m
797. p. sagata Henn. (from the pelliculose pileus, clothed with a
cloak ; saga, a mantle) a b.
P. plane, smooth, bright yellowish-brown. St. hollow, colour as
P., ochreous or reddish. A. distant, white. G. pale purple-
brown or brown-salmon.
Taste and odour o f 792. Under beeches. Oct. 2§ X 2g X J in.
798. P. pusiophylla W. G. Sm., Agaricus rusiophylhis Lasch. (from
the rose-coloured or reddish gills; ruseus, reddish, Gx.phullon
a leaf) a b.
P. somewhat fleshy, convex then plane, subumbonate, fibrillose,
pale fiesh-colour or pale purple, becoming pallid. St. im!
perfectly hollow, attenuate upwards, silky fibrillose, white,
shaded faint ochre. A. persistent, drooping. G. free)
crowded, thin, dry, rosy, then pale purple, pinkish-sienna and
brownish. Flesh whitish, unchangeable.
On the ground. Autumn. 2j x 2j x. J in.
799. P. duleidula Henn. (from its taste ; dulcis, sweet) a.
P. plane, subgibbous, glabrous, dry, whitish to pale ochreous.
St. hollow, sometimes subbulbous, colour as P. A. persistent.
G. crowded, slate-colour.
2 j X 2 X J in. Might Odour mild. Heaths. Oct. be mistaken for
792.
800. P. echinata Quél, (from the rough pileus ; echinus, a hedgehog)
abc.
P . expanded, obtuse, floccoso-pulverulent, dark brown ; mid.
darker; marg. appendiculate with V. 5/'. fistulose, usually
attenuate downwards, floccose, light or dark dull-brownish,
crimson, purple or grey-brown. G. crowded, rose, cinnamon!
crimson, crimson or purple. Flesh brownish or reddish.
Spores very pale whitish-dull-purple.
Gregarious or cæspitose. Odour strong and disagreeable, mephitic or like
cucumber or like 35. Woods, beech, greenhouses. May-Nov.
ÿ X 3 X J in. Springing from a compact ball of earth or mycelium.
Becomes jet-black when dry. The vesiculose meal on the pileus is transparent
yellow. Sometimes placed in tnocybe, but retained here on account
of the colour of the spores when fresh.
XXXIV. PILOSACE Quél.
(From the pelliculose pileus; Gx. pilos, felt, sakos, a garment.)
Vul obsolete. Hymenophore distinct from the fleshy stem. Pileus
fleshy. Stem central, simple, without cartilaginous bark. GUIs free
or remote. Spores purple-brown. (Fig. 43.)
The only British species grows on the ground.
Pilosace agrees in structure with the fleshy species of Hiatula,
Pluteus and Pluteolus. Species 801
Fig. 43.—/ ’zVuiiztTi algeriensis Quél.
In section. H a lf n atural size.
801. P. algeriensis Quél, (from its being first found in Algeria) a b.
P . plane, gibbous or subumbonate, smooth, white, becoming
brownish above when fully developed. St. solid, silky, white.
G. narrow, salmon to rose, becoming dark purple-madder.
Edible. On the ground. Aug. 3i X i j X i j in. Intermediate between
Psalliota and St7‘opharia with the aspect of an exannulate 789.
XXXV. STROPHARIA Quél.
(From a fancied resemblance in the annulus to a sword-belt,
Gr. strophos.)
Veil annular on stem. Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous
with the fleshy stem. Pileus with or without a pellicle, even, scaly
Fig. 44.—S tro p h a r ia tEruginosa Quél. ;
entire and in section.
One-third natural size.
and viscid, or innato-fibrillose and dry. Stem central, fleshy,
annulate. Gills more or less adnate, at first whitish, or pale
clay-brownish. (Fig. 44.)