ENTOLOMA. 267 



Eeadily distinguished by its small size, and by tbo white 

 pileus becoming rufescent with age or on drying. Smell of 

 meal. 



ENTOLOMA. Fries, (figs. 16, 17, p. 236.) 



Pileus regular, rather fleshy, margin incurved at first ; 

 stem central, more or less fibrous ; gills adncxed, sinuate or 

 rounded behind, often seceding or separating from the stem, 

 rosy or pale salmon-colour ; spores elliptical and smooth or 

 subglobose and coarsely warted, rosy or salmon-colour; 

 cystidia rare ; without a distinct veil. 



Entohma, Fries, Epicr., p. 143; Cke., Hdbk., p. 118 (as a 

 subgenus of Agaricus). 



Known amongst the MTiodosporae by the sinuate gills. 

 Corresponding morphologically with the genera Tricholomcki 

 Heheloma, and Hypholoma. 



Growing on the ground after heavy rains ; many of the 

 species have a smell resembling meal. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES, 



* Genuini. 

 Pileus glabrous, moist or viscid ; not hygrophanous. 



** Leptonidei. 



Pileus flocculose or somewhat squamulose ; absolutely dry, 

 not hygrophanous. 



*** NOLANIDEI. 



Pileus thin, hygrophanous, somewhat silky when dry; 

 often undulate and irregular. Eesembling Nolanea, except 

 in the stem, and difi'ering in the incurved margin of the 

 pileus. 



