tenacious gluten, clad w ith scattered white superficial squamules,
yellowish white, disc-like; stem stuffed, nearhj hulhous, w ith
w h itish squamules, farinose a t th e apex, h av in g a b a rk ; gills
adnexed w ith a sinus, crowded, yellowish, becoming cinnamon
clay-colonr.—Fries Ilym . Fur. 238. leones t. 112, / . 1. Gooke
Illus. t. 430.
On dead leaves (beech).
5 8 2 . Agaricus (Hebeloma) te s ta c eu s . Batsch. Consp. fig. 198.
Testa’ceus = brick-coloured ; from testa = a b rick or tile.
P ilen s fleshy, campanulate, convex, obtuse, even, ra th e r
viscid'; stem holloiv, rather hulhous, f l o c c u l o s e or fibrillose, pallid,
mealy above; gills attenuated, nearly free, lanceolate, crowded,
ascending, pale, th e n ferrn g in o n s.—Fr. Ilym . Fur. 238. Gooke
Ulus. t. 408.
In woods.
Pilens 2-3 in. Odom- of radishes.
5 8 3 . Ag a r icu s (Hebeloma) iirmus. Fr. Bym. Bur.p. 238.
Firmus = compact, firm.
P ilen s fleshy, campanulate, th e n expanded, umbonate, viscid,
brick-red, discoid ; stem solid, firm, pallid, a tte n u a te d downwards,
everywhere clad w ith fi.occose scales; gills rounded,
crowded, dry, olay-colonred, th e n ferrnginons, edge se rra ted ,
wh ite .—Pers. Ic. et Descr. t. 5, / . 3-4. Gooke Illus. t. 409.
I n fir woods.
5 8 4 . Ag aricus (Hebeloma) c la v ic ep s. Fr. Bym. Fur. 238.
Glaviceps = nail-headed ; from clavus = a nail, and caput —
th e head.
Pilen s convex, th e n ex p an d ed ; disc gibbous, fleshy, even,
naked, p a llid ; stem stuffed, equal, everywhere sp rin k led w ith
w h ite meal, fuscous downwards ; g ills emarginate, crowded,
dry, pallid.— Gooke Illus. t. 410.
I n woods.
5 8 5 . Ag a r icu s (Hebeloma) p u n c ta tu s . Fr. Bym. Fur. 239.
Puncta'tus = ma rk ed w ith a p o in t or prick , dotted.
Pilen s fleshy, n e a rly plane, silky, becoming smooth, disc
dotted with darker papillæ, ; stem hollow, equal, fibrillose, silky,
growing pale, whitish-pruinose above ; gills arcuate, fixed,
narrow, crowded, pallid, th en ferrnginons, or bay-coloured.
In pine woods. Sept.
5 8 6 . Ag aricus (Hebeloma) v e r s ip e llis . Fr. Bym. Fur. 239.
Versipellis = th a t changes its shape or appearance. From
its changeability.
Pileu.s fleshy, convex, plane, diso viscid, with a tenacious
gluten, discoid, beyond th is silky-agglutinate, th e n smooth; stem
fistulöse, tough, w h itish an d silky, pruinose above ; gills
rounded, crowded, broad, w h itish flesh-coloured, th e n clay-
coloured.
In g ra ssy places, amongst fir leaves.
5 8 7 . Agaricus (Hebeloma) mesophæus. Fr. Bym. Fur. 240.
Meso-phæus = dusky (patbç) in th e centre.
Pilen s r a th e r fleshy, conical, convex, th e n plane, viscid, even,
almost naked, gilvous, diso bay ; stem sub-fistulose, equal,
slender, fibrillose, white, th e n ferruginous, pruinose above ; gills
emarginate, crowded, th in , clay-oolonred o r ferruginous.— Gooke
Plus. t. 411.
In woods, &c. Common.
var. minor. Cooke Illus. t. 412.
Minor - - smaller.
Sma lle r th a n th e ty p ic a l form.
5 8 8 . Ag a r icu s (Hebeloma) su b co lla r ia tu s. B . &• Br. Ann. Nat.
B is t. No. 1942.
Sub-collaria'tus — w ith a collar below. Prom th e ch a ra c te r
of th e gills.
Pilen s pallid, somewhat fuscous in th e centre, r a th e r fleshy,
convex, slig h tly glutinous, th e floccose veil evanescent ; stem
stuffed, th e n delicately fistulöse, brown a t th e base an d p u lv
e ru le n t; gills ventricose, separating, forming a sh o rt in te r ru
p te d collar, clay-colonred, w ith a white edge.— Gooke Illus. t.
506.
On n ak ed soil.
Spores elliptic, with a single nucleus '013 mm. .
** D enudati. Pilen s smooth, cortinate, veil absent.
5 8 9 . Ag a r icu s (Hebeloma) sin ap izan s. Fr. Bym. Fur. 240.
Sinapi'zans, from its smell of m u s ta rd , crtVa'irt.
P ilen s compact, convexo-plane, sub-repand, even, smooth,
slig h tly viscid, stem n e a rly solid, stout, equal, fibrilloso-striate,
w h itish , apex squamose ; g ills deeply emarginate, broad, dry,
crowded, quite entire, clay-coloured cinnamon.—Saund. 8m,
t. 2. Gooke Illus. t. 413.
I n moist woods.