** Pnj)OTi. Spores dusky, ferruginous.
Phai'oti, from patds — d u sk y ; said of th e spores.
601. Agaricus (Pholiota) durus. So li. t. 67, / . 1.
Purus = h a rd , compact.
Pilen s sub-compact, eonvexo-plane, smooth, at length cracked;
margin even; stem stuffed, h a rd , ex te rn a lly fibrous, ra th e r
thickened upwards and mealy above; rin g s lig h tly to rn ; g ills
adnate (often w ith a to o th ), ventricose, livid, th e n of a brown
ru s t colour.— Fr. Ilym . Pur. 216. Gooke Illus. t. 423.
In gardens.
5 0 2 . Ag aricu s (P ho lio ta ) praecox. Fers. Syn. 420.
PrcBCOx = 1 e a rly rip e ; because often freq u en t in spring.
Pilens fleshy, soft, convexo-plane, obtuse, a t len g th smooth,
even ; stem stuffed, th en hollow, cylindrical,jpztftescewi or mealy,
a t len g th smooth, wh ite as well as th e rin g ; gills emarginate,
adnexed, crowded, wh ite, th e n brownish.—F/-. H ym Hur 216
Berk. Outl. t. 8, / . 1. Gooke Illus. t. 360.
In gardens and pastures.
B.
Truncigeni—growing on wood, sub-cæspitose.
* Æ g e e it in i .
cracked.
Pilens naked, n o t squamose, b u t sometimes
Gills pallid, becoming ru fescen t or dusky.
5 0 3 . Ag aricus (Pholiota) radicosus. Bull. Champ, t. 160.
Badico'sus = well-supplied w ith a root, radix.
Pilen s fleshy, eqnal, obtuse, even, smooth, sp o tte d ; stem
solid, ro o tin g above th e d is tan t rin g mealy, below concentrically
squamulose; gills free, ventricose, pallid, th e n reddish brown
—F r. Hym. Hur. 218. Gooke Illus. t. 361.
In woods.
La rg e , s tro n g scented.
5 0 4 . Ag aricu s (Pholiota) p u d icu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 218,
P u d ic u s ^ h a sM v l, mo d e st; from its inconspicuous colouration.
Pileus fleshy, convex, th en expanded, obtuse, even, dry,
smooth ; stem solid, sub-equal, even ; rin g spreading, persis-
te n t ; gills rounded behind, adnate, ventricose, whitish, th en
taw n y .—Æiss. ii. t. 31. Gooke Illus. t. 362.
On elder tru n k s, Ac., and on th e ground. Esculent.
Simple or cæspitose. Stem sometimes excentric, and curved at the base.
3 0 5 . Ag a r icu s (Pholiota) leochromus. Coolce. Journ. Bot. (1863)
Coolce. Journ. Boi. No. 3
t. 3, f.3 .
Leo-chro'mus = lion-colonred, i.e., taw n y ; from XeW — a lion,
and xpô>pa = th e colour of th e surface of anything.
Pilens fleshy, convexo-plane, a t le n g th depressed, soft, smooth,
no t shining, tawny ; stem solid, n e a rly eqnal, even ; rin g p e rsiste
n t, taw n y ; gills rounded, adnate, sliglitly ventricose, pallid,
th en cinnamon-coloured ; spores profuse.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 218.
Gooke Illus. t. 363.
On stumps, Ac. Esculent.
5 0 6 . Ag aricus (Pholiota) capistra tus.
(1863), t . 3 , f . 4.
Gapistra'tus = tie d w ith a h a lte r, capistrum ; from th e la stin g
ring.
Pilen s fleshy, convex, somewhat viscid, m a rg in involute, slig h tly
s tria te ; stem n e a rly eqnal, stuffed, th ick , snbsquamulose ; ring-
spreading, p e rs isten t ; gills decurrent, pallid, growing d a rk e r.—
Fr. Hym. Eur. 218. Gooke Illus. t. 364.
On old stum p s, elm, Ac.
5 0 7 . Ag aricu s (Pholiota) ægerita. Fr. Hym. Fur. 217.
Aegerita, from aiyeipos, th e post-classical Greek name fo r th e
b lack poplar.
Pilens fleshy, convex th e n plane, cracked; rugulose, tawny,
growing p a llid abont th e ma rg in ; stem stuffed, equal, w h itish ;
silky, fibrillose, superior ring tumid ; g ills adnate, w ith a
d e cu rren t tooth, crowded, pallid, th e n taw n y .— Gooke Illus. t.
453.
On p o p la r tru n k s.
5 0 8 . Agaricus (Pholiota) lu x u r ia n s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 218.
Luxur'ians = abounding, lu x u rian t.
P ilen s fleshy, convex, gibbous, th en expanded, unequal silky
th e n squamnlose ; stem stuffed, rig id , somewhat squamulose,
w hite becoming rufescent, r in g apical, to rn , fugacious ; gills
adnexed, th e n decurrent, crowded, greyish flesh colour, becoming
brownish.—Ag. (Pholiota) ægerita, Phillips in Gooke Illus. t. 365.
On oak tru n k s.
Cæspitose. Pileus at first white, then yellowish ; at length reddish tawny,
flesh white.
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