adnate, whitish, then pnrple-violet, a t length becoming
blackish, edge whitish and pruinose under a lens. Spores 8 -10 x 5 p.
— Cooke Illus. t. 585. Ag. melaspermus, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 285.
F r. Icon. t. 1 3 0 ,/. 2. Ag. coronillus, Fr. Ilym. Eur. p . 285. Ag.
obturatus, Kalch. Icon. t. 17, f . 2.
By waysides.
7 2 7 . A g a iicu s (Stropharia) m e laspermu s.
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Bull. Champ, t. 540,
Mel'a-spernius = w i th black spores.
Pileu s fieshy, convex th e n plane, somewhat depressed, soft,
even, slig h tly viscid, soon dry, often w ith th e cuticle broken
into patche s, w h itish , straw-coloured in th e centre ( 3 |- 4 | cm.
diam.) Stem white, stuffed, n e a rly eqnal, silky, fibrillose,
becoming smooth, s tria te a t th e apex (4-6 cm. long, 6-7 mm.
th ic k ), r in g white, ad h e rin g to th e stem, deciduous. F le sh of
th e pileus white, of th e stem s lig h tly straw-coloured. Gills
crowded, ventricose, sin u ately adnate , w h itish , th e n cinereons
violet, a t le n g th cinereons black. Spores ovoid, 10 X 6 p .—
Gooke Illus. t. 536. Bres. Fungi Trident, t. 61.
In meadows, p a stu re s, &c. Snmmer an d autumn.
7 2 8 . Agaricus (Stropharia) squamosus, Fr. Hym. Fur. 285.
Squamo'sus— fu ll of scales.
Pileu s fleshy, th in , convexo-plane, snbviscid, sp rin k led w ith
superficial concentric scales; stem snbfistulose, slender, below th e
d is ta n t rin g villoso-sqnamose ; g ills adnate, crowded, blackish,
w ith a w h itish edge.—Berk. Outl. t. 10, / . 6 . Gooke Illus. t. 553.
I n woods.
var. th ra u stu s. Kalch. Icon. t. 15, / . 4.
Thraustus, OpavcrTo's, broken.
More graceful an d slender th a n th e ty p ic a l form
of th e pilens deciduous. -Gooke " ’
Hlus. t. 554.
Danica t. 2077, / . 2.
Amongst grass.
Squamules
A. distans, Flor,
Fr. in Journ. Bot. (1873)
form, aurantiacus. Coolce Illus. t, 555.
A u r anti'acus = orange.
P ileu s orange o r b rick red.
Amongst grass.
7 2 9 . A g a iicu s (Stropharia) W o r thingtoui.
p. 204.
Worthington'i, in honour of Mr. W o rth in g to n G. Smith.
P ileu s s lig h tly fieshy, campanulate, th e n convex, viscid (?),
even, golden yellow; stem fistulose, slender, snb-flexnose, tu r-
quoise-blne ; g ills adnate, ferruginous brown.—Fr. Hym. Fur.
286. Gooke Illus. t. 566. A. (S tro p h a ria ) albo-oyaneus, Saund.
4 Sm. Myc. HI. t. 29, f . 1-5 (n o t Desm.)
P a stu re s. Deo.
Differing from Ag. alho-cyaneus, in which the stem is soft, hollow, 3-4
lines thick, and shorter ; pileua fleshy, convex, then plane, milky-white, then
becoming verdigris-green; gills whitish, then brownish. Spores 7 X 4 fz,
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