A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 91 



Season. September and October. Rare. 



Fileus. Three to four inches across, chestnut or reddish, squa- 

 mose, spotted, viscid; convex, repand, bent. Margin uneven, pale. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, bulbous at first, then 

 nearly equal, thick, villoso-squamose, naked. 



Section. Flesh thick, compact, stained. Stem solid, hard. 

 Gills pallid, at length reddish, narrow, shining, crowded at first, 

 then more distant, very emarginate, adnexed. Odour mealy. 

 Taste good. Spores white. 



Obs. Closely allied to A. russula of Scbaeffer, which is eaten on the Conti- 

 nent.— U". D. H. 



(79.) AGAHICUS VACCINUS ; Triclioloma vaccina ; The 



Calf-skin. 



Habitat. In pine woods. Solitary, or in groups. 



Season. September and October. Uncommon. 



Pileus. — One to two inches across, rufous brown, dry, floccoso- 

 squamose ; campanulate, then expanded, obtusely umbonate. 

 Margin involute, fibrillose. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, pallid above, pale brown 

 below, thick, equal, fibrillose, naked. 



Section. Flesb pallid, thickish. Stem fistulose. Gills pallid, 

 then brownish, spotted with red, sub-distant, broad, emarginate, 

 adnexed. Odour feeble. Taste rather bitter. Spores white. 



Obs. Reported to be a wholesome esculent, but of inferior quality. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGAEICUS. Sub-genus VOLVAEIA. 



(80.) AGAEICUS BOMBYCINUS ; Volvaria bombycina; The 



Silky Volvar. 



Habitat. In open grassy woods, under trees, corners of fields, 

 etc. Singly. 



Season. July to October. Not common. 



Piletis. Three to six inches across, fawn, becoming brown ; at 

 first conical within the volva, then campanulate, convex, expanding, 

 perhaps plane and umbonate ; viscid within the volva, then sericeo- 

 fibrillose, bearing evanescent patches of volva, smooth, even, very 

 silky. Margin even, silky. 



Stem. Three to seven inches high, pallid, smooth, attenuate. 



