3l8 AGARICUS. 



Hypholoma. old. Cortina appendiculate, white, then becoming fuscous-purple. 

 Gills adnate, easily separating, somewhat crowded, rather broad, 

 arid, at first bliiish-grey then becomvig fuscous-purple. 



Caespitose, fasciculate ; odour and taste mild. 



On pine-stumps. Uncommon. April-Dec. 



Spores ellipsoid-sphasroid, 7x5 mk. K. Name- Kan-i/d?, smoke; elfio?, 

 appearance. From the smoky gills. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 421. Hym. Em-, p. 

 291. Icon. t. 133./. I. B. ^ Br. n. 913*. C. Hbk. n. 403. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 n. 379. 



711. A. epixanthus Fr. — Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 light yellow or becoming pale, the disc commonly darker, fleshy, 

 moderately thin, convexo-plane, obtuse or gibbous, even, slightly 

 silky then becoming smooth ; flesh white, becoming light yellow. 

 Stem about 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, hollow, 

 attenuated from the thickened base or equal, filoccoso-fibrillose, 

 pale-ferruginous or becoming fuscous below, pruinose at the apex. 

 Cortina appendiculate, white. Gills adnate, crowded, at first 

 light yellotu-white, at length becoming cinereous, not deliquescent, 

 and not becoming purple or green. 



Strong-smelling, odour acid ; extremely variable in stature. Not hygroph- 



anous. 



On fir-stumps. Frequent, Aug.-Dec. 



Easily known by the absence of the bitter taste, and cinereous tint of the 

 gills. B. ^ Br. Name — ctti, and ^ay66<;, yellow. Yellowish. Fr. Monogr. i. 

 p. 422. Hym. Eur. p. 291. Ico7i. t. 133./. 2. B. 6^ Br. n. 9x4. C. Hbk. v. 

 404. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 380. Paul. t. 107. Batt. t. 23. D. 



712. A. elaeodes Fr. — Pileus brick-red or tan, fleshy, rather 

 plane, somewhat umbonate, dry, smooth, opaque ; flesh yellow. 

 Stem stuffed then hollow, equal, commonly slender, incurved or 

 flexuous, fibrillose, of the same colour as the pileus, becoming 

 ferruginous. Gills adnate, crowded, thin, greeji thejt pure 

 olivaceous. 



Casspitose ; odour bitter. 



On trunks and on the ground. Slough, 1873. 



Name — eAaios, olive ; elfio?, appearance. From the olive colour of the gills. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 291. B. &f Br. 11. 1419.— A) pileus brick-red. Paul. t. 

 108. B) pileus tan. Bull. t. 30, Larbr. t. 16./. 2 but the stem is figured as 

 hirsute, 



713. A. fascicularis Huds,— Pileus light yellow, the disc com- 

 monly darker, fleshy, thin, convex then flattened, somewhat 

 umbonate or obtuse, even, smooth, ^xy \ fiesh light yellow. Stem 

 very variable in length, hollow, thin, incurved or flexuous, fibril- 



