Series 4. P r a te lli. P r. E p ic r. p. 212.
Spores blackisli-purjilo or piirplisli-brown, ra r e ly fuscous.
Sub.-Gen, 30. CHITO NIA. F r. H ym. E u r. p. 277.
GMto'nia = ivom a coat or covering. In allusion
to th e veil.
Universal veil d is tin c t from tlie pileus. Hymenophore distin
c t from th e stem Gills free.
Analogons to Amanita and Volvaria, volva at the base of the stem, with
or without a wing.
7 0 8 . A g a iicu s (Chitonia) lu h iic e p s . Coolce and Mass. in Grevillea
XV., p. 57.
Bu'bri-ceps, from ruber = red, an d caput = head.
Pilen s r a th e r fleshy, campanulate, th e n expanded, umbonate,
smooth, even, testaceous, m a rg in fa in tly stria to , stem erect,
fistulöse, p a le r th a n th e p ileus, rooting, volva sheathing, saccate!
w h itish , to rn a t th e margin. Gills free, lanceolate, r a th e r
crowded, purplish-brown. Spores elliptical, a little a tte n u a te d
a t each end, 12 x 6 //,, R in g obsolete.
On soil in aroid house. Kew Gardens. Dec.
Pilens 1 in. diam. Stem 3 in. long, about two lines thick.
8ub.-Gen. 31. P SA LL IO TA . F r. Epicr. p. 212.
Psallio'ta, from ffaWiov (b e tte r ij/dXtor, as always in po e try ) =
th e curh-ohain, or th e rin g a tta c h e d to it. From its analogy
to Armillaria, in b eing ringed.
Spores d a rk , brow n ish -p u rp le , dead brown or re d d ish -p u rp le ;
veil un iv e rsa l, concrete w ith th e cuticle of th e pileus, and fixed
to th e stem, fo rmin g a r i n g ; pileus fleshy ; stem d is tin c t from
th e hymenophore, fu rn ish ed w ith a r i n g ; g ills free, an d rounded
behind, a t first white, th e n pin k , a fte rw a rd s in ten se purple-
brown.
H ab. All the species are terrestrial, mostly growing iu rich pastures and
on manured gronnd. PsalUota corresponds with Lepiota.
* E d u l b s . Large, fleshy.
7 0 9 . A g a iicu s (Psa llio ta ) a u g u stu s. Pr. Hym. Pur. 278.
Augustus = noble.
Pilens globose, th e n hemispherical, a t le n g th expanded, v ery
obtuse, disc even, circumference fibrillose-sqnamose, stem solid,
th ick , sm o o th ; rin g superior, v ery broad, externally-cracked into
an g u la r s c a le s ; gills crowded, narrow, p a llid th e n brown
remote, leaving a collar ro u n d th e stem.—Fr. Sver. Svamp. t.
38. Gooke Illus. t. 521.
In woods.
A very large and fine species. Pileus 4-5 inches broad. Stem lJ-2 in.
tbiok, attenuated upwards, white, but tinged with red when bruised. Flesh
soft, white, unchangeable. Gills never acquiring a flesh-colour.
71 0 . A g a iicu s (PsalUota) e lv en s is .
Ho. 1009.
B. 4 Br. Ann. N.H., 1865,
Elvensis, from its hav in g been first found a t Bodelwyddan, by
th e riv e r Elwy, in Wales.
Cæspitose. Pilens from snh-globose to hemispherical, fibrillose,
broken up into large persistent brown scales, areolate in
th e centre, m a rg in th ick , covered w ith pyramidal w a rts ; stem
fibrillose below, rin g v e ry large, areolato-verrucose ben e a th ;
gills free, brownish flesh colonr.— Gooke Ulus. t. 522.
U n d e r oak trees. Sept.
711. A g a iicu s (PsalUota) a iv e u s is . Schoeff. Icon. t. 310, 311.
Arvensis — of or b elonging to cu ltiv a ted land, arvum.
Pilen s fleshy, conico-campanulate, th e n expanded, a t first
floccoso-farinose, th e n n e a rly smooth, even, or cracked ; stem
hollow, w ith a floccose p ith ; rin g pendulous, broad, double, th e
o u te r sp lit in ray s ; gills free, broader in front, d ir ty white,
th e n reddish-hrown.—Fr. Hym. Eur. 278. Gooke Hlus. t. 523.
Berk. Outl. t. 1 0 ,/. 4. Huss. i. t. 76, 77. Badh. i. t. 6 , / . 1. A.
Oeorgii, Sow. t. 304.
In meadows, often in rings. Esculent.
var. v illa t ic u s . Brond.
Acquires a la rg e size, and is v ery scaly.—-Gooke Illus. t. 585.
On th e ground.
var. p u ip u ia sc en s. Cke. Illus. t. 584.
Pileu s becoming tin g ed w ith purple.
In woods, &c.
71 2 . A g a iicu s (PsalUota) p ia ten s is . Schceff. Icon. t. 96.
Pratensis = of or belonging to meadows, prata.
P ileu s flesby, ovoid th e n expanded, becoming smooth or
squamulose, w h itish th e n cinereous ; stem stuffed, thickened a t
th e base, n a k ed ; rin g median, simple, deciduous; gills free.
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