290 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



solid, flesli tinged with red ; spores globose, slightly angu- 

 larly warted, 5-6 //, diameter. 



Agariciis (Phdeus) roseoalhus, Fries, in Flor. Dan., t. 1679; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 117; Cke., lllustr., pi. 595. 



On dead or decaying trnnks. 



Easily recognised by the rosy flesh-colour of the pileus, 

 but in other respects very closely related to P. cervinus. 

 Stem solid, 2-3 in. long, Mn. thick, slightly thinner upwards 

 or almost equal, usually curved and ascending, white, and 

 covered with white meal. Flesh of pileus thin, convex then 

 expanded, 3 in. broad, obtuse, glabrous, everywhere quite 

 even. Gills white then flesh-colour. (Fries.) 



Pluteus leoninus. Schaeft'. 



Pileus 1^—2^7 in. across, flesh thin; campanulate then ex- 

 panded, glabrous, naked, yellow with a tawny tinge, margin 

 striate ; gills free, 2 lines broad, rather distant, yellowish- 

 pink ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2 lines or more thick, about equal, 

 whitish, striate, solid. 



Agaricus leoninus, Schaeffer, t. 48; Cke., Hdbk., p. 118; 

 Cke., lllustr., pi. 421, fig. a. 



On trunks. 



Gregarious or in small clusters. Distinguished by the 

 yellow or tawny pileus with a striate margin. 



Tall, erect, fragile, often confounded with a yellowish 

 form of Pluteus nanus. (Fries.) 



Var. coccineus, Cke., lllustr., pi. 421b., pileus crimson- 

 orange or vermilion, base of stem with a few red spots. 



The pileus is often subumbonate, both in the typical form 

 and the variety. 



Solitary or subgregarious, varying much in size and 

 colour. Pileus 1-3 in. broad, tawny-yellow, shaded with 

 bright orange, or purplish-brown tinged with yellow, um- 

 bonate ; flesh thick in the centre, margin thin, firm in the 

 orange-coloured specimens, covered with a smooth or wrinkled 

 glutinous epidermis; sometimes pitted round the umbo, 

 margin more or less striate. Gills rather broad, rounded 

 behind and in front, flesh coloured, moderately distant, 

 perfectly free, the edge at first yellowish, afterwards when 

 diying up orange in the orange variety ; I could detect no 



