On tlie ground amongst firs.
Solitary or gregarious, rarely cæspitose. Stem about 2 in. long, 1-2 Unes
thick; pileus when moist houey-ooloured, when dry tan-ooloured, ring 1-2
lines distant from the apex of the stem.
C. Muscigenei—growing on moss, &c.
3 0 5 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) p um ilu s . Fr. “ Little Pholiota.”
Pileus somewhat fleshy, hemispherical, obtuse, even ; stem
fistulose, slender, sub-fibrillose ; ring collar-like, rather fugacious ;
gills adnate, crowded,broad,pallid-yellowisb.—Fr. E p ic r .p .llO .
In woods. October. Eare.
Pileus only a few lines broad, yellowish ; stem 1-lJ in. long ; 1-lJ line
thick.
3 0 6 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) m y c en o id e s . Fr, “ Delicate
Pholiota.”
Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, tben convex, deeply striate,
hygrophanous; stem fistulose, slender, ferruginous, smooth
as well as tbe pileus ; ring membranaceous, white ; gills adnate,
rather distant, ferruginous.—E r. Epicr.p. 170. A . mesodactylus.
B . 4 B r. Ann. N .H . Ser. 2, ii.p. 261, t. 9 ,/. 1, p. 400, no. 681.
On tbe ground, in damp dells. Oct. Eare.
“ My plant has a white stem, but Pries considers it the same with his A.
mycenoides. Pileus 1J in. broad, obtusely conical, with the margin expanded,
hygrophanous, pale tawny, slightly fleshy in the centre, margin s tria te ; stem
flexuous, 2J in. high, 2 lines thick, white, nearly smoothabove andbelowthe
ring, sometimes showing a vinous stain where bruised, nearly equal, fistulose.
Ring central, expanded, quite entire, deeply striate within ; gills moderately
broad, slightly ventricose, ascending, aflBxed.”—iff. J. JJ.
3 0 7 . A g a z icu s (P h o lio ta ) L e v e illia n u s .
Pholiota.”
B .& M . “ Leveille’s
Hard, fleshy, thin, convex, umbonate, clothed witb a glutinous,
dark brown, opaque pellicle, at length wrinkled, and paler when
dry ; stem hollow, nearly equal, fibrilloso-squamose below tbe
ring, white, witb a reddish tinge ; gills broad, adnate, decurrent,
white, then pink, at length rufous.—Berh. Outl.p. 152. A.jeco-
rinus. B. 4 B r. Ann. N .H . Ser. 2, ii.p. 260, no. 328.
On soil about beecb trees. Aug. Eushton, Norths.
Pascioulate or gregarious. About IJ-2 in. across, hemispherical, at length
expanded, quite smooth and even, at first clothed with a viscid pellicle, at
length slightly wrinkled, somewhat fleshy, dark brown, paler when dry ;
stem 2J in. high, J in. thick, incrassated, below umber, dark brown at the
base, fibrillose, stnffed, at length hollow. Ring near the top persistent.
mostly deflexed; stem above the ring paler, fibrillose; gills umber, with a
rosy tinge, adnate, with a deourrent tooth, rather d istan t; spores brownish.
J. B. Allied to A. pudicus, &«■, but distinct in its very dark head, and
umber adnato-decurrent gills. Taste like that of the common mushroom,
with a slight acidity.
Suh-Gen. 20. H e b e l o m a . Pr. S.M. i. p. 249.
(Including Inocyhe. F r. Mon. Hym.)
Spores for tbe most part clay-coloured, or in Inocyhe ferruginous
brown; veil of a different texture from tbe pellicle of tbe pileus,
or in Inocyhe bomogeneous witb tbe fibres of tbe pileus ; pileus
flesby, pellioulose, damp, subviscid, or (in Inocyhe) fibrous ; stem
confluent and bomogeneous witb tbe bymenopbore, flesby-
fibrous, ringless ; gills sinuato-adnate.
H a b . All terrestrial. (PI. IV ., f . 20.)
All the species are gregarious, and many so similar in appearance as to he
with difficulty distinguished from each other. ^ Some are scentless; several
.11 in__ Li ^ YYd -.-vY.Y-r.TT V.oTTa o rliorpnofiTirf n^mTP iini'! ii.vft ■nnianrinns •
Has introaHcea a new suu-genus aiter a-ieuetu/zt-u., wud^u.
tingnished by the pileus being silky-fibrous, and havinga few other unimportant
characters ; but such characters seeming insufficient, we have preferred
to adhere to the views expressed in the ‘ Epicrisis,’ and to retain Inocyhe as a
section of Hebeloma.— W. O. S.
A . H y m e n o o y b b .
Sect. 1. Veiled, odour mild.
3 0 3 . A g a z icu s (Hebeloma) p u n c ta tu s .
Hebeloma.”
Fr. “ Punctate
Pileus flesby, nearly plane, silky, becoming smootb, disc dotted
witb darker papillæ ; stem hollow, equal, fibrillose, silky, growing
pale, wbitisb-pruinose above ; gills arcuate, fixed, narrow,
pallid, ferruginous, or bay-coloured.—Fr. E p ic r.p .179. Ann. Nat.
Hist. no. 906.
In pine woods. Sept. Near Gainsborough.
Pileus 1-2 in. broad, at first convex, soon becoming flattened, disc obtuse
and swollen, umber about the centre, at length depressed ; stem 2-4 in. high,
2-4 lines thick.
3 0 9 . A g a z icu s (Hebeloma) v e z s ip e llis . Fr. “ Changeable
Hebeloma.”
Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, disc viscid, with a tenacious
gluten, beyond this silky-agglutinate, tben smootb ; stem fistulose,
tough, whitish and silky, pruinose above ; gills rounded,
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