HYPORHODII. 199 



Fragile, commonly large and often handsome, almost inodorous. Entoloma. 



In mixed woods. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Smell like that of new meal. M.J.B. Spores irregular, angled, 6-10 mk. 

 K. ; pretty regularly 6-angled, 8-10x6-8 mk. B. ; 7 mk. W.G.S. Name 

 poSov, rose ; TroAto?, grey. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 275. Hym. Eur. p. 195. Berk. 

 Out. p. 145. C. Hbk. n. 260. Illi/st. PI. 342. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 247. 

 Bolt. t. 6. Fl. Dan. t. 1736. Krombh. t. 55.7. 17-22. 



437. A. majalis Fr. Pileus when flattened 4-6 cent. (1^-2^ 

 in.) broad, somewhat cinnamon, ochraceous-pale yellow when dry, 

 fleshy-membranaceous, scissile, campanulate then convex, some- 

 what umbonate, somewhat fragile, smooth, even ; at the margin 

 repand, easily rimoso-incised. Stems 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 

 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, often connate at the base,yfo/#/<?^, some- 

 what compressed, twisted, striate, somewhat fibrillose, whitish; 

 slightly thickened at the base, white-tomentose. Gills free, in 

 groups of 4-12, ventricosc, crowded, crenate, pallid, flesh-coloured 

 with the rosy spores. 



The pileus is so thin that in moist specimens it appears as if variegated 

 with darker striae from the translucent gills. Caespitose, slender. There is a 

 variety, softer, paler in colour, appearing in summer, which resembles Sow. t. 

 174. 



In meadows and open woods. Rare. April-May. 



Name Ma jus (mcnsis Mains) the month of May. From the time of its 

 appearance. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 276. Hvm. Ezir. p. 196. Icon. t. 94.7. 2. 

 B. & Br. n. 998. C. Hbk. ?i. 261. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 248. 



438. A. Wynne! B. & Br. Pileus fuliginous, at first plane, 

 velvety, then convex, squamulose, hygrophanous ; margin striate, 

 often undulated. Stem fuliginous - azure - blue, compressed, 

 cottony at the base. Gills broad, transversely ribbed, pallid, 

 crenulate at the margin. 



Odour of bugs. Allied to A. costatus with which it agrees in size. 



In fir woods. Coed Coch, 1872. Sept. 



Name after Mrs Lloyd Wynne. B. & Br. n. 1342. C. Illust. PL 329. 



439. A. costatus Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, hy- 

 grophanous, fuscous- livid, becoming pale when dry, or shin- 

 ing black when scorched by the sun, fleshy - membranaceous, 

 convexo-bullate, undulated and irregularly shaped, at length 

 rather plane, more or less umbilicate, smooth, margin at first bent 

 inwards ; flesh very thin, scissile, of the same colour as the pileus. 

 Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, hollow, irregu- 

 larly shaped, often compressed, somewhat striate, grey, white- 



