192 AGARICUS. 



Entoloma. II. Leptonidei (inclining to Leptonia). Pileus absolutely dry, but floccu- 

 lose, somewhat scaly. 



III. Nolanidei (inclining to Nolanea]. Pileus thin, for the most part 

 scissile, hygropkanous, smooth, but with a silky appearance when dry. Com- 

 monly irregular, pileus repand. 



I. GENUINI. 



418. A. sinuatus Fr. Pileus 15 cent. (6 in.) broad, becoming 

 yellow-white, very fleshy, convex then expanded, at first gibbous, 

 at length depressed, repand and sinuate at the margin. Stem 

 7.5-15 cent. (3-6 in.) long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) thick, solid, firm, stout, 

 equal, compact, at first fibrillose, then smooth, naked, shining 

 white. Gills emarginate, slightly adnexed, 12-18 mm. (%-} 

 in.) broad, crowded, distinct, pale yellowish-ri i fescent. 



Gregarious, compact, handsome. Odour strong, pleasant, almost like that 

 of burnt sugar, not of new meal. The pileus becomes broken into squamules 

 when dry. There is a variety with a shorter stem. 



In mixed woods. Uncommon. July-Oct. 



The gills are often irregular in their attachment. Very poisonous ; produc- 

 ing headache, swimming of the brain, stomach pains, vomiting, &c. Worth- 

 ington Smith, who first experimented with it, ate about y oz., which very 

 nearly proved fatal. Spores 9 mk. W.G.S. Name sinuatus, waved. From 

 the form of the pileus. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 268. Hym. Eur. p. 189. C. Hbk. 

 n. 247. Illust. PL 310. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 238. A. sinuosus Saund. & Sm. 

 t. ii. 



419. A. lividus Bull. Pileus 10 cent. (4 in.) and more broad, 

 livid-tan, becoming pale, fleshy, somewhat compact at the disc, 

 convex then plane, somewhat gibbous, dry, even, smooth, but as 

 it were longitudinally fibrillose from the pellicle being fissile, equal 

 (not repand). Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2.5 cent, (i in.) and 

 more thick, somewhat hollow, or stuffed with a spongy pith, stout, 

 equal, not fibrillose but slightly striate,_firtii?20se at the apex, exter- 

 nally rigid, internally spongy, shining white. Gills rounded, 

 somewhat free, scarcely crowded, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) broad, 

 attenuated in front, whitish then flesh-colour. 



Odour mealy, but often obsolete. Allied to A. sinuatus, but sufficiently 

 distinct. 



In woods. East Dereham, Norfolk. Oct. 



According to Quelet it is very poisonous. Name lividus, livid colour. 

 Bull. t. 382. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 269. Hym. Eur. p. 189. Icon. t. 90. f. 3. 

 B. & Br. n. 1935. C. Illust. PL 311. Quel. t. 6. f. i. Var. roseus Berk. C. 

 Illust. PL 469. 



420. A. prunuloides Fr. Pileus 5 cent. (2 in.) and more broad, 

 whitish, becoming yellow or livid, fleshy, campanulate then con- 



