12 A O A K IC IS I.
2 0 . Agazicus (Lepiota) ex co z ia tu s. Bckoeff. Fr. Hym. Bur. 30.
Ea;coria7i/s=stripped of its skin, corium.
Pileus fleshy, soft, obscurely unibonate ; cuticle thin, breaking
lip into scales, stem hollow, short, cylindrical, scarcely bulbous,
smooth, white ; ring movable; gills rather remote.— Cooke Illus.
t. 28.
In pastures. May—Sept. Esculent.
Pileus 2 i in. across, pale fawn, the umbo dark. Stem 1^-2 in. high,
i - i in. thick. Smell, scarcely any.
21. Ag azicu s (Lepiota) g za o ilen tu s. Krombli. Fr. Hym. Eur. 30.
(?raC!7ewfM«=slender, thin.
Pileus rath er fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtusely um-
bonate ; cuticle thin, breaking up into adpressed persistent patches ;
stem hollow, elongated, slightly bulbous ; ring thin, floccose,
evanescent ; gills remote, broad pallid.— Cooke Illus. t. 28.
In pastures. Esculent.
Resembling A . procerus, bat more delicate. Stem 5-G in. long, 4-5 lin.
thick, obsoletely scaly. Pileus at first ovate, then campanulate, and at
length flattened, spotted with brownish scales. —TP. O. S.
2 2 . Agazicus (Lepiota) m a sto ideus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 30.
Mastoi'deus=Csiape,d like a breast, yuacrrds; from the conspicuous
umbo.
Pileus rather fleshy, soft, ovate, then expanded, and acutely um-
b o n a te ; cuticle thin, hreaking up into scattered papillce; stem
hollow, equally attenuated from the bulb, weak, smooth ; ring
entire, movable; gills very remote, pallid.—Berk. Alag. Zool. ^
Bot. i. t. 2 , f . 1. Cooke Illus. t. 24.
In woods. Oct. K in g ’s Cliffe.
Pilens IJ in. across, | in. high; stem 3^ in. high, slender.
Sect. b. Clypeolarii—Ring fixed, homogeneous with universal
veil clothing the stem.
2 3 . Ag azicu s (Lepiota) acute squ amo sus. Wm. Fr. Hym. Eur. 31.
Acute-squanio'sus=Yiith sharp scales, from acutus + squama.
Pileus fleshy, obtuse, a t first floccose, then bristly with erect,
acute, squarrose scales; stem somewhat stuffed, bulbous, below the
ring rough or silky, prainose above ; gills approximate, lanceolate,
simple.—Huss. ii. t. 5. Cooke Illus. t. 14.
On soil in gardens, and in greenhouses. [Cincinnati.]
2 4 . Ag azicu s (Lepiota) Badhami. B. & Hr. Fr. Hym. Eur. 31.
Bad'hami, in honour of C. D. Badham, M.D.
Pilous at first campanulate, obtuse, then expanded, or depressed
and umbonate, hispid with minute, velvety, ermine-like
scales ; stem bulbous, wliite, silky, stuffed with cottony threads,
then hollow ; ring firm slightly movable ; gills remote, ventricose;
whole plant when wounded of a saffron-red.-—-Cooke Illus. t. 25.
Under yew trees. Sept. Apethorpe. Norths.
2 5 . Ag azicus (Lepiota) meleagzis. Sow. Fr. Hym. Eur. 31.
Melea'gris=a guinea-fowl, from the coloration.
Pileus fleshy, thin, convex, then plane; cuticle broken up into
black scales; flesh turning red ; stem stuffed, squamulose,
thickened downwards, and b la ck ; root reticulated; gills nearly
free.—Sow. t. 171. Cooke Illus. t. 26.
On hot beds. May—Oct.
“ I t has a solid stem, and a curious, somewhat reticulated root, in drying
it becomes of a blush-red all over, except the lower part, which retains the
darker hue.”—Sow. Stem about 3 in. long, 4 in. thick, nearly eqnal, pilens
in. broad. Stem stouter in proportion than in A., clypeolarius.
2 6 . Ag a z icu s (Lepiota) h ic zn a tus. B.
Soc., xi., p . 502.
Br. Journ. Linn.
Biorna'tus=do\ih\j adorned, from his + ornare.
Pileus convex, broadly campanulate, white, silky, sqvinkled
with scattered minute dark red scales, fleshy ; flesh white, or slightly
tinged with yellow, stem oblique, attenuated at the base, rooting,
spotted with red, reddish within, stuffed, then hollow ; ring descending,
spotted a t the edge ; gills ventricose, approximate.—
Cooke Illus. t. 37.
In melon and cucumber frames, &o.
Pileus 2 in .; stem 4 inches long, J in. thick; gills two lines broad. Spores
•01 X -0075 mm.
2 7 . Ag azicu s (Lepiota) h isp id u s. Lasch. Fr. Eym. Eur. 32.
Hispidus=\\a\rj.
Pilens fleshy, thin, umbonate, at first tomentose, then breaking
Up into squamose papillte. Stem fibrillose, stuffed, thin, attenuated,
above the ring floccoso-squamose ; gills approximate, ventricose,
simple.—Fr. Icon. t. 1 4 ,/. 1. Cooke Illus. t. 27. (?)
In shady woods amongst pine leaves. Aug.
The figure given in “ Illustrations ” is doubtful.