I» .
f ! i .
' 'ft' ?
'■ft ft
'■■i I
|7 . V
: : j n
■, ' Î
| y « i !
Fill
111.!
|Hi
i l
r IIV.
r
'ft
a g a r i c u s MEIJÆÜS.
Black-scaled Agaric.
Ci„\ss AND O i iD E i i CRYPTOGAMIA FUNGI, Linn— N a t . O b d . FUNGI, Lmh
GEN ERIC CHARACTER.
PUcus .rlipilalus aut latere affixus, sublus lamellis rectis, simplicibus, sporidiferis.
Volva nulla.
Pileus furnished with a stipes, or fixed by its side ; bearing on the under
suriace straight, simple, sporidiferous lamellæ. Volva none.
S PEC IF IC / CHARACTER.
A g a r i c u s r a e l l e u s ; cæspilosus, pileo sordide luteo, squarmsqnlosis mgncanlibus
echinato, lamellis adnato-decurreniibus, distantibus, stipite fibriUoso, solido,
annido tumido patulo.
Ag. tufted, pileus dingy yellow, bristled with black hairy scales, lamellæ
adnate-decurrent, distant ; stipes fibrillose, solid, annulus tumid, spreading.
A g a r i c u s m e l l e u s , FI. Dan. t . lOlS.— Bolt. Fung. t . U l .— Fries, Sijst. Myc.
V. 1. p. 30.—Grev. FI. Edin. p. 371-
A g a r i c u s Polymyces, Pers. Disp. Meth. Fung. p. 19- Syn. Fung. p. 270.
— Albert, et Schwein. p. \4g.— Schwein. Fung. Carol. No. 566.— Trati.
Esb. Schwaem. p. 46. t. D.
A g a r i c u s stipitis. Sow. Fung. t. W l.— Sibih. FI. Oxon. No. g i i .— Relh. FI.
Cantab, p. 525.— Purt. Midi. F I v. 2. p. 6 $l.— Wilk. Bot. Arr. v. 4. p. 241.
— Hook. Fl. Scot. Pt. 2. p. 20.
A g a r i c u s c u m u l a t u s . With. Bot. Arr. v . 4 . p . 2 1 2 .
A g a r i c u s fusco-pallidus. Bolt. Fung. t. 136.
A g a r i c u s c o i i g r e g a t u s , Bolt. Fung. t . 1 4 0 .
A g a r i c u s a n n u l a r i u s . Bull. Champ, t . S 7 7 - e t 5 4 0 . f 3.— De Cand. Fl. Franc.
v . 2 . p . 2 0 3 .—Ejusd. Syn. p . 4 1 .
A g a r i c u s o b s c u r u s , Schaffi. Fung. t . 7 4 .
A g a r i c u s putridus. Scop. Fl. Cam. p. 420.
A g a r i c u s l a r i c i n u s . Bolt. Fung. t . ig.?— With. Bot. Arr. v . 4 . p . 2 4 3 . ?
P o l y m y c e s ( v a r i e t a t e s ) , Bali. Fung. t . 1 1 .
F u n g u s e s c u l e n t u s , & c . Mich. Nov. Gen. Pt. p . 1 9 9 - 3 1 . t . 2 .
H ab. About the roots, and on the decaying trunks of fd len trees, iii autumn.
Frequent.
Tufted. Pileus one to five inches in breadth, hemispherical in its young-
state, at length nearly plane, except in the center, where it is usually,
but not invariably, more or less umbonate, slightly striated, and often