with tlio m.ai’gin erect, striate ; giUs rounded, striato-deciirrent, distant,
white.—Saund. Sm. t. 5. Price f . 91. Cooke Illus. t. 16.
On Beech trunks. Edible.
Figured from drawing by Dr. Bull. Colour often cinereous, and stem
much shorter.
Ag azicus (Azmillazia) denig ra tus. Fr. Ilym. Eur. 45.
Eem/ra'z«s=blackened, from d e -n lg ro= l dye or colour very
black.
This species is now regarded by Berkeley as only a condition of
Ag. Leveilleanus, D. & M., which again is a synonym of Ag. erehius,
F r.— See sub-genus Pholiota.
Sub.-Gen. 4. TRICHOLOMA. Fr. S. M. i., p. 36.
Tricholo'ma, from 6pi£, gen. rplxos, a hair, and Xio/ia=fringe ;
from the character of the veil.
Veil absent, or if present, floccose, and adhering to the margin
of pilens; pilens generally fleshy ; stem homogeneous, and confluent
with the hymenophore, central, and subfleshy, without either
ring or volva, and with no distinguishing bark-like coat ; gills
sinnate, i.e., with a sinus (or small sudden curve) near the stem.
H ab. All the species grow on the ground, the larger in hilly
woods, and the smaller in pastures.
* Pileus either viscid or clad with fibrils, scales, or down.
a. L im a c in i . Cuticle of the pileus viscid when moist, innate
fibrillose or squamose, but not lacerated.
Li'maci'ni— A im j, like a slug, Umax.
Gills not discoloured:
6 0 . Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) eq u e stz is. Linn. Fr. Hym.Eur. 48.
Equesti'is—helongmg to a horseman, or knight, from equus=a
horse ; from its distinguished appearance.
Pileus fleshy, compact, convex, then expanded, obtuse, flexuose,
squamnlose, viscid ; stem solid, obese, sulphur-coloured, as well as
the free, crowded gills.—Price/ . 92, Berk. Out. t. l , f . 2. Cooke
Illus. t. 72.
Amongst fir leaves. Rare.
Pileus yellow, inolining to reddish, 3-5 in. broad, disc and scales darker.
Variable in the length and thickness of the stem. Spores ’00023 x ’00015 in.
61. Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) se ju n c tu s. Sow. t. 126.
Sejunctus=seYered, separated ; from the peculiar way the gills
are separated from the stem (Sowerby).
Pileus fleshy, convex, then expanded, umbonate, unequal, slightly
viscid, streaked with black fibres ; stem solid, stout, ventricose, sub-
squamulose ; gills emarginate, broad, rather distant, white.—Fr.
Hym. Fur. 48. Fr. Icon. t. 23. Cooke Illus. t. 53.
In mixed woods.
Pileus several in. across, dirty yellow, stem 2-3 in. high. Odour unpleasant,
taste bitter, margin of the pileus thin, yellow. Spores nearly
spherical, ’00025 in.
6 2 . Agazicus (Tzicholoma) po z ten to su s. Fr. Hym. Eur. 48.
Portento'sus— moTistrous, wonderful.
Pilous fleshy, convex, then expanded, sub-umbonate, unequal,
viscid, fuliginous, streaked with black innate lines ; margin thin ;
stem solid, stout, equal, stria te ; gills emarginate, very broad,
white, a t length distant and pallid.—F r. Icon. t. 24a. Cooke
Illus. t. 54.
In woods. Sept. King’s Cliff.
Stem 3, sometimes 4-6 in. long, 1 in. thick, solid. Pileus 3-5 in. broad,
livid or dingy, sometimes with a tinge of violet. Flesh white. Spores,
’00018 X -00013 in.
6 3 . Ag a z icu s (Tzicholoma) fu c a tu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 43.
Fucatus=pamied, stained.
Pileus thin, conical, then convex, a t length expanded, flexuose,
viscid, streaked with innate lines ; disc fleshy, stem solid, somewhat
bulbous, squamulose ; gills emarginate, rather crowded, yellowish-
white.—Fr. Icon. t. 24b. Cooke Illus. t. 73.
In pine groves.
6 4 . Agazicus (Tzicholoma) q u in q u ep a z titu s. M \ Hym. Eur. 43.
Qu in q u ep a rti'tu s= d iY id e i into five parts. As Pries could not
identify Linnæus’ Ag. quinquepartitus he attached the name to this
species {I. c.)
Pileus slightly fleshy, convex, then flattened, repand, even, smooth,
viscid, pallid yellow ; stem solid, striate, smooth ; gills emargi*
nate, broad, white.—F r. Icon. t. 25. Cooke Illus. t. 74.
In pine woods.
Stem 3-4 in. long, ^ in. and more thick. Pileus 3 in. or more broad.
Gills i in. broad.