OUTLINE S o r B R IT ISH EUNGOLOGY.
changing colour; stem fistulöse, of the same colour, furfura-
ccous; gills thick, distant, adnexed, bright-coloured. (Plate
19, fig. 3.)
Amongst leaves, twigs, etc. Coed Coch, abundant. Pileus
1 - 1 4 ùich across, variously tinged with brown and lilac.
Very beautiful.
7. M. Stephensü, B.and Br.; cæspitosc; pileus depressed,
rugose in the centre, cream-coloured, stained with vinous-red,
especially when bruised; stem hollow, twisted, white and
mealy above, shining and nut-brown below ; gills distant,
dirty-white.—Ann. of Nat. Hist. ser. 3. vol. xiii. p. 403.
Amongst dead beech-leaves. Dursley, Br. Stephens. Pileus
4-1 inch across. Taste and smell like that of M. oreades.
8. M. erythropus, Fr. ; inodorous ; pileus slightly fleshy,
convexo-plane, then obtuse, even, turning pale, at length
wrinkled; stem fistulöse, striate, smooth, dark-red, somewhat
pruinose when dry, clothed with white strigose hairs at the
base; gills nearly free, broad, connected by veins, quite
entire, dirty-white.
Amongst leaves, near stumps. Not uncommon. Gills not
crowded. Pileus pallid, sometimes shaded with pink. Walls
of cavity of stem fibrillose.
9. M. arohyropus, Fr. ; inodorous, fasciculate ; pileus
slightly fleshy, convexo-plane or depressed, smooth, turning
pale ; stem stuffed, then hollow, rigid, straight, pale-rufous
beneath the white pruinoso-tomentose bark ; gills adnexed,
seceding, crowded, linear, pallid.—Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 25. f. 4.
Amongst leaves. Rare. Bristol, H. O. Stephens. Pileus
about 1 inch across, tan-colonrecl. A small but elegant
species.
10. M. scorodonius, Fr. ; garlic-scented ; pileus slightly
fleshy, tough, even, soon plane, rugulose and crisped ; stem
fistulöse, equal, quite smooth, everywhere shining, rufous ;
gills adnate, crisped, dirty-white.—Leng. f. 17.
Heaths and dry pastures, on twigs, etc. Bare. Bungay,
Mr. Stock. Esculent. Pileus rufous, changing to white.
11. M. Vaillantii, Fr.; inodorous; pileus submembranaceous,
tough, soon expanded, depressed, plicato-rugose, becoming
white; stem stuffed, smooth, bright-brown downwards,
paler and thickened above ; gills broad, adnate, thick,
distant, white.— Vaill. t. 11. / . 21-23.
On dead wood. Abundant in a stove at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Regent’s Park.
12. M. foetidus, Fr.; garlic-scented; pileus submembranaceous,
tough, convex, then expanded and umbilicate, striato-
plicate when dry, turning pale, somewhat pruinose ; stem fistulöse,
bright-brown, pruinose or velvety ; base flocculose,
inserted into the matrix ; gills annulato-adnexed, distant, rufous
yellow.—Sow. t. 21.
On decayed twigs, etc. Rare. Warwickshire, Rev. A.
Bloxam. Bristol, etc. Pileus not exceeding an inch in diameter,
at first tawny-hay or rufous.
13. M. amadelphus, Fr.; inodorous; pileus carnoso-mem-
branaceous, obtuse, convex, then plane or depressed; margin
at length striate; stem short, stuffed, pallid, bright-brown
below, somewhat mealy ; gills broadly adnate, distant, broad,
pallid.—Bm«. t. 550. / . 3.
On dead branches. Bare. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. Bath,
C. E. Broome, etc. Pileus reddish or yellowish. Looks like
minute specimens of Agaricus fascicularis.
14. M. ramealis, Fr. ; inodorous ; pileus slightly fleshy,
plane or depressed, obtuse, without striæ opaque, rugulose ;
stem short, stuffed, mealy, white, rufous below ; gills adnate,
rather distant, narrow, white.—Bull. t. 336.
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