AGARICUS eiLvus.
Variable Wood Agaric.
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C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O r d . FU N G I, Link, Grev.
D i v . L e d c o s p o r d s , Fries— S e c t . IX. O m p h a l i a , Pers.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
sporiferis,Pileus stipitatus at latere affixus, subtus lamellis rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stem or fixed by its side, bearing on the under surface
straight, simple lamellæ (gills), bearing sporules. Volva (wrapper)
none.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
A g a r i c i ) s gilvus; magnus, pileo convexo, umbonato, demum infundibuliformi,
loevi, firmo, plerumque pallido; lamellis angustis, decurrentibus, e pallido-
gilvis; stipite recto, solido, subradicato.
Ag. large; pileus convex, umbonate, at length funnel-shaped, smooth, firm,
geiierally pale; lamellæ narrow, decurrent, pale or reddish; stem straight,
solid, somewhat radicating.
A g a r ic u s gilvus, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 448., cum Syn. unico Vahl.— Fl. Dan.
t. 1606— De Cand. Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2 . p. 17 0 . excl. syn. B u ll— AW.
et Schw. p. 2 16— Fries, Syst. Mycol v. 1 . p. 8L— Greu. F l Fdin. ined.
A g a r ic u s pileolarius. B u ll Champ, t. 400— De Cand. F l Franç. 2 . p . 1 7 3 .
— Sow. Fung. t. 6 1 . benè.— Purt. M id i F l v. 2 . p. 623. e t v. 3 . p. 393.
A g a r ic u s caseus. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 205 Relh. F l Cantab.
ed. 3. p. 522.
A garicus mollis. Boll Fung. t. 40. ?.?
A garicus geotropus. B u ll loc. cit. p. 521. t. 573. f. 2.— De Cand. he. cit.
p. 172 .
A g a r ic u s eyathiformis, Fl. Dan. t. 1 0 1 1 .
A g a r ic u s subinvolutus, Batsch. Flench, Fung. cont. 2 . p. 5 7 . t. 3 7 . f. 204..''.^
A g a r ic u s gibbus, var. /3, {Ag. geotropus, Bull.') Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1 . p. 82.
A garicus infundibuliformis, Purt. M id i F l v. S. p. 393. quoad syn. Pers.
O m p h a lia gilva, Cray's Nat. Arr. v. 1 . p. 6 l 2 . quoad syns. Vahl et Pers.
Gvmnopus nebularis, Cray, he. cit. p. 609. in part.
H ab. In woods, autumn. Newliston woods, near Edinburgh, Messrs Wauch
and GBEViLLE.—N o rk P a rk , Lady Arden. Woods about London,
SOWEREY.
Pileus compact, neat, 2 -4 inches broad, convex when young, umbonate, the
margin grad u a lly rising as th e p lan t advances in g row th , a t le n g th ren-
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