286 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Pluteus hispidulus. Fr. 



Pileus al30ut J in. across, flesli thin, convex then almost 

 plane, pilose or silky, grey, margin l^ecoming slightly striate 

 with age ; gills free, rather distant from the stem, 1-1 1^ line 

 broad, salmon-colour ; stem 1-2 in. long, 1 line thick, slightly 

 incrassated at the base, even, glabrous, silvery white, hollow 

 nsually incurved and ascending. 



Agaricus (Pluteus) liispidulus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 201 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 116 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 304b. 



On beech trunks, &c. 



Distinguished by the small size of its grey, silky pileus. 

 Fries mentions having found this sj)ecies on the soil of a 

 plant-j)ot in a hothouse. 



Pluteus ephebius. Fr. 



Pileus 1^2^ in. across, flesh thin, convex then almost 

 plane, margin often slightly wavy and naked, the remainder 

 covered with a bluish or grey down ; gills free, rather 

 distant, 2 lines broad, yellowish salmon-colour ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, 2-3 lines thick, about equal, usually curved and as- 

 cending, whitish or tinged grej", glabrous, slightly striate, 

 stuffed; flesh like that of the pileus, white; spores elliptical, 

 smooth, 7 X 4 /x. 



Agaricus (Pluteus) epliehius, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 238 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. IIG; Cke., Illustr., pi. 517. 



On trunks, &c. 



Fries says the pileus is often brownish-violet. Closely 

 allied to P. cervinus, but distinguished by the minutely downy 

 or velvety pileus. 



Allied to Pluteus cervinus, but smaller, pileus at first 

 villose, at length floccose, bluish ; stem also bluish, stuffed, 

 glabrous, or striate from adpressed fibrils ; margin of pileus 

 somewhat wavy, but not fimbriate as in P. umhrosus ; margin 

 of gills coloured like the remainder. (Fries.) 



Pluteus salicinus. Pers. 

 Pileus §-1 in. across, flesh thin, convex then almost plane, 

 rather umbonate, bluish or with a green tinge, disc darker 

 and floccosely rugose; gills free, 1^ line broad, pinkish 

 salmon-colour ; stem about 1 in. long, 'l^2 lines thick, often 

 curved and ascending, bluish or greenish, then grey or white, 

 solid. 



