5 0 . Agazicus (Lepiota) Geozginse. Smith in Seem. Journ. Bot, ix.
(1871), p . 1, i. 112.
Georgi'nce, in honour of Mrs. Worthington G. Smith.
Pileus white, slightly fleshy, fragile, a t first campanulate, then
expanded, covered with a minute, dense, viscid pruinosity, which,
as well as the white flesh, instantly changes to crimson when
touched; margin at length striate ; stem slightly attenuated upwards,
also covered externally with minute, viscid pruinosity,
changing to crimson when touched ; ring evanescent ; gills free,
very thin, moderately distant, somewhat ventricose, white, the edge
becoming crimson when touched ; spores white.— Coohe Illus.
t. 132.
On mosses in a cool fernery. Chelsea.
Pilens -J to 1 in. across. Stem 1-2 in. long. Spores '0003 X "0002 in.
Species omitted.
35.* Agazicus (Lepiota) licmophozus. B. ^ B r. lin n . Journ, xi., 50.
Licmop)h'onis=A)a&xmg a winnowing fan from Xt/c/xo's -f <^epo);
apparently from the plicate appearance of the pileus.
Pileus lemon-coloured, membranaceous, deeply pjicato-sulcate
lip to the disc ; margin crenate; stem attenuated upwards, fistulöse,
truncate a t the base ; ring about half-way up ; gills distant,
slightly arched, remote, interstices veined. Lepiota flammula.—
Gillet, Hym. Fr.
In hothouses, &c.
Pilens 1 in., stem 3^ in., 1 line thick in the centre, lemon-colonred; spores
lemon-shaped, '012 mm. long. Hitherto recorded as a variety of Ag.
cepcestipes, from which it is doubtfully distinct as a species. Originally
found in Ceylon.
Some other species of this subgeniis have been found in hothouses
in this country, but they cannot be considered as indigenous,
and hence are not included here.
Sub-Gen. 3. A RM IL LA R IA . Fr. S. M., i. p. 26.
Armillar'ia, from armilla=& ring.
Veil partial, in infancy attaching the edge of pilens to the upper
part of the stem, and often forming flocoi on the pileus ; pileus
generally fleshy ; stem homogeneous and confluent with the
hymenophore, furnished with a ring (sometimes absent in abnormal
specimens), below the ring the veil is concrete with the stem, often
forming scales upon it, similar to the scurfy scales on the pileus ;
gills broadly touching, or running down the stem.
H ab. On the ground, or on stumps of trees.
a. Gills sinuato-adnexed.
51. Agazicus (Azmillazia) bulbig ez . A. ^ S. Fries Hym. Eur. 10.
i?MZJ'z/er=bulb-bearing; from bulbus-A gero.
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, even ; stem stuffed,
equal, marginate-bulbous, pallid, fibrillose, ring oblique, fugacious,
gills emarginate, pallid.— Fries Icon. t. 26, f . 2. Cooke Illus. t.
20.
In pine woods. Oct.
Bulb very distinct. Pilens grey, rufescent or pallid, at first fibrillose,
then naked, soft.
Figured from drawing by Dr. Bull of specimens collected at Diuedor
Camp ; paler when dry.
5 2 . Ag azicus (Azmilla zia ) fo ca lis, Fr. Hym. Eur. 40.
Foca'lis, from the broad ring being like a neck-cloth,/ocaZi.
Pileus fleshy, soft, convex then plane, obtuse, cuticle silky,
fibrillose, becoming smooth, ring broad, oblique ; stem solid, equal,
breaking with a fibrous fracture ; gills nearly free, crowded, narrow,
white, becoming pallid. Cooke lllust. 245.
On bare ground, under old laurel trees.
Figured from drawing by Mr. Howse, determined by Dr. Quelet.
var. G o lia thu s. Er. Hym. Eur. 40.
Goli athus=\\ke the giant Goliath, from its size.
A large form with pilens 4 in. diam., pale fawn coloured, darker
above. Stem 5 to 7 in. high, l-L in. thick a t the base, ring very
broad. Odour mealy. Cooke lllust. t. 31.
Figured from drawing in the Berkeley Herbarium.