AGARICUS oDORüs.
Fragrant Agaric.
C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, ¿ ¿ m .— N a t . O r d . FU N G I, J uss. & c .
D iv . L e d c o s po r d s C l it o c y b e , Fries— S e c t . II I . G y m n o p d s , Pers.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporiferis, rectis simplicibus.
Folva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stem, or fixed by its side, bearing on the under surface,
straight and simple lamellæ (gills), containing sporules. Volva
(wrapper) none.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
A garicus odorus ; Jragrans, planiusculus plus minusve virescens ; pileo loevi ;
lamellis confertis, pallidis, vix subdecurrentibus ; stipite solido subflexuoso.
Ag. fragrant, somewhat plane, more or less green ; pileus smooth ; lamellæ
numerous, pale, scarcely subdecurrent ; stem solid, not straight.
A g a r ic u s odorus, Bull. p. 567. 1 .176. e t 556. f. S.— Humb. Frib. spec. p. 85.
Sow. Fung. t. 4,2.— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 214,.— Pers. Syn. p. 32S.
— De Cand. Fl. Franç. v. 2. p. 175.— Fjusd. Syn. p. 35.— Alb. et Schw.
p . 170.— Purt. Midi. Fl. V . 2. p. 624.— Fl. Dan. t. I 6 I I .— Fries, Syst.
Mycol V. 1. p. 90.— Grev. F l Fdin. ined.
A garicus ærugineus, Schum. Soelland. p. 208. (fide Fries).
A garicus anisatus, Pers. Obs. Mycol p ars 1. p. 44.
G vmnopus odorus, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. 1 . p. 606.
H ab. Moist woods, among moss and dead leaves. Autumn ; not uncommon.
Shotover Plantations, Oxfordshire, Sibth o rpe . Oversley and Ragley
Woods, P urton. Foxhall, Hallyards, and Newliston Woods, Captain
Wauch. Carlowrie.
Pileus 2-3 inches broad, smooth, convex, at length nearly plane, subumbo-
nate or very rarely depressed, more or less of a green colour, sometimes
bluish-grey, very rarely whitish, subirregular, slightly fleshy. Lamellæ
numerous, pale, whitish or tinged with flesh colour, rather narrow, scarcely
at all decurrent. Stem 1-2 inches long, solid, somewhat crooked, firm,
whitish or greenish, about 2 lines thick.
This is a very beautiful agaric, and it exhales au odour like
tbat of woodroof or uew mown hay, especially in dry weather;
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