2 9 9 . A g a iic u s (P h o lio ta ) ad ip o su s.
Pholiota.”
Fr. “ Pine-apple
Pileus compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, glutinous ; stem
stuffed, somewbat bulbous, yellow, squarrose as well as tbe pileus
witb superficial, evanescent, darker, concentric scales; gills adnate,
broad, yellow, tben ferruginous.—Fr. Epicr.p. 166. Berh.
Outl. t . 8 , f . 2 . F l. Dan. t . 2018. Krombh. t.3 , f . l . Batsch.f.
31. E n g .F I . y . p . 91.
On beecb and asb trunks. [Cincinnati.]
Extremely beautiful, growing in large tufts, coloured like a ripe pineapple.
Pileus convex, firm, fleshy, margin thin, of a beautiful tawny, very
viscid, smooth and shining, with a few superficial darker scales j remains of
the woven ring attached to the margin. Gills broad, rounded behind, and
adnate with a tooth, ferruginous, edge white. Stem equal, scarcely thickened
at the base, solid, firm, brown below, yellowish above, with tawny, adpressed
scales, near the apex whiter and more silky.—M, J. B, Spores *00029
X *00021 in.
3 0 0 . A g a r icu s (P h o lio ta ) sp e c ta b ilis .
Pholiota.”
Fr. ‘ ‘ Orange
Pileus compact, convex, then plane, dry, cuticle torn into fibrous
or silky scales ; stem solid, ventricose, somewbat rooting ;
gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, narrow, yellow, tben ferruginous.—
Fr. Epicr. p. 166. Bull. t. 92. Krombh. t. 3 ,f. 3. Ann.
N .H .n o .901*. Sow.1. 11. H u s s .i .t .l l . A. aureus,Eng. F I.y .
p. 90. Berh. Outl.p. 140.
On dead stumps.
Subcæspitose. Pileus 4 in. or more broad, convexo-expanded, rich tawny,
with broad, adpressed, silky scales in the centre, which towards the margin
become mere streaks, fleshy ; flesh pale yellow ; gills at length tawny ferruginous,
adnexed, rounded behind, or deourrent ; stem 4 in. high, 1 in. or
more thick, solid, tough, and spongy, the centre a little looser, thickened
downwards and bulbous, with a small (sometimes rather large) deflexed,
rather thick ring near the top, which is densely powdered with the spores,
under the gills minutely squamulose, below fibrillose, the fibrillæ close, paler
than the pileus, rhubarb-coloured within ; root a few downy fibres ; taste
bitter.—iff. J .B . Spores '0003 X '0002 in.
3 0 1 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) flammans.
Pholiota.”
Fr. “ Yellow scaly
Pileus flesby, convex, tben plane, somewbat umbonate, dry,
clotbed witb superficial, hairy, paler scales ; stem stuffed, then
hollow, equal, rather flexuose, squamoso-squarrose, ring entire,
yellow, as well as the fixed, crowded, quite entire gills.—Fr. Epicr.
p. 167. Eng. Fl. Y .p . 92.
In pine woods. Sept. Oct.
Taste bitter. Pileus lJ-3 in. broad, margin at first inflexed, then repand,
scales concentric, yellow, scarcely innate;
without a tooth, at length ferruginous; stem3 in. high, 2-3 Unes thick,
stuffed, at length hoUow, yellow ; ring entire, close to the gills.-A«es.
3 0 2 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) J u n o n iu s .
Pholiota.”
Fr. “ Beautiful
Pileus flesby, convexo-plane, obtuse, when dry smootb; stem
solid, equal, incurvedj even, furfuraeeous above tbe rin g ; gills
adnate, crowded, yellow, tben tawny.—Fr. Epicr. p .1 6 1 . Sv. Bot.
t. 584. Saund. 4 Sm. t. 18, f . 2.
On trunks. Oct. Highgate.—M.C.C.
Single, or in small tufts, of a beautiful deep brownish-orange, minutely
fibrillose when moist, smooth when dry; gills at first yelliw, then of a deep
cinnamon-brown ; spores nearly ferruginous. Pries, to whom a drawing or
onr specimens was submitted, refers them without doubt to this species, which
he describes as rare everywhere. Spores oval, or with an apioulus at one
end, -00027 X '00017 in.
3 0 3 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) m u ta h ilis .
Pholiota.”
Schoeff.
Pileus fleshy, convex, tben expanded, smootb, becoming pale;
margin thin; stem stuffed, thenhollow, rigid, rough witb scales,
dark-brown at tbe base ; gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, pallid,
tben cinnamon colour.—F r .E p ic r .p .169. Schoeff.t.9.^ L e n z .f.20.
Krombh. t .l3 ,f .l- 9 a . B u ll.t.5 4 3 ,O .F .E . Badh.i. t . l 6 ,f. ia .
Gonn. 4 Rabh.lY. t. 6. Price,f. 123. Berh. Outl. t. 8, f 3. Eng.
Fl. V. p. 92. Huss. ii. t. 21.
On trunks, especially lime stumps, or on tbe ground. Esculent.
[United States.]
Cæspitose. Pileus expanded, obtuse, cinnamon, becoming pale when dry ;
centre o fthe pileus at length bright tawny, quite smooth, the margin thin
transparent, flesh white; gills broad, rounded behind, or suh-decurrent, pale
amber ; stem slender, fistulose, dark-brown, smooth above, or mmuteUpulverulent,
and pale,belowsquamulose, ringwoven, sub-erect.—ill. J.A . bpores
•00045 X -00025 in.
3 0 4 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) m a z g in a tu s. Batsch. “ Marginate
Pholiota.”
Pileus rather flesby, convex, then expanded, smootb, moist,
hygrophanous ; margin s tria te ; stem fistulose, soft, not scaly,
pruinose above tbe fugacious ring, base darker, clotbed with
whitish velvety down; gills adnate, crowded, watery-cinnamon
coIoukK— F r .E p i c r .p .168. B a ts c h .f 201 [208 var.) Krombh.
t . l 3 , f 5-6.