2 5 3 . A g a z icu s (E ntoloma) a zdo sia cus. Bull. “ Meadow
Entoloma.”
Fragile ; pileus slightly fleshy, convex, then expanded and depressed,
even, smooth, moist ; stem hollow, elongated, steel blue,
attenuated from the white base ; gills nearly free, crowded,
greyish, flesh-coloured.—Fr. Epicr. p . 145. Bull. t. 348. Eng.
Fl. V. p. 78.
In moist meadows.
Introduced solely on the authority of Sibthorpe. Pilens 3 in. broad, fleshy,
when young campanulate, margin suh-sinuate; gills 4 lines broad, rufesoent;
stem 4-5 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, attenuated, of the same colour as the pileus.
—Fries.
2 5 4 . A g a z icu s (E ntoloma) fzum en ta c eu s .
Entoloma.”
Bull. “ Mealy
Pileus fleshy, firm, rather brittle, nearly plane, dry, finely
streaked; stem streaked and slightly cracked, obtuse at the base;
gills broad, emarginate, or rounded behind, cinereous, with a
reddish yellow tinge.—Bull. t. 571,/. 1. Ann. N .H . no. 678. Berh.
Outl.p. 144.
On the ground under a hedge. Rare.
Somewhat CEespitose ; pileus 3J in. across, plane, with the margin arched
and sinuated, dry, buff, tinged with red, marked with fine streaks, which
are sometimes slightly raised, fleshy, firm, rather b rittle ; stem 2 in. high, 1
in. thick, of the same colour as the pileus, streaked and slightly cracked,
sometimes compressed, blunt at the base, with a little white down, stained
with the spores; gills broad, moderately distant, sinuated and toothed,
rounded behind, sometimes emarginate, adnate, cinereous, with a reddish-
yellow tinge; spores elliptic, minute, '0002 in. long, rose-coloured; taste
agreeable ; smell farinaceous.—M. J. B.
Fries places this species in Trvcholoma, both in the “ Epicrisis” and
“ Monograph.” We retain it here in deference to the Rev. M. J. Berkeley’s
opinion.
2 5 5 . A g a z icu s (E ntoloma) am e id e s .
Entoloma.”
B . 4 B r . “ Scented
Pileus irregular, broadly campanulate, centre smooth; margin
whitish flocculent, at length glabrous, with a silky lustre, undulated
; stem stuffed, compressed, whitish, villous at the base, above
striato-fibrillose, apex flocculent ; gills distant, slightly adnexed,
rugose.—Ann. N . Hist. 1865, no. 999.
In pastures. Sept. Bodelwyddan, Flintshire.
Pileus 1-2J in. across, varying from hemispherical in smaller specimens to
campanulate, thin, pale reddish grey ; spores rose-coloured, irregular ; large
specimens at first sight closely resemble Sygrophorm ovinus; smell peculiar,
resembling a mixture of orange flower water and starch. The whole plant
acquires a reddish tint in drying.—B. A Br.
Sect. 2. Zeptonidei— pilens flocculose, sub-squamose, dry.
2 5 6 . A g a z i c u s (E n to lo m a ) j u b a t u s . Fr. “ Crested Entoloma.”
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, at first acutely, then obscurely umbonate,
clothed withfibres, glossy, not hygrophanous, gills slightly
adnexed, inclined to ventricose ; stem fleshy, glossy, striate, and
shining, white at the base, stuffed or hollow, clothed with minute
sooty fibres.—Dr. Epicr. p. 145. F r .S .M .p . 196. Trans. Wool-
hope Club [1868), p . 246, with plate.
In mossy places. Merry Hill Common and Haywood Forest,
near Hereford, 1868 [W.O. S .), Ascot (J7. J.R.),nea rGoudhurst,
Sussex (D. C.)
Grows in dense clusters. Young specimens acutely campanulate, full grown
attain 5 or more in., with a diameter of 3 or 4 in. Spores exti;emeiy
irregular *00025 X *0004 in.—IK G. S.
2 5 7 . A g a z i c u s (E n to lo m a ) g r i s e o - c y a n e u s . Fr. “ Blue-
Grey Entoloma.”
Pileus sub-carnose, campanulato-convex, ohtuse, flocooso-squa-
mose; stem hollow,floccose or fibrillose,pallid,then bluish ; gills
adnexed, seceding, whitish, becoming flesh-coloured.—Dr. Epicr.
p. 145. B. 4 Br. Ann. N .H. (1866). no. 1113.
On lawns. Oct. Coed Coch.
With the habit of a Leptonia, smaller, so ft; stem fibrous, 2-3 lines thick,
white when young. Pileus grey, or verging towards hlao.
2 5 8 . A g a z i c u s ( E n to lo m a ) s e z i c e l l u s . Fr. “ Silky Entoloma.”
Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then plane or depressed, silky, at
length squamulose; stem sub-fistulose, fibrillose, white, then palhd,
gills adnate, seceding, slightly distant, white, then flesh-coloured.
—Fr. Epior. p. 146. Pers.Ic. t. 6, f . 2 . E n g .F I .y .p .l6.
In woods. July—Sept.
Sub-gregarious. Pilens f in. broad, white, snb-carnose, silky, slightly urn-
bilicate, gills pale rose-colour, broad, adnate nearly horizontal, su/deour-
ren t; stem 2 in. high or more, 1 line thick, thickest and downy at the base,
sometimes sub-bulbons, solid, or closely stuffed, white, silky. Odour and
taste like A. cam^pestris.—M. J . B.
Sec. '3. Nolanidei— pHens thin, hygrophanous.
2 5 9 . A g a z i c u s ( E n to lo m a ) c l y p e a t n s . L . “ Buckler Entoloma.”
Pileus slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, umbonate,
smooth, hygrophanous ; stem stuffed, attenuated, fibrillose, be-
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