HYPORHODII. 195 



Spores irregular, subglobose, with a large globose nucleus. B. &= Br. ; Entoloma. 

 very brilliant pink orange, 8 mk. W.G.S. Name — after Rev. A. Bloxam. 

 B. 6= Br. 71. 677. Berk. Out. p. 143. C. Hbk. n. 252. Illust. PI. 327. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. n. 241. Price f. 89, Fr. Hy7n. Eur. p. 191. 



426. A. ardosiacus Bull. — Pileus 4-5 cent. {lYz-i in.) broad, 

 steel-bhie-fuscoiis, becoming blackish when young", becoming ciner- 

 eous when older, but not truly hygrophanous, slightly fleshy, cam- 

 panulate then convex, obtuse, even, smooth, moist. Stem com- 

 monly 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) thick, fistulose 

 or hollow, slightly attenuated upwards, smooth but easily splitting 

 into fibres, remarkably steel-blue, white at the base. Gills free, 

 broad, ventricose, but attenuated behind, crowded, white or grey 

 then flesh-colour. 



Inodorous. Pileus at length depressed. Stature very variable. It has 

 occurred with the stem only 4 cent. {1% in.) long, little exceeding 2 mm. (i 

 lin.) thick, and the pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad. 



In moist meadows. 



A doultful native, introduced on the authority of Sibthorpe. M.J.B. Spores 

 pretty regularly 5-7 angled, 6-8 mk. j5.; globose, irregular, 8 mk. Q. Name — 

 ardosia (low Latin), a slate. Slate-coloured. Bull. t. 348. Fr. Monogr. ii, 

 /. 295. Hy7n. Eur. p. 191. Icon. t. 94./". 4. Berk. Out. p. 144. C. Hbk. n. 

 253. Illust. PI. 328. 



427. A. ameides B. & Bn— Pileus 2.5-6 cent. {1-2% in.) 

 broad, pale reddish-grey, irregular, broadly campanulate, thin, 

 gibbous, polished in the centre ; margin white-flocculent, at length 

 smooth, silky-shining, undulated. Stem stuffed, compressed, white- 

 villous at the base, striate and fibrillose upwards, flocculent at the 

 apex. Gills distant, slightly adnexed, wrinkled. 



Varying from hemispherical in smaller specimens to campanulate. Smell 

 peculiar, resembling a mixture of orange-flower water and starch. The whole 

 plant acquires a reddish tint in drying. Large specimens at first sight closely 

 resemble Hygrophorus ovinus. 



In pastures. Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, 1863. Sept. 



Spores irregular. Name — starch-scented. B. df Br. n. 999, C. Hbk. 71. 

 255. Illust. PI. 341. Fr. Hym. Em: p. 192. 



II. — Leptonidei. 



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

 wJiite, becoming fuscous when old, fleshy, campanulate then ex- 

 panded, obtuse, repando-lobed, adpressedly tonientose. Stem 7.5 

 cent. (3 in.) long, 12 mm. {Yz in.) thick, solid, equal, silky-fibrous, 

 white. Gills slightly adnexed, broad, distant, reddish. 



