2 3 7 . A g a r icu s (Y o lv a r ia ) g lo io c ep h a lu s . Fr, “ Umbonate
Volvaria.”
Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, umbonate, glutinous ; margin
s tria te ; stem solid, equal, smooth; volva tuberose, suh-ob-
literated; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured.—Fr. Epicr.p. 140.
Letell. t. 645, f. H . 1. Gard. Ghron. 1860,7). 933, Jig. A. speciosus.
Berh.Outl.t. 7 , f .3 . Barla. t. 26.
On the ground.
Pileus about 3 in. across, m th a strong regniar obtuse umbo in the centre,
of a delicate mouse-grey, viscid when moist, but when dry shining, quite
smooth, margin striate in consequence of the thinness of the flesh; stem Gin.
unequal lobes ; the gills are broad, especially in front, narrower behind, and
quite free, so as to leave a space round the top of the stem, white, tinged
with greyish pink ; margin slightly toothed. Smell strong and unpleasant,
and taste disagreeable.—M. J. B.
Sub-Gen. 11. C h a m æ o t a . Smith. Seem. Journal, 1870.
(Psalliota, Pr. partly.)
Spores pale rose ; stem distinct from the hymenophore, furnished
with a fugitive ring ; gills free.
Hab. On the ground, or on decayed wood.— (PI. III.,Jig. 11.)
Corresponds in structure with Lepiota and Psalliota. The species figured
is A. ( Chamæota) xanthogrammus. Ces. an Italian species.
2 3 8 . A g a z icu s (Chamæota) c z e ta c eu s . Fr. “ Chalky
Chamæota.”
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then convexo-plane, naked, even,
nearly smooth, or rivulose ; stem hollow, equally attenuated, even,
white ; ring simple, reflexed, and again ascending ; gills rather
remote, broader in front, for a long time white.—F r. Epicr.p.
213. S v .B o t.t.5 9 6 ,f.2 . Krombh. t.26, f .1 6 ,1 7 . Berh. Outl. t.
10, f . 5. Ann. N.H . no. 148.
In meadows and stoves.
Distinguished from A. campestris by its gills, which remain for a long time
white, and are at length rose-coloured, and also by the spores, which are
■0001 X -00015 in.
2 3 9 . A g a z icu s (Chamæota) e ch in a tu s . Rath. “ Bristling
Chamæota.”
Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse ; at
first pulverulent, then squamose ; stem fistulose, equal, floccosopulverulent
below the ring ; gills free, crowded, hlood-red.—Fr.
Epicr.p. 215. Both. Cat. ii. t. 9 ,f. 1. Ann. N .H . no. 147. Ag. haimatophyllus.
Mag. Zool. 4 Bot. no. 38, t. x v . / 1.
On peat beds in gardens. Rare. [S. Carolina.]
Solitary or gregarious, often fasciculate. Pileus 1-1J in. broad, thin, brittle,
chocolate, or olive brown, c l o t h e d with minute raised scales, and copious meal
ed triangular laciniæ to the edge of the pileus, mealy externally, of a
beautiful pink within ; stem I J in. high, 1-2 lines or more thick, chocolate-
red when rubbed, clothed with meal, red within, stuffed, penetrating; smeU
strong.—A/. J.B.
Sub-Gen. 12. P l u t e u s . Fr. Epicr. p. 140.
Spores generally regularin shape,but in some species approaching
the irregularity of Hebeloma, pink or salmon-colour, more or
less bright, some approaching in colour the spores of genus 5,
Paxillus, others snb-genus 19, Flammula; veil none; pileus of
the same nature with the stem and gills, smooth, silky, or wrinkled ;
stem ringless and without a volva, distinct from the hymenophore ;
gills free, at first white, then yellowish, afterwards pink, very
crowded, almost cohering, sometimes suhliquescent.
H a b . The species almost always grows on, or close to, the trunks
of trees.— (P Z ./I /.,/á r . 12.)
The characters of this snh-genus agree with those of Volvaria, with the exception
of the volva, which is absent in Pluteus. Pries thinks it doubtful
whether the pellicle ofthe pileus, always fibrous, flocculose, or pruinose, should
not be considered as a universal concrete veil, which would give an analogy
with Lepiota. The species of Pluteus appear in spring, early summer, or late
iu the autumn. They are tasteless, and none edible.— W. G. S.
Sect. 1. Pileus with evanescent fibrils.
2 4 0 . A g a r icu s (P lu teu s ) c e r v in u s . Sehcuff. “ Pawn Pluteus.”
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, nearly even, smooth,
then clad with evanescent fibrillose scales ; margin naked ; stem
solid, with black fibrils ; gills free, crowded, white, then flesh-
coloured.—F r . Epicr. p . 140. Schceff. 1. 10. Sow. t. 108. Batsch.
f.7 6 . Krombh. t.2 ,f. 7-10. Sturm t. 28. F l. Dan. 1.1067,/. 2.
On trunks of trees.
Pileus 3 in. and more broad, ding
Spores very bright, orange pink.
J, sometimes tawny yellow.
; X -00018. in.
LPl. ILL, fig. 12, redmed.l
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