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AGAJEHCUS VARiABiLis.
Variable sessile Agaric.
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C l a s s a n d O r d e r CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, £m ra .— N a t . O r d . FUNGI, Link.
S e r i e s IV. D e r m in d s T r i b e XXX. C r e p id o t ü s , Fries.
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, subtus lamellis sporuliferis, rectis, simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side, having on the under
surface straight, simple, sporuliferous lamellæ. Volva none.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
A g a ricu s variabüis ; pileo membranáceo, e resupinato rejlexo, sericeo tomentoso
alho, lamellis albido-rufescentibus.
Ag. pileus membranaceus, resupinate, at length reflexed, sericeous, tomen-
tose, white, lamellae white, becoming reddish.
A garicus variabiUs, Pers. Obs. Myc. 2. p. 4 6 . t. 5. f. 12.—Syn. Fung. p. 4 8 3 .—
Alh. et Schmein. p. 231.—De Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2. p. 135.— Fjusd. Syn.
p. 2 8 .—Schmein. Fung. Carol. No. 8 1 5 .—Grev. FI. Fdin. p. sgd.
A ga ricus sessilis. Full. Champ, t. 152. et 58 1 . f. S.— Schum. FI. Sæll. p. 366.
—FI. Dan. t. 1556.— Relh. FI. Cant. ed. 3. p. 542.— With. Bot. Arr. ed. 6.
V. 4. p. 362.
A ga ricus n iv e u s , Jacq. FI. Aust. t. 2 8 8 .—Dicks. Crypt, fasc. 1. p. 17-
Sow. Fung. t. 9 7 .—Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2. p. 659-
H ab. On dead trunks and branches of trees, sticks, stalks of herbaceous
plants, &c. in autumn. Very common.
Pileus half an inch to above one inch in breadth, round, or reniform, entire,
sessile, resupinate a t first, becoming graduaUy reflexed, so as ultimately
to be only attached by its side, or obhquely by a small portion of its
upper surface ; very thin, membranaceous, delicate, pure white, downy;
flesh almost none. Lamellæ rather numerous, narrow, much acuminated
as they approach the margin, at first white, gradually changing
to a reddish colour slightly tinged with pink, darkest towards the base,
their common point of origin excentrical.
A very variable species, botb in size, form, and mode of attachment.
Tbe prevailing characters are mentioned in the de-
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