IOO AGARICACEiE Pluteus 



upwards, even, smooth, silky, bulbous, colour as P. A. some- 

 what distant, large, becoming free. G. free to distant, thin, 

 somewhat crowded, white, then salmon. Flesh somewhat firm 

 white. 

 Busby places, amongst grass. Aug.-Oct. 3+ X 5f X | in. 



XIV. PLUTEUS Quel. 



(From a fancied resemblance in the pileus to the roof of a turret 



or sentry box, pluteus!) 



Veil represented by the fibrils, flock or pruina of the pileus. 

 Hymenophore distinct from the fleshy stem. Stem central, simple. 

 Gills free, white, then usually salmon, or with a shade of yellow. 



Fig. 23. — Section of Pluteus cervinus Quel. 

 One-third natural size. 



Spores smooth or warted, pale rose, salmon or somewhat reddish. 



(Fig- 2 3-) 



Mostly growing on or close to tree-trunks, appearing from the 



spring to late autumn. They are all beautiful and tasteless ; none 



are edible. 



Pluteus agrees in structure with Hiatula, Pluteolus and Pilosace. 



Species 458—472 

 Cuticle of pileus separating into fibrils or flocci. 458—463 



Pileus pruinate, atomate, somewhat pulverulent. 464 — 467 



Pileus naked, smooth. 468 — 472 



458. P. eervinus Quel, (from the fawn-brown pileus ; cervus, a 



deer) a b c. 



P. expanded, broadly umbonate ; marg. entire. St. solid, whitish, 



black-fibrillose, lighter above. Flesh silky-white. 



Tasteless, insipid, or subacid. Trunks, fir, pear, sawdust, earth, straw, dung; 

 common. April-Nov. 4! X 4! X \ in. Sometimes mistaken for the 

 mushroom. Var. eximius Mass. rufous-black. 6| X 5 X 1^ in. Some- 



