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182 AGARICACEÆ Hypholoma
830. H. oedipus Sacc. (from the swollen base of the stem ; oidipous,
with a swollen foot) a.
P. hemispherical ; mid. umber ; marg. pallid, appendiculate with
V. Si. solid, semibulbous, fibrillose below the distant A.,
whitish, shaded pale sienna. G. adnate, umber.
Solitary or in groups of two or three. Sticks and dead leaves. Feb.
4 X i j X J in.
c. Velutinæ.
831. H. pseudostorea Rea (from its being at first considered the
same as H. Storca) a b.
P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, then expanded, fleshy, at first
purplish-brown with mid. darker, soon breaking up into large
fibrillose purplish-brown scales, silky-white to pale fawn
beneath; marg. appendiculate and entire when young. 5 /.
hollow, equal or attenuate downwards, at first even, then silky-
brown-fibrillose, white above, pale yellowish below. G. adnate,
at first white, then rose, becoming brown to purple-brown, not
exuding drops of water.
Usually csespitose, sometimes solitary. Taste insipid, somewhat disagreeable
; odour strong, disagreeable. Woods, plantations, under larches.
Sept.-Nov 2® X 44 X è in. This is the plant referred to Agaricus
Storca Fr by Berkeley, and afterwards named A . Storca, var. eæspitosa by
Cooke. Sometimes confounded with 832.
832. H. laerymabundum Quél, (from the tear-like drops on the gills •
lachrymabundus, tearful) abc . ’
P. expanded, obtuse, innato-pilose, whitish, then fuscous; sc.
darker; marg. appendiculate with V. 5/. hollow, fibrilloso-
scaly, fuscous-white. G. adnato-rounded, whitish to white-
purple-brownish, studded with drops of water.
Cæspitose. Stumps or on the ground, yards. Sept.-Dee 3 X 34 X A in
Often confounded with 831 and 834. Used for inferior ketohuix Some-
times sold for the mushroom.
833. H. pyrotriehum Quél, (from the fiery-red fibrils of the pileus ■
Gr. pur, fire, thrix, a hair) a. ’
P. expanded, obtuse, pale bright vermilion-ochre ; marg appendiculate
with V. 5/. hollow, fibrillose, whitish to pale orange
sometimes imperfectly annulate with V. G. adnate, dull
purplish-brown, studded with drops of water.
Cæspitose. Woods, pine, beech, about roots. Aug.-Oct. 3 X 3i X A in
Var. egregium Mass., with a densely shaggy stem.
834. H. velutinum Quel, (from the velvety pileus of young examples •
vellus, fleece) abc.
P. expanded, obtusely umbonate, tawny, umber or sienna ; marg
appendiculate with V. A/, hollow, fibrillose, whitish above
sienna or umber below. G. adfixed, brown-fuscous, dark!
spotted, studded with drops of water.
Subcæspitose. Taste insipid. Stumps ; common. July-Oct. 4 X ? X 4 in
Variable in stature ; pileus sometimes 6 in. in diam. Often confused with
Hypholor, AGARICACEÆ
832. Intermediate forms occur between this and 832 and 833. Sometimes
sold for the mushroom. Used for inferior ketchup. Var. leiocephalum
Mass, P. mid. rugged, much smaller than type.
d. Floeeulosa..
835. H. easeum Quél, (from its grey an d white colours ; cascus,
old) a b. Fragile.
P. hemispherical, obtuse, dull greyish-ochre or ochre ; marg.
paler, appendiculate with white V. St. hollow, fibrillose,
white. G. ascending, adnexo-rounded, arid, a t first pale dove-
colour then blackish-brown, edge whitish.
Gregarious or cæspitose. Pastures. July. 14 X 3J X pg in.
836. H. punetulatum Mass. (from the squamuloso-punctate pileus) a.
P. convex, pallid, shaded yellowish, brownish or white sulphur ;
sc. dot-like, pale. St. stuffed, punctiform-squamulose from
base to A., colour as P. ; sc. faintly rufescent. G. sinuato-
adnate, subcrowded, pale umber to whitish-sienna. Flesh
colour as P. Spores brown.
Densely cæspitose. Chips, sawdust, rotten twigs. l | X i | X J in.
Berkeley, Cooke and Massee assign this plant to the present position.
Kalchbrenner places it in Pholiota near 578. Fries includes it in Stropharia
after 816.
e. Appendiculatæ.
837. H. LANARIPES Sacc. (from the woolly stem ; lana, wool,
pes, a foot) abc.
P. expanded, obtuse, thin, tough, ap t to split, somewhat hairy-
scaly, atomate, rugose, tawny or b rown ish ; marg. appendiculate
with white V. St. hollow, fibrous, striate above, subfibrillose
or tonientoso-squarrose below. G. adnato-ascending, a t first
white, then pale-brown, at length purplish-brown.
Subcæspitose. Soil in conservatories. June-July. 3Ì X 4J X J in.
838. H. Candolleanum Quél, (after Alphonse de Candolle) abc.
P. flat, obtuse, depressed, smooth, ap t to split, thin, brown,
becoming white ; mid. ochreous. St. hollow, striate above,
white. G. adnexo- or adnato-rounded, ventricose, serrulate,
fuscous-cinnamon. Flesh white.
Gregarious, cæspitose. Taste slightly styptic, disagreeable or none ;
odour strong. Stumps, elm, on the ground ; frequent. April-Nov.
3 X 34 X J in. Firmer than 839.
839. H. appendieulatum Quél, (from the appendiculate veil at the
margin of the pileus) abc.
P. hygrophanous, expanded, rugose, thin, apt to split, atomate,
faintly ochreous-white ; mid. ochreous. St. fistulose, pruinate
above, white. G. adnato-rounded, purplish flesh-colour or
brownish.
Cæspitose. Stumps, sticks, under elm, on the ground ; common. June-Oct.
3 X 3f X 4 in. Thinner and more fragile than 838.
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