Armillaria AGARICACE^L 29 



62. A. foealis Gill, (from the thick clothy annulus ; focale, a neck- 



cloth) a b. 

 P. umbonate, silky-fibrillose, rich yellowish-red, ochre or livid 

 yellow. Flesh pale yellowish-brown. 



Woods, pine, heaths, bare ground under old laurels. Aug. - Oct. 

 4^ x 3 J X £ in. The dimensions of the variety called Goliath by Fries are 

 6| X 6| X \\ in. 



63. A. robusta Gill, (from its sturdy growth) a b c. 



P. convex, nearly smooth, rich brown. St. attenuate downwards, 



not scaly, brownish-white. Flesh hard. 



Odour of new meal, but nauseous. Woods and plantations, pine, maple ; 

 rare. Oct. 2J X 2 x f in. The form major is twice the size of minor, 

 the form illustrated. 



63a. A. ealigata Gill, (from a fancied resemblance in the stem to a 



leg with a soldier's shoe, caliga) b. 



P. compact, convex, then plane, tawny, weasel-colour, spotted 



with adpressed silky sq. of the same colour. St. solid, zoned 



with brown sq. below the persistent membranous A. 



G. emarginate, white. 



Odour strong. On the ground in woods, pine. Autumn. 3§ X 3§ X ij in. 

 Agaricus causetta Barla, is a form of this species. 



64. A. aurantia Quel, (from its orange colour) a b. 



P. convex, innato-squamulose, viscid. St. very scaly. Flesh 



yellowish. 

 Woods, pine. Oct. 2% x 3! X J in. 



65. A. ramentaeea Quel, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus 



to wood-shavings, ramentd) a c. 

 P. floccose becoming revolute, whitish, then yellowish or 

 brownish ; sc. and punctate mid. darker. St. white, clad with ad- 

 pressed brown sc. below A. C7. becoming yellowish. Flesh white. 



Odour unpleasant. Under pines ; uncommon. Sept. i\ x 2^ x y\ in. 

 Allied to Lepiota. 



66. A. haematites Sacc. (from the colour of the pileus ; Gr. haima, 



blood) a. 

 P. hemispherical, red liver-colour. St. liver-colour. Flesh pale 



liver-colour, darker at base of St. 

 Amongst fir-leaves. Nov. i§ x i| X \ in. Allied to Lepiota. 



67. A. Jasonis Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to the 



golden fleece of Jason) a b. 

 P. campanulate, granular, golden-yellow ; mid. reddish. St. golden- 

 yellow. 



Csespitose. Taste none ; odour usually none, but sometimes strong. Stumps. 

 Sept. 2 x 2\ x T 5 5 in. Resembling Pholiota. 



68. A. eonstrieta Gill, (from the compact substance ; constrictus, 



compact) a. "White. 



P. convex, silky-smooth. Flesh becoming pale yellow when 



bruised. 



Odour of new meal. Pastures, sunny and urine-scorched places. Sept.-Oct. 

 2 x if X f in. 



