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566. T. prseeox W. G. Sm., Agaricus prcecox Pers. {prcecox, early)
abc.
P. convex, obtuse, smooth, whitish or whitish-ochre. St. hollow
above, mealy-floccose, white, sometimes with root-like fibres at
base. A. ample, fugitive, white. G. rounded-adnexed or subadnate,
at length fuscous.
Said to be edible. Taste rank ; odour strong, not unpleasant. Gardens,
pastures, road-sides ; common. May-Oct. 3 X 4 X f in. Sometimes
wholly whitish. May not be distinct from last. Sometimes gathered for
792.
566a. T. sphaleromoppha W. G. Sm., Agaricus sphaleromorphus Bull,
(from the difficulty of distinguishing this from the two last
species; Gr. sphaleros, delusive, morphe, form) a b.
P. globose, convex, plane, obtuse, even, smooth, expanded, white
or pale buff to ochre. St. stuffed, then partially hollow, in-
crassate and villose below, when young clavate, silky, pale
buff to yellowish. A. entire, median to distant, ample, membranous.
G. arcuato- or adnato- to sinuato-decurrent, yellowish-
w'hite, becoming ochre, ferruginous-tan or brownish.
Leaf-soil. Oct. 4j X 3| X J in. Must not be confounded with 665
and 566.
XXIII. PLUTEOLUS Gill.
(Diminutive of Pluteus, Genus XIV.)
Veil indicated by gluten, fibrillse and meal. Hymenophore distinct
from the fleshy stem. Pileus conical or campanulate, then expanded.
Fig. 32.—Section of P luteolus r e tia ila tu s Gill.
One-half n atura l size.
slightly fleshy, viscid, margin striate, at first straight and adpressed
to the stem. Stem fistulose, simple. Spores ferruginous or saffron.
Gills rounded-free. (Fig 32.)
The species grow on dead wood, rotten sticks, etc.
Pluteolus agrees in structure with Hiatula, Pluteus, and Pilosace.
Species 567, 568
567. P. retieulatus Gill, (from the network of veins on the pileus ;
rete, a net) a b . . .
P. expanded, subumbonate, violaceous, fuscous or greyish ; mid.
faintly ochreous. St. fibrillose, whitish. G. dull cinnamon.
Spores dark ferruginous.
Dead wood ; rare. Sept. X X J in.
568. P. aleuriatus Karst, (from the flour-dusted appearance of the
stem ; Gr. aleuron, flour) a.
P. convexo-plane, bluish-grey, rose-colour or tan ; mid. darker.
G. saffron-ochraceous.
Rotten sticks. Oct. I X i X iV « •
XXIV. PHOLIOTA Quél.
(From the scaly pileus ; Gx. pholis, a scale.)
Veil partial in the form of an annulus, or universal as scales and
gluten on the pileus and stem. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous
with the fleshy stem. Pileus fleshy, viscid, dry, naked or
scaly. Stem central, annulate. Annulus persistent, membranous,
spreading, not arachnoid or fibrillose. Gills usually adnate, with
or without a decurrent tooth, variously attached, at first pale or
tawny, then usually becoming dark fuscous, but not the bright
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