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C la s s a n d O b d e h CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, ü m — N a t . O h d . FUNGI, Link,
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D iv . L e u c o s p o h u s C l y t o c y b e , Fries— S e c t . I II. G y m n o p u s , Pers.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporiferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side, bearing on the under surface
straight simple sporuliferous lamellæ. Volva (wrapper) none.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
A garicus pra ten sis \Jirmus, pileo subcompacto, glabro, convexo-expanso, soepis-
sime umbonato; lamellis crassis, subdistantibus, decurrentibus; stipite farcto,
brevi, deorsum attenuato.
Ag. firm ; pileus somewhat compact, glabrous, between convex and expanded,
mostly umbonate ; lamellæ thick, subdistant, decurrent ; stipes solid,
attenuated downwards.
Agaricus pratensis, Pers. Comment, p. 124.— Ejusd. Syn. Fung. p. 304.—
Alb. et Schmein. p. 162.—Fries, Obs. Mycol. v. 2. p. 116.—Ejusd. Syst.
Mycol. V. 1. p. 99-— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 376.
A garicus ficoides. Bull. Champ, t. 587- f- !•—De Cand. FI. Franç. ed. 3. v. 2.
p. 173.—Ejusd. Syn. p. 35.
A garicus miniatus, Schæff. Fung. t. 313.—Som. Fung. t. 141.
A garicus fulvosus. Bolt. Fung. t. 56.
A garicus fulvus. With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 228.
A g a r i c u s c l a v i f o rm i s , Schæff. Fung. t . 3 0 7 -—With. 1. c. p. 2 2 4 .
A garicus ericeus, With. 1. c. p. 222.
G ymnopus pratensis. Grays Nat. Arr. v. 1. p. 604.
H ab. Pastures and grassy places frequent, throughout the kingdom. Autumn.
Pikus convex, at length spreading towards the margin, but leaving the centre
generally more or less convex, as if umbonate ; glabrous, margin often
cracked, frequently contracted or lobed here and there ; cofowr buiEsh, reddish,
or brownish, varying in intensity. Flesh whitish, thick in the centre,
thin at the margin. Lamellæ distant, thick, 2 -4 in a set, decurrent, connected
at the base by transverse veins or rugæ. The lameUæ may be se