Pholiota 



AGARICACE/E 



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567. P. reticulatus Gill, (from the network of veins on the pileus ; 



rete, a net) a b. 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, violaceous, fuscous or greyish ; mid. 



faintly ochreous. St. fibrillose, whitish. G. dull cinnamon. 



Spores dark ferruginous. 

 Dead wood ; rare. Sept. l X 2^ X J in. 



568. P. aleuriatus Karst. (from the flour-dusted appearance of the 



stem ; Gr. aleuron, flour) a. 

 P. convexo-plane, bluish-grey, rose-colour or tan ; mid. darker. 



G. saffron-ochraceous. 

 Rotten sticks. Oct. i X I X ^ in. 



XXIV. PHOLIOTA Que'l. 

 (From the scaly pileus ; Gr. pholis, a scale.) 



Veil partial in the form of an annulus, or universal as scales and 

 gluten on the pileus and stem. Hymenophorc confluent and homo- 

 geneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus fleshy, viscid, dry, naked or 



jrjg_ 22. PJioliota spectabilis Gill. One-half natural size. 

 A, plant in section ; B, young state. 



scaly. Stem central, annulate. Annulus persistent, membranous, 

 spreading, not arachnoid or fibrillose. Gills usually adnate, with 

 or without a decurrent tooth, variously attached, at first pale or 

 tawny, then usually becoming dark fuscous, but not the bright 



