** Not truly indigenous.
491. Ag aricu s (Ec cilia ) flo scu iu s. Smith Journ. JBot 1875 ® 97
t. 161, f . 4-9. ’ ’
Flos'cuius---a little flower.
Pileus submembranaceous, pruinoso-ciystalline, deeply nm-
Inlicate, somewhat irreg u la r, black-brown, becoming white w ith
age ; stem pruinose or innato-fibrillose, cartilaginous w ith a
fleshy p ith , a tte n u a te d downwards ; g ills d e cu rren t, somewhat
waved, th ick , p in k ; spores nodulose.
On th e g round a t th e foot of and upon th e stems of tre e ferns.
Allied to the next, but a very different p lan t; the dark-brown trama aud
exteinal prumose-crystalline stratum are oharaoteristio.
4 9 2 . Ag a r icu s (E c cilia ) acus. Smith Journ. Bot. 1875, p. 97 t 161
/ . 14-20.
Acus = a needle.
Pilens snbmembranaceons, deeply umbilicate, densely pruinose,
white ; ma rg in s tria te an d in c u rv e d ; g ills th ick , d is tan t, deeply
decurrent, p in k ; stem cartilaginous, smooth; odoni' strone-
fu n g o id ; spores nodulose.
Amongst g e rm in a tin g coffee-seeds in cocoa-nut fibre.
its snow-white pruinose pileus, and in other characters from
all other described species. Its nearest ally is A . carneo-griseus, B. & Br.
Sub-Gen. 15. C LAUDOPUS. Smith.
Glaud'opus, from claudus = lame, crippled, im p e rfe c t; and
7T0VS = a foot.
Pileu s excentric, la te ra l or re su p in a te , stem, when p re sen t
confluent an d homogeneous w ith th e hymenophore; e-ills
sin u a te or decurrent.
H ab . On wood o r th e ground.
spores-BA Pleurotus, only differing in the colour of the
4 9 3 . Ag aricu s (Claudopus) v a r ia b ilis. Fers. Obs. ii. t. 5 ,f. 12.
Faria'6z7m = changeable, variable.
Pilens snbmembranaceons, resupinate , th e n reflexed, silly
with white down-, gills rad ia tin g , r a th e r d is tan t, white, th en
ru s ty -red , a t le n g th pale cinnamon.—F r. Fpicr. p. 211. Sow t
97. Gooke Illus. t. 344 a.
On sticks, &c.
4 9 4 . Ag aricus (Claudopus) depluens. Batsch. consp.f. 122.
Fe'pluens = ra in in g down ; from th e w a te ry flesh.
Pileu s snbmembranaceons, resupinate , reflexed, somewhat
cónchate, rather silky, reddish, hoary, clothed w ith w h ite down
b e h in d ; g ills broad, crowded, grey, th e n red d ish .—F r. Fpicr.
p . 212. Fr. Hym. Eur. 214. Gooke Illus. t. 344 h.
On th e ground, in stoves, &c. Oct.
See Berk. & Br. Ann. N a t. H ist., No. 1849.
4 9 5 . A g a r icu s (Claudopus) byssisedu s. Pers. Ic. Desc. 1 .14,/. 4.
Byssised'us, from byssus, ßva-aros = cotton ; and sedeo = I sit;
as if s ittin g on its cottony base.
Pileu s membranaceous, resu p in ate , th e n horizontal, reniform,
n e a rly plane, pruinose w ith g rey down; stem incurved, a t te
n u a te d upwards, g ir t w ith white byssoid fibrils a t th e base ;
gills broad, wh itish , th e n cinereous.—F r. Hym. Fur. 214. Gooke
Illus. t. 344 c.
On th e ground. Sept.
Series 3. Dermini, P r. Epicr. p. 160.
Dermi'ni, from 8ep/ia = th e skin.
Spores various shades of reddish-brown, brown, red or
yellowish-brown.
Sub-Oen. 1. A CE TA BU LA R IA . Berk. Lin n .Jo u rn . xviii. 389.
Acetabular lia, from acetabulum = a v in e g a r-c u p ; re fe rrin g to
th e volva.
U n iv e rsa l veil d is tin c t from th e pileu s; hymenophore
d is tin c t; gills free, spores tawny, or brown.
4 9 4 . Ag a z icu s (Ac etab ulazia) a c etab ulo sus. Sow. t. 303.
Acetábulo'sus, from acetabulum = a v in eg a r cup ; as if fu ll of
vinegar, acetum.
Pileu s convex, ta n colonr, m a rg in p licate or deeply s tria te ;
stem equal, w h ite , fistulöse, seated in a discoid socket-like
volva ; g ills free, lanceolate hispid, taw n y .— Gooke Illus. t. 345.
B an k of Thames, n e a r h ig h -w a te r m a rk a t Millbank. May,
1795.
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