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S e r i e s I. T r i b . II. L e p i o t a , Fries.—S e c t . I. L e p i o t a , Fers.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, suhtus lamellis sporiferis, rectis-, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed b y its side ; bearing on the under
surface straight, simple, sporuliferous lamellæ.
S P E C IF IC C HARAC T ER .
Agaricus cristatus; graveolens, pileo demum explanato, umbonato, p iM epidermide
in squamas secedente, lamellis liberis, albidis; stipite lævi, fistuloso,
annuh fu g a d .
Ag. odour disagreeable, pileus at length plane, umbonate, the epidermis
cracking off in small scales; lamellæ free, white ; stipes smooth, hollow;
veil a fugacious ring.
Agaricus cristatus. Bolt. Fung. t. 7— Fries, Syst. Mycol. v. 1. p. 22 Grev.
Fl. Edin. p. 370.
A garicus colubrinus, var. y, Pers. Syn. Fung. p. 259.
Agaricus clypeolarius, Purt. Midi. Fl. v. 3. p. 420. quoad synon. Ag. cristati.
With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6. v. 4. p. 336. var. 3.
A garicus conspurcatus, Willd. Ft. Berol. p. 382. fid e Fries.
A garicus su b an tiq u a tu s , Batsch. Elench. Fung. Cont. 2. f. 205.
Fungus squamis fuscis ferrugineis, Mich. Gen. Nov. PI. t. 78. f. 8.
F ungus minimus, a lb u s, pileolo le v ite r fa stigia to, p ed icu lo cy lindrico, te-
nu io ri, a n n u la te , fistuloso, Mich. 1. c. t. 78. f. 7.
H ab. Shady places among grass and moss, frequently also on bare spots,
and mostly on a sandy soil. Autumn. F oxhall, near the river side. Captain
W auch. In the garden of American Plants at Millburn, the seat
o f the Right Honourable Sir R obert L iston.
Plant scattered, having a taste and smell strong and unpleasant. Pileus
obtusely conical when young, gradually expanding, and at length becoming
quite plane or even somewhat tu rn ed upwards at the margin,
the centre remaining umbonate. The epidermis cracks into a g reat number
o f minute reddish scales, which vanish towards the edge, leaving
th a t p a rt nearly quite white, while towards the centre the scales being