On elder trunks, &c,, and on the ground. Esculent.
Pileua sometimes rivulose, dirty white, simple, or cæspitose. Stem excentric,
curved at the base ; spores '0002 X "00032 in.
2 9 3 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) leo ch z om u s. Cooke.
Pholiota.”
“ Tawny
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, at length depressed, soft, smooth,
not shining ; stem solid, nearly equal, even ; ring persistent,
tawny ; gills rounded, adnate, slightly ventricose, pallid, .then
cinnamon-coloured ; spores profuse.—Seem. Journ. Bot. No. 3
(1863), t. 3 , / . 3. A n n .N . H . 1865.
On stumps, &c. Esculent.
Cæspitose ; pilens 2-3 in., bright tawny, paler (whitish) at the margin,
generally rivulose from the cracking of the cuticle ; stem 3-4 in., slender,
solid, fibrous, internally amber-brown at the base, externally paler, white
above, nearlyequal, smooth, shining. Allied to A. pudicus and A. capistratus,
hut differing in habit and structure from both. Found at Millfield-lane,
Highgate, plentifully in the autumn of 1862 and 1863. Since met with
by W. G. Smith in other localities. ( PI. fig. 2.)
2 9 4 . A g a iic u s (P h o lio ta ) c a p istz a tu s.
Pholiota.”
Cooke. “ Kuffed
Pileus fleshy, convex, somewhat viscid, margin involute, slightly
striate ; stem nearly equal, stuffed, thick, subsquamulose ; ring
spreading, persistent ; gills decurrent, pallid, growing darker.—
Seem. Journ. Bot. No. 3 (1863), t.3 ,f. 4. Ann. Nat.Hist. (1865.)
On old stumps, elm, &c. Highgate.
Subcæspitose. Pileus 2-3 in., livid, tawny, rather viscid when moist,
whitish when dry, margin folded inwards and obscurely striate ; stem 3-4 in.
thick, nearly equal ; ring large and entire, spreading, and persistent ; gills
rather fleshy, crowded, deourrent, pallid. Taste rather unpleasant. Distinguished
from A. pudicus and A . cylindraceus by its deeurrent gills, its more
robust habit, and the folding in of the margin of the pileus. ( PL IJig. 1.)
This species is stated to be edible by Mr. J. A. Clark, who found it a t Street,
Somerset; Mr. W. G. Smith, who has found it in several places, says the
spores are the same in size and colour as the last.
2 9 5 . A g ä z icu s (P h o lio ta ) h e t e z o c litu s . Fr.
stemmed Pholiota.”
‘ Bulbous-
Compact. Pileus plano-convex, then expanded, very obtuse,
rather excentric, marked witb scattered, innate, adpressed scales ;
stem solid, short, bulbous at the base, fibrillose, w h ite ; gills
rounded, adnexed, very broad, at first pallid, then ferruginous.
—Fr. Epicr.p. 165. Gard. Chron. 1868,7». 1H 3 .
On poplar. Bromley.
Odour strong and pungent. Pileus whitish or yellomsh, broken up into
scales, sometimes smooth if dry, viscid when moist, ffisc plauo-trunoate ;
stem within at the base of a rhubarb colour, ring fugacious, appendioulate.
2 9 6 . A g a z i c u s (P h o l io t a ) c o in o s u s . Fr. “ Hairy Pholiota.”
Pileus flesby, convex, obtuse, viscid, sprinkled witb evanescent,
superficial, floccose scales ; stem solid, slightly bulbous, white,
as well as tbe evanescent, floccose ring ; gills rather decurrent,
quite entire, white, becoming of abrownisb clay colour.—Fr. Epicr.
p. 165. Bolt. t. 42.
On trunks.
Pileus 3 in. broad, brownish, with the scales paler. Flesh oompaot, white.
2 9 7 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) sq ua z zo sus. MiiU. “ Scaly
Pholiota.”
Pileus fleshy, campanulate, convex, then expanded, dry ; stem
stuffed, attenuated at the base, squarrose, as well as tbe pileus,
with crowded darker, innate, revolute scales ; gills sub-decurrent,
crowded, narrow, pallid, o l i v a c e o u s , then ferruginous.—Dr. Epicr.
p. 166. Bull. t. 2 6 6 . Schoeff. t. 61. Sow. t. 284. Grev. t. 2. Huss.
i . t . 8 . Eng. F I . y . p . 91. y &v . MuUeri. Saund. 4 S m .t .18, f . l .
On trunks of trees. Common. [S. Carolina.]
Cæspitose. Pilens 2-5 in. across, firm, convex, expanded, obtusely umbonate,
tawny-yellow, clothed with rich brown scales, flesh yellow near the
surface ; gills at first yellowish, then pale-olive, changing to ferruginous,
broad, rounded behind, and adnate or sub-deourrent. btemd-7in-niglij 2 i
in. thick, at first pale, then croceo-ferrnginous, solid, pithy in the centre,
equal, or attenuated at the base from the tufted mode of growth, fibrillose
and squarrose, with reflexed scales, above the ring very pale yellow and
smooth. Ring near the apex, radiato-floeoose, rich brown, inclining to ojange.
Odour disagreeable.-M.J.-B. Spores "00022 X '00017m. (P l.IV .,fig .\9 .)
2 9 8 . A g a z i c u s ( P h o l io t a ) a u z i v e l l u s . Batseh. “ Golden
Pholiota.”
Pileus flesby, campanulate, tben convex, gibbous, slightly
viscid, variegated with darker, adpressed scales ; stem stuffed,
nearly equal, curyed, clad witli scattered, adpressed, floccose, fer-
ruginous-brown scales ; ring rather distant ; gills sinuated
hind, fixed, white, straw-coloured, then ferruginous-umber.—Dr.
Epicr.p. 165. F l. Boruss. t. 386. Batsch. f . 1 15. Fl. Dan. t.
2074. Eng. F I.y . p . 91. Ann. N.H . no. 680*. Saund. 4 Sm. t.9.
On trunks of trees. Eare. [S. Carolina.]
Generally solitary, Pileus tawny, 3 in. across when young hemispherical,
at length expanded; gills fixed, very broad, plane, paUid olive, at length
ferruginous; stem hard, abrupt, various in length, incurved, sub-bulbous,
whitish J within rhubarb-coloured at the base, veiled at the very apex. Tries*