IO4 AGARICACE/E Entoloma 



475. E. prunuloides Quel. (from its odour being like that of 503 



Clitopilus pmniilus Quel.) a b c. 

 P. convex, broadly subumbonate, whitish, yellowish, greyish or 



brown ; marg. striate. St. solid, white. G. emarginate, salmon. 

 Scattered. Odour of new meal, after maturity like decaying turnips. Woods, 



amongst moss and grass ; uncommon. May-Sept. 2f X 2 x 3 in. 



475a. E. porphyrophseum Karst. (Gr. porphnreos, purple, phaios, 



dusky) a. 



P. campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, not hygrophanous, even, 

 almost glabrous, opaque sooty-brown or deep umber, becoming 

 paler and mouse-colour when dry ; marg. wavy, often incised 

 and lobed. St. solid, attenuate upwards, fibrous, soft, opaque 

 sooty-purple or brownish ; base white-downy. G. truncate 

 behind, almost free, subdistant, ventricose, greyish-white to 

 reddish-grey or salmon. Flesh white. 

 Amongst grass. Autumn. 3 X 4^ X T % in. Must not be confused with 486. 



476. E. repandum Gill, (from the pileus being occasionally repand), 



a b c. 



P. expanded, umbonate, whitish or faintly ochreous; marg. 

 lobed. St. solid, colour as P. G. emarginate, salmon or 

 faintly ochreous. 



Odour of new meal. Amongst grass ; rare. June-Oct. 3 X 2^ x in. 

 Not unlike some forms of the mushroom. 



476a. E. erophilum Karst. (from its frequent appearance in spring ; 



Gr. eras, spring, philos, loving) a b. 



P. convex, obtuse to umbonate, venoso-striate, dry, pale ashy or 

 pale olive-brownish ; mid. somewhat darker. St. solid, equal 

 or attenuate downwards, farinose, white, shaded ivory. G. 

 rounded-adnate, broad, subdistant, pallid or pale salmon. 

 Flesh white. 



Woods, amongst grass, often in large circles. Sept. 15x2^X3^ in. 



477. E. placenta Que'l. (from the shape of the pileus ; placenta, a 



flat cake) a b. 



P. flat, umbonate, brownish or brown. St. solid, tan-brownish. 

 G. emarginate, pallid flesh-colour. Flesh thin. 



Solitary. Taste at length acrid ; odour none. Hedge-rows, damp places ; 

 rare. April-Oct. 2.\ X 3 X ^ in. 



478. E. helodes Gill, (from its frequent habitat ; Gr. /ie/os, a marsh) a. 

 P. umbonate, ashy or sooty-purplish. St. hollow, ashy or greyish. 



G. adnate, salmon. Flesh thin, pallid. 



Taste watery ; odour of new meal. Grassy places, heathy pastures, turfy 

 swamps, moors. Autumn. 2g X ij X f in. 



479. E. Batsehianum Karst. (after Aug. Jo. Georg. Car. Batsch) a c. 

 P. convex, subumbonate, dark fuscous. St. hollow, grey. G. 



adnate, subsinuate, ashy or sooty. Flesh colour as P., white 

 when dry. 



Odour none. Woods, moist places, amongst grass in damp places. 

 Oct. 1 1 X 3 X \ in. Resembles one of the Pratelli as 804. 



