PIIOLIOTA. 213 



dilute ochraceons, paler Tipwaids, hollow ; riog distant from 

 the apex, entire, spreadinu^; spores elliptical, 8 x S'o fx. 



Aijaricus togularis, Bulliard, Champ. Fr., t. 595, f. 2 ; 

 Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 216; Fries, Icon., t. 104; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 141 ; Cke., lUustr., ]}\. 350. 



Agariciis mesodactyliis^ B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 681, 

 t. 9, f. 1. 



Amongst grass, in gardens, &c. 



Very variable. Slender, size very variable. Gregarious. 



Pholiota blattaria. Fr. 



Pileus J-|- in. across, flesh thin, campanulate, soon flattened, 

 rather umbonate, glabrous, ferruginous, hygrophanous, mar- 

 gin striate; gills rounded behind and free, ventricose, crowded, 

 1 line broad, w^atery cinnamon; stem I-ItV in. long, 1 line 

 thick, equal, straight, white, hollow ; ring distant, silky, 

 entire, white ; spores elliptical, 4 x 2 /x. 



Agariciis {Plioliota) hlattaria. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 246; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 373; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1172b. 



In gardens, &c. 



Elegant, small, very distinct, but requires to be carefully 

 distinguished from small forms of Pholiota togularis. 



Grassy places by paths. Small, but pretty, stem fistulose, 

 Ih in. long, scarcely 1 line thick, equal, straight, rather fra- 

 gile, below the distant, medium, entire, leflexed ring, silky 

 and white. Pileus rather fleshy, thin, convex when young 

 then plane, obtuse or obtusely umbonate, yellowish-tan, disc 

 darker, almost ferruginous, ^-1 in. broad, not more, margin 

 striate, even when dry and becoming pale. Flesh similarly 

 coloured, very thin. Gills rounded behind, free, ventricose, 

 1 line broad, crowded, quaternate, watery cinnamon. Spores 

 ferruginous. JResembles a Galera with a ring. (Fries.) 



** PJiaeoti. 



Pholiota dura. Bolton. 

 Pileus 2 in. across, fleshy, rather compact, convexo-plane, 

 smooth, at length cracked, margin even, tawny-tan, becoming- 

 fuscous ; gills adnate, striato-decurrent with a tooth, 3-5 

 lines broad, livid then rusty-brow^n ; stem l|^-2 in. long, 4—6 

 lines thick ; thickest at the apex where it is mealy, some- 



