In woods. Rare. Wothorp, near Stamford. Pileus 14 inch
across.
Subgenus 3. Akmillaria.—Veil partial, annular. Hymeno-
plioruiti confluent with the stem.
38. A. (Armillaria) ramentaceus. B ull.; pileus fleshy, obtuse,
dry, villoso-squamose; stem solid, unequal, scaly ; ring
inferior, made up of woven flocci; gills emarginate, crowded,
whitish, at length discoloured.—Bull. t. 595./. 3.
On the ground. Not common. King’s Chffe. Whitish
or yellowish, scales brown, odour unpleasant. Known from
cognate Tricholomata by its ring.
39. A. (Armillaria) oonstrlotus, F r .; pileus fleshy, at first
convex, obtuse, even, dry, smooth, with an evanescent silky
lustre; stem solid, nearly equal; ring superior, evanescent;
gills crowded, emarginate.—Balt. t. 7 B.
In pastures where the ground is bleached with urine. Rare.
Northamptonshire. Pure white ; odour very strong, like that
of fresh meal. The ring in my specimens is wanting. (See
Eng. El. vol. V . part 3, p. 11.)
30. A. (Armillaria) melleus, Vahl; pileus fleshy, at length
plane, clothed with fibrous scales; margin striate; stem clastic
; ring floccose; gills ending in a decurrent tooth, pallid, at
length mealy from the white spores, and spotted with reddishbrown.
(Plate 4, fig. 1.)
On dead stumps. Very common. Pale-rufous, more or
less shaded with yellow, densely ciespitose. Acrid when raw,
but eaten on the Continent. Sometimes, like the last, ring-
less. Agaricus laricinus, Bolton, is probably only a variety
of this species.
31. A. (Armillaria) mucidus, F r .; pileus thin, convex,
glutinous; stem rigid, thickened at the base; ring superior.
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deflexed, with the margin erect; gills rounded, distant, striato-
deourrent, white.
On beech. Southern counties. Pure white, or with a cinereous
tinge. Very beautiful. Two inches or more across.
Subgenus 4. Tricholoma.—Stem flesliy; gills with a sinus behind.
Veil obsolete, or, if present, floccose, aud adhering to
the margin of the pileus.
* Pileus either viscid, sqiiamulose, fibrillose, or pubescent.
33. A. (Tricholoma) equestris, Linn. ; pileus yellow, inclining
to reddish, fleshy, compact, obtuse, squamulose, viscid;
stem solid, blunt, sulphur-coloured, as well as the free crowded
gills. (Plate 4, fig. 3.)
Amongst fir-leaves. Rare. East Bergholt, Dr. Badham.
33. A. (Tricholoma) sejnnctns, Sow.; pileus fleshy, convex,
at length expanded, umbonate, unequal, slightly viscid,
streaked with black fibres ; stem stout, solid, ventricose, sub-
squamulose ; gills emarginate, rather distant, broad, white.—
Saw. t. 126.
Pileus several inches across. I am not acquainted with
this species.
34. A. (Tricholoma) portentosns, F r .; pilens fleshy, convex
at first, subumbonate, unequal, viscid, streaked with black
innate line s; stem stout, solid, equal, striate; gills very broad,
emarginate, white, at length distant and pallid.
In woods. King’s Cliffe. Closely resembling the last.
35. A. (Tricholoma) fuoatns, F r .; pileus thin, at first conical,
then convex and expanded, viscid, streaked with innate
lin e s; disc fleshy; stem solid, somewhat bulbous, squamulose;
gills emarginate, rather crowded, tinged with yellow.
In pine-groves. Closely allied to A. portentosus. Pileus
shining when dry, often dingy. The thin pileus, squamulose
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