AG A R IC U S ÜREADES.
Small Fawy-ring Agaric.
C l a s s a n d O u d e i i CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn—N a t . O k d . FÜNGI, Link.
S e rie s I. Leu co sp o ru s— Tbib. Y I I I . C lito c y b e , Fries.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pileus stipitatus aut latere affixus, sublus lamellis sporidiferis reclis simplicibus.
Volva nulla.
Pileus fu rn ish ed w ith a stipes or fixed b y its side, h av in g on th e u n d e r surface,
s tra ig h t, simple, sporidiferous lamellæ. Volva none.
SPECIFIC c h a r a c t e r .
A g a r i c u s o r e a d e s ; pileo carnoso, tenaci, subumbonato, e rufo pallescente, la-
mellis distantibus, stipitique solido tereti deorsum attenuato, villoso-corticato
pallidis.
Ag. pileus fleshy, to u g h , subumbonate, red d ish , becoming pale, lamellæ
distan t, pale, as well as th e solid, cy lin d ric a l stipes, which is also a tte n
u a te d downwards, a n d fu rn ish ed Vvith a k in d o f fibrous b a rk .
A g a r ic u s oreades, Bolt. Fung, t. 151.— With. Bot. Arr. v. 4. p. 275-—Belli.
FI. Cantab, p. 599.— Hook. FI. Scot. P t. 2. p. 91.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. 2.
p . 637.— Fries, Syst. Myc. v. 1. p. 127-—Grev. FI. Edin. p. 379-
A g a r i c u s c o r tic a tu s . Fries, Obs. Myc. 1. p . 22.
A g a r i c u s collinus, Pers, Syn. Fung. p. 330. excl. syn.—Albert, et Schmein.
p. 172.—Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 632.
A g a r i c u s p e r o n a tu s , v a r. 2. With. Bot. Arr. v . 4. p . 266.
A g a r i c u s to r tilis . He Cand. FI. Franç. v. 2 . p . 194.—Ejusd. Syn. p . 40.
A g a r i c u s pseudo-mousseron, Bidl. Champ. 1 .144. e t 528. f. 2.
A g a r i c u s c a ry o p h y lle u s , Schoeff. Fung. t. 77-
A g a r i c u s p r a te n s is , Huds. FI. Angl. p . 616.—Son. Fung. t. 247-
A g a r i c u s coriaceous, Lightf. FI. Scot. p. 1020.
H a b . Pa stu re s, freq u e n t. May to November.
Root little more th a n a m in u te tomentosity. Stipes firm, solid, b rittle in
v e ry y o u n g p lan ts , to u g h iu old ones, fu rn ish ed w ith a k in d o f fibrous
b a rk , te a rin g an d tw is tin g lo n g itu d in a lly , ab o u t as th ick as a goose-
q u ill, flexuose or crooked, o f a pale w h itish brown, somewhat farinose
tow a rd s th e top, from whence i t is g ra d u a lly a tte n u a ted downwards.
In height, i t is m u ch influenced b y situation, v a ry in g from two to five
inches. Pileus 1-2 inches or more in b re ad th , hemispherical in th e
y o u n g state, th e n obtusely conical, finally plano-convex, and most freq
u e n tly umbonate, smooth, th e m a rg in often more or less waved, and