166 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



ttt LEPIDOTI. 

 * Scales ofpileus superficial, disappearing. 



Naucoria porriginosa. Fr. 



Pileus |-1J in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded 

 Init not flattened, obtuse, viscid, tawny, becoming pale, tan- 

 colour when dry, margin slightly striate when old, sprinkled 

 with superficial, evanescent, saffron-coloured squamules; 

 gills adnate, usually with a minute decurrent tooth, crowded, 

 at first yellow, then tawny-cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1J-2J lines thick, hollow, equal, rather soft, silky, becoming 

 smooth, pallid. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) porriginosus. Fries, Epicr., p. 200 ; Cke^, 

 Hdbk., p. 180; Cke., Illustr., pi. 510. 



Amongst twigs, hG. 



The largest and most beautiful species included in the 

 present genus, readily distinguished by the viscid, tawny 

 orange pileus, which is at first covered with 3'ellow or saffron- 

 coloured, minute, floccose scales. 



Naucoria sobria. Fr. 



Pileus ^-| in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane, slightly 

 vis'jid, somewhat silky, honey-colour when moist, disc darker^ 

 becoming pale, slightly pruinose towards the margin from 

 the fugacious veil ; gills broadest behind, adnate, crowded, 

 broad, pale saffron-colour ; stem about Ih in. long and 1| line 

 thick, hollow, rather firm, straight or slightly flexuous, equal, 

 X^ale above, rusty-brown below, here and there sprinkled 

 Avith white, silky spots, the remains of the veil ; spores 

 14-16 X 10 />t. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) sohrius, Fries, Epicr., p. 200 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 181 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 511a. 



Veil small, like a furfuraceous or pruinose remnant at 

 first on margin of pileus and stem. Pileus not hygro25hanous. 

 Gills with a decurrent tooth, margin whitish. 



Var. dispersus, Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist., no. 

 1348; Cke., Hdbk., p. 181 ; Cke., Illustr., jjI. oIIb. 



Pileus 3-4 lines across, convex, ochraceous, delicately 

 punctulate, margin furfuraceous; stem |-1 in. long, 1 line 



