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fibrilloso-annulate. Gills adnate or sinuate. Spores slate-purple
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The species grow on wood and have a cæspitose habit. None
are edible, some are nauseous-bitter.
Hypholoma agrees in structure with Tricholoma, Entoloma and
Hebeloma. Species 821—844
a. Fasciculares. Pileus tough, smooth, dry, except 821 and 828,
brightly coloured, not hygrophanous. Gills adnate.
821—828
b. Viscidoe. Pileiis naked, viscid. 829, 830
c. Velutinæ. Pileus silky with innate fibrils or streaked.
831—834
d. Flocculosoe. Pileus with floccose superficial separating scales.
835, 836
Appendiculatæ. Pileus smooth, hygrophanous. 837—844
a. Fasciculares.
821. H. silaeeum Quél, (from its colour ; sii, yellow-ochre) a.
P. subexpanded, obtuse, viscid, brown-ochreous ; marg. cracked,
whitish. St. bulbous, fibrilloso-striate, shining, colour as P.
G. purplish-brown or grey-olivaceous.
Solitary to cæspitose. Taste mild ; odour mealy. Cld pastures, under firs.
• Aug.-Nov. 2 X 3J X J in. Not unlike some forms of 822 ; intermediate
forms occur.
822. H. sublateritium Quél, (from the colour of the pileus; sub,
somewhat, later, a brick) abc.
P. convexo-plane, obtuse, tawny brick-red; marg. paler, appendiculate
with V., sometimes with sc. St. stuffed, attenuate
downwards, scaly-fibrillose, pale yellow above, ferruginous
below. G. sinuate, arcuate or decurrent, dull yellow-greenish
to pale slate-purple. Flesh sulphur-white.
Cæspitose to solitary, sometimes in rings near trees. Probably poisonous.
Taste usually bitter-nauseous. Forests, hedgerows, stumps, rails, old pine
wood, oak ; common. April-Dee. 34 X 4Î X 4 in. Polymorphic, P.
sometimes 7 in. in diam. Var. Schaefferi Sacc. G. deeply decurrent.
Var. squamosum Sacc. P. brown-squamulose.
823. H. eapnoides Quél, (from the smoky-tinted gills ; Gr. kapnos,
smoke, eidos, appearance) a b c.
P. subexpanded, obtuse, shining, pale ochreous with mid. sienna-
red, or wholly orange. St. hollow, silky, even, elastic, pale
ochreous, or whitish above and brownish below. G. subcrowded,
arid, grey to fuscous-purple.
Taste and odour mild. Woods, pine, pine-stumps ; uncommon. April-Dee
24 X 5 X I in.
824. H. epixanthum Que'l. (from the yellowish-brown colour ; Gr.
epixanthos, yellowish-brown) abc.
P. expanded, obtuse, silky, apt to split; marg. lobed, undulate.
St. hollow, floccoso-fibrillose, reddish-sienna, darker below.
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G. crowded, light yellow, sometimes cinereous. Flesh white,
becoming light yellow, sienna in St.
Taste acrid ; odour strong, acid. Stumps, fir, fallen firs, on the ground ■
frequent. Aug.-Dee. 3| X 6J x f in. Sometimes wholly bright yellow :
often sterile. One form of this is Clitocybe Sadleri Sacc.
825. H. elffiodes Gill, (from the olive colour of the gills ; Gr. elaios,
olive, eidos, appearance) abc.
P. plane, subumbonate, tan or buff. St. fibrillose, colour as P.,
becoming ferruginous. G. crowded, thin, white to olivaceous.
Flesh pale buff.
Taste bitter; odour sour. Stumps, on the ground. Oct. 2§ X 2j X J in.
Sometimes wholly ivory-whitish. Sometimes regarded as a form of 826.
826. H. faseieulare Que'l. (from the fasciculate habit) abc.
P. flat, subobtuse, sulphur-yellow; mid. sienna. St. hollow,
fibrillose, sulphur above, sienna below or wholly sulphur-yellow,
often fibrilloso-annulate. G. crowded, sulphur to green. Flesh
sulphur.
Gregarious, densely cæspitose.
nauseous, bitter, sickening.
Aprll-Dec. 2| X in. There are many varieties. Recorded from
Glyncorrwg collieries with stems 4 feet long,
Probably poisonous. Taste and odour acrid.
Stumps, on the ground ; very common.
827. H. Instratum Mass. (from the naked, uncovered pileus ;
instratus, uncovered) a.
P. convex, broadly umbonate, rugose, rich dark-brown. St. hollow,
smooth and white above, fibrillose and pale brown below. G.
adnato-ascending, brown to purple-brown, edge paler. Flesh
pale sienna-brownish.
Stumps. Autumn, i f X 2f X A in.
828. H. dispersum Que'l. (from the scattered habit of growth;
dispergo, to scatter) b. ’
P. expanded, viscid, obtuse, tawny-yellowish to purplish-umber.
5/. fistulose, sometimes rooting, silky-fibrillose, faintly ferruginous
above, rich fuscous-brown below. G. distant, thick,
brownish flesh-colour or shaded olive, with a white edge!
Flesh pale yellow-tawny.
Woods, pine, dry to mamhy places, on the ground, on sawdust. April-Nov.
i f X 4^ X J in. Variable in colour and habit.
b. Viscidce.
829. H. ineomptum Mass. (from its simple, unadorned appearance ;
incomptus, rough, without ornament) a.
P. expanded, broadly gibbous, even, deep bay-brown, or orange-
tawny. St. hollow, equal, pale above, dark ferruginous below,
brown-fibrillose and yellow tomentose. G. adnato-rounded,
crowded, deep olive, purple-clouded.
Stumps. Autumn. 4 X 3j X J in.
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