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fibrous; gills attenuated behind, nearly f r e e , ventricose, crowded,
dirty-greyish.—Bolt. t. 35.
In pastures. Not uncommon. Inodorous. Stem compressed,
splitting.
238. A. (Nolanea) rufo-carneus, B . ; pileus submem ra
naceous, hemispherical, umbilicate, indistinctly fihrilloso sq
mulose, red-brown; margin striate; stem elongated, pale
rufous, rather incrassated at the base; gills adnate, ventricose,
attenuated behind, slightly connected and traversed by veins.
— E n g . F l . Y . p t . 2 . p . 82.
On heaths. Dorset. P i l e u s 1 in ch across; stem 24 inches
high. Taste rather bitter.
239. A. (Nolanea) rnbidus, B . ; pileus membranaceous, convex,
at length umbilicate, finely silky; stem short, thickest
above, solid, minutely silky; gills hroad, ventricose, adnate,
attenuated behind, sometimes subdecurrent, whitish, then rose-
coloured.—Mag. Zool. and Bot. i. t. 2 .f. 2.
In stoves, hlilton. Pileus oiie-third of an inch across;
stem 14-2 lines high, white or greyish. Smell like that of
new flour.
240. A. (Nolanea) Babingtonii, B lox.; pileus conico-campanulate,
cinereous, shining like silk, adorned with dark brown
suhfasoiculate fibres, which are free at one end; stem equal,
fistulöse, clothed with dark brown down, substrigose; gills
ventricose, distant, cinereous, darker at the base, adnate, glittering
with little points.—Hum. of Nat. Hist. v. xiii. ser. li.
p. 400.
Bare. Twycross, Rev. A. Bloxam. Occurs also in Pennsylvania.
Pileus scarcely half an inch across.
No species of the subgenus Eccilia has yet occurred in
Great Britain.
Series 3.—Dermini. Spores ferruginous, sometimes tawny or
brownish.*
Subgenus 16. Pholiota.—-Stem furnished with a ring.
241. A. (Pholiota) aureus, Mathusk. ; pileus fleshy, convex,
obtuse, sprinkled with innate hairy scales ; stem solid, nearly
equal ; ring narrow, spreading ; gills emarginate, olivaceous,
then ferruginous.—Sow. t. 77; Hu.ss. i. t. 71.
On dead stumps. Not uncommon. Spores ferruginous.
Pileus 4 inches across, of a golden-tawny ; gills rounded behind,
and decurrent in the same group of specimens ; stem
minutely squamulose ahove, fibrillose below, not smooth as
in the character of Fries. Taste hitter.—See Observations in
Eng. Ft.
242. A. (Pholiota) durus. Bolt. ; pileus somewhat compact,
convexo-plane, smooth, at length cracked into little arese;
margin even ; stem stuffed, hard, flbrous externally, rather
thickened above and mealy ; ring more or less torn ; gills
adnate, ventricose, livid, .then of a brown-rust colour.—Bolt.
/. 6 7 ./. 1.
In gardens, Bolton. Brighton, Dr. Badham. Pileus pale
tawny, or brownish-tan.
243. A. (Pholiota) prsecox, P. ; pilens soft, fleshy, convexo-
plane, obtuse, even, at length smooth ; stem stufied, then hollow,
cylindric, farinoso-pubescent, at length smooth, white, as
well as the entire ring; gills emarginate, adnexed, crowded,
white, at length brownish. (Plate 8, fig. 1.)
In gardens and pastures. Spring. Common. About two
inches across. Ring striate above. Paler than the last, hut
it is very doubtful whether it is really distinct.
* The Cortinarii have red-ocliraceous spores (peroxide of iron), and a veil
consisting of spider-web threads.