250 AGARICUS. 



inocybe. 555. A. Trinii Weinm. Pileus 12 mm. ( l / 2 in.) broad, whitish - 



rufescent, tawny when dry, slightly fleshy, hemispherical, obtuse, 

 longitudinally rufescent-fibrillose, scarcely cracked, not scaly. 

 Stem stuffed, equal, slender, laxly rufous-fibrillose, white-mealy. 

 Gills rounded, ventricose, cinnamon, white-floccose at the edge. 



Clove-scented. 



In mixed woods. Rare. Ballinluig, 1877. Aug. 



Spores strongly granulated, B. & Br. ; 10x5 ink. IV. P. Name after 

 Trin. Weinm. p. 194. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 233. B. & Br. n. 1656. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 300. C. Illust. PL 428. B. 



IV. VELUTINI. Pileus not cracked, the cuticle 

 fibrillose-woven^ &>c. 



556. A. sambucinus Fr. Pileus 6 cent. (i l / 2 in.) broad, white 

 or more rarely becoming pallid-yellow, fleshy, firm, convex then 

 expanded, often repand, but not bent inwards, obtuse, fibrilloso- 

 silky and becoming even (so as at first sight to appear smooth); flesh 

 white. Stem 2.5-4 cent, (i-ij^ in.) long, 1-2.5 cent - ( l /2~ l i n ) 

 thick, solid, stout, equal or clavate at the base, often decumbent, 

 striate, smooth, white, obsoletely pruinose at the apex. Cortina 

 none. Gills slightly adnexed, crowded, ventricose, 4-6 mm. (2-3 

 lin.) broad, of one colour, whitish. 



Always solitary, compact, obese, odour stinking. B. Gills at length date- 

 brown. 



In pine woods. Perth, c. Nov. 



Name sambiicus, elder - tree. Probably first found among elder. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 344. Hym. Eur. p. 234. Icon. t. 109. f. 2. . Afycol. Scot. n. 

 301. C. Illust. PL 399. 



557. A. caesariatus Fr. Pileus 4 cent, (ij^ in.) broad, tawny- 

 dirty or like a smooth sugared cake, fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 gibbous, repand, becoming silky-even, becoming almost smooth at 

 the disc, silky at the margin ; flesh thin, white. Stem 4 cent. (1% 

 in.) and more long, 6 mm. (3 lin.) thick, solid, unequal, somewhat 

 twisted, somewhat thickened at the base, pruinose but not fibril- 

 lose, pallid. Gills somewhat adnate, thin, crowded, ventricose, 

 whitish-fuliginous, edge of the same colour. 



Gregarious, somewhat caespitose, slightly firm, with a stinking odour. 

 Under beech. Coed Coch, iSSi. Sept.-Oct. 



The description given above from ' Monographia ' is, as Fries points out in 

 the letterpress to ' Icones/ that of the typical form. In var. fibrillosa the stem 

 is very ochraceous-fibrillose. The colours especially of the gills, are variable, 



