212 FUXGUS-FLOKA. 



superior, soon drooping with the margin upturned, often 

 striate. 



Agaricus (PJioliota) erehius, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 246 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 141 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 328 . 



Agaricus jecoriniis, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 328. 



Grassy places in woods, &c. 



Gregarious, rather fragile, pileus often rugulose, lurid, 

 when dry ochraceous-tan. (Fries.) 



The pileus is sometimes more or less umbonate, also some- 

 times depressed. 



Pholiota ombrophila. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, convex then flattened, gibbous, even, 

 smooth, h^'grophanous, wholly pale dingy feriuginous when 

 moist, tan colour wlien dry ; flesh thin, white ; gills adnate, 

 soon seceding, ventricose, crowded, narrowest in front, tan- 

 colour then ferruginous; stem 3-4 in. long, 3—4 lines thick, 

 equal, rather fragile, faintly fibrillose or striate, pallid, 

 hollow ; ring distant, entire, white ; spores elliptical, rusty, 

 8 X 3-0 /x. 



Agaricus (^Pholiota) omhropJiila, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 216; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 141 ; Cke., lllustr., ph 359. 



Agaricus iogularis, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 241 ; Fries, 

 Elench., p. 33. 



In grassy places, after heavy rains. 



Much larger than Pholiota togularis ; when moist wholly 

 dilute ferruginous, pileus 3 in, broad, tan-colour when dry. 

 Flesh white. Stem firm, 3-5 lines thick. (Fries.) 



White wart-like fragments of the veil are often present on 

 the pileus near the margin. 



Var. brunneola, Fries, Icon., pi. 103. 

 Pileus 1 J in. across, obtuse, brown ; gills narrower than 

 the typical form (1^ line) ; stem 1 J in. long. 

 On the ground. 



Pholiota togularis. Bull. 

 Pileus |-lj in. across, flesh thin, becoming yellow, cam- 

 panulate then expanded, obtuse, orbicular, glabrous, not 

 striate, pale ochraceous ; gills adnate, seceding, 1^^ lines 

 broad, \entricose, crowded, yellowish then pale ferruginous ; 

 siem 3-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, rigid, often flexuous, 



