174 AGARICACE^: Pilosace 



797. P. sagata Henn. (from the pelliculose pileus, clothed with a 



cloak ; saga, a mantle) a b. 

 P. plane, smooth, bright yellowish-brown. St. hollow, colour as 

 P., ochreous or reddish. A. distant, white. G. pale purple- 

 brown or brown-salmon. 



Taste and odour of 792. Under beeches. Oct. 2§ X 2§ x J in. 



798. P. rusiophylla W. G. Sm., Agaricus rusiophyllus Lasch. (from 



the rose-coloured or reddish gills ; ruseus, reddish, Gr. phullon, 



a leaf) a b. 

 P. somewhat fleshy, convex then plane, subumbonate, fibrillose, 

 pale flesh-colour or pale purple, becoming pallid. St. im- 

 perfectly hollow, attenuate upwards, silky fibrillose, white, 

 shaded faint ochre. A. persistent, drooping. G. free, 

 crowded, thin, dry, rosy, then pale purple, pinkish-sienna and 

 brownish. Flesh whitish, unchangeable. 



On the ground. Autumn. 2\ x 2.\ x \ in. 



799. P. duleidula Henn. (from its taste ; dulcis, sweet) a. 



P. plane, subgibbous, glabrous, dry, whitish to pale ochreous. 

 St. hollow, sometimes subbulbous, colour as P. A. persistent. 

 G. crowded, slate-colour. 



Odour mild. Heaths. Oct. i\ X 2 x \ in. Might be mistaken for 

 792. 



800. P. eehinata Quel, (from the rough pileus • echimis, a hedge- 



hog) a b c. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, floccoso-pulverulent, dark brown ; mid. 

 darker ; marg. appendiculate with V. St. fistulose, usually 

 attenuate downwards, floccose, light or dark dull-brownish, 

 crimson, purple or grey-brown. G. crowded, rose, cinnamon- 

 crimson, crimson or purple. Flesh brownish or reddish. 

 Spores very pale whitish-dull-purple. 



Gregarious or coespitose. Odour strong and disagreeable, mephitic or like 

 cucumber or like 35. Woods, beech, greenhouses. May-Nov. 

 i| X 3 X | in. Springing from a compact ball of earth or mycelium. 

 Becomes jet-black when dry. The vesiculose meal on the pileus is trans- 

 parent yellow. Sometimes placed in Inocybe, but retained here on account 

 of the colour of the spores when fresh. 



XXXIV. PILOSACE Quel. 

 (From the pelliculose pileus ; Gr. piles, felt, sakos, a garment.) 



Veil obsolete. Hymenophore distinct from the fleshy stem. Pileus 

 fleshy. Stem central, simple, without cartilaginous bark. Gills free 

 or remote. Spores purple-brown. (Fig. 43.) 



The only British species grows on the ground. 



