PHOLIOTA. 211 



adnate, seceding, tliio, 2-3 lines broad, margin serrulate, 

 pallid then tan-colour; stem 4-6 in. long, up to 1 in. thick, 

 cylindrical or swollen at the Lase, white, apex shining white, 

 sqiiannilose from the superior, membranaceous, deflexed ring, 

 solid; spores elliptical, 12 X 4'5 yu,. 



Agaricus caperatus^ Persoon, Syn., p. 273; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 140; Cke., Illiistr., pi. 348. 



In woods. Solitary, or two or three together. 



Large, stout, but pileus thin in proportion. The young 

 pileus is covered with white flocci, crowded at the even disc 

 and squamulose towards the thin lacunose sulcate margin, 

 becoming naked. A persistent volva is sometimes present 

 at the base of the stem during rainy weather. There is a 

 smaller form in pine woods, with a short stem, lJ-3 in. long, 

 and with the pileus even. (Fries.) 



Pholiota terrigena. Fr. 



Pileus l|-3 in. across, fleshy, rather compact, lenticular 

 then flattened, obtuse, adpressedly silky-fibrillose, pale 

 dingy yellow ; flesh yellow ; gills adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, about 2 lines broad, scarcely crowded, yellowish then 

 ferruginous v/ith an olive tinge ; stem about 2 in. long and 

 3-5 lines thick, flesh fibrous, not thickened at the base, 

 dingy yellow, variegated with squarrose, small ferruginous 

 wart-like squamules; partial veil remains in ipavt on the 

 stem, forming a ring, and in part appendiculate at the margin 

 of the pileus, stuffed ; spores broadly elliptical, 5 X 3 /x. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) ierrigenus. Fries, in Vet. Ak. Forh., 

 1851 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 141 ; Cke., Illustr., t. 349. 



Damp ground in woods, &c. 



A small form occurs with the veil obliterated, may readily 

 be confounded with Cortinarius venetus and Cortinarius de- 

 jpexus. (Fries.) 



Pholiota erebia. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, convex then flattened, glabrous, 

 rather viscid, hygrophanous, often wrinkled, margin striate, 

 umber with an olivaceous tinge, ochraceous-tan when dry ; 

 flesh thin, dingy ; gills adnate, rather distant, 2 lines broad, 

 pallid then dingy cinnamon ; stem 2 in. long, 3-4 lines 

 thick, equal, somewhat striate, soon pale, hollow ; ring 



r 2 



