C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn.—Nat. O r d . FUNGI,
Linky Grev.
D i v . * C o p R iN u s , Fries—S e c t . V . C o p r i k u s , Pers.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporiferis, rectis simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side, having on the under
surface straight, simple, sporuliferous lamellie. Volva none.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
A g a r i c u s c om a tu s ; pileo subcarnoso, albo, squamoso, primo cylindraceo dein
campanulato, deliquescenti; lamellis albis demum purpurascentibus; stipite
subbulboso, annulo mobili.
A g. pileus somewhat carnose, white, scaly, a t first cylindrical a t le n g th campanulate,
deliquescing ; lamellae white, chan g in g to red d ish -p u rp le ; stipes
somewhat bulbous, w ith an a n n u la r moveable veil,
A g a r i c u s comatus, Pers. Disp. Fung. p. 6%.—Ejusd. Syn. Fung. p. 305 Alb.
el Schwein. p. IQQ.—Schmein. Fung. Carol. Sup. No. 70\.—Schmidt, Icon.
1 .10. f d e Fries.—Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 307— Grev. Fl. Edin. p. SQS.
A g a r i c u s comarus, Fl. Dan. t. 834.
A g a r ic u s cylindricus. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 347.—Schæff. Fung. t. 8.
—Sow. Fung. t. 189. (bene.)—Relh. Fl. Cantab, ed. 3. p. 539 — Winch, Bot.
Guide, 2. p. 90— Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 2. p. 651.—Hook. Fl. Scot. 2. p.’ 23.
A garicus fimitarius, Huds. Fl. Angl. p. 6 l7 .—Fightf. Fl. Scot. p. 1021__
Bolt. Fung. t. 44.—Curt. Fl. Fond, ed. 1. cum icone.
A g a r ic u s typhoïdes. Bull. Champ, p. 405. t. 16. & t. 582. f. 2.—De Cand.
Fl. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2. p. 145.
A garicus ovatus, Schæff. Fung. t. 7.
A garicus porcellaneus, Schæff. Fung. t. 46, 47.
H ydrophorus comatus, Batt. Fung. t. 26.
H ab. In meadows, grass-plots, and waste places ; frequent, in the autumn.
Large, gregarious, not tufted. Pileus when young oblongo-cylindrical, at
length conico-campanulate, 3 -6 inches from the base to the apex, white,
the summit tinged with brown, and the surface more or less covered with
large shaggy scales. As the plant grows old, the white colour gives
place to a shade of reddish-brown, and the lower part becomes so thin
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