76 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



Pilous. One or two inches across, of variable tint, rosy, violet, 

 or brown-purple, moist; at first conical, then expanded, campanu- 

 late or plane, umbonate. Margin tliin, striate, translucent. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, tint of pileus, rigid, slender, 

 smooth, polished, naked. Base villose. 



Section. Flesh very thin, pallid. Stem hollow, fibrous, splitting. 



Gills pale, tint of pileus, broad, distant, unequal, projecting, venate 



behind, adnexcd. Odour and taste of radishes. Spores white. 



Ohs. May be easily confounded with A. laccatus, but the two species may be 

 gathered and eaten together, and are almost identical in flavour. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus OMPHALIA. 



(46.) AGARICUS GPJSEUS ; Omphalia grisea ; The Grey-bud. 



Habitat. Grassy places in fir and pine woods. In groups. 



Season. July to October. Common. 



Pileus. Half to one inch across, grey, becoming leaden ; cam- 

 panulate at fii'st, then convex ; smooth, polished when dry, 

 hygrophanous. Margin striate. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, pallid, very slender, smooth, 

 firm, straight, naked. 



Section. Flesh membranaceous. Stem fistulose. Gills pallid, 

 or greyish, distant, unequal, arcuate, venate, thickish, slightly 

 denticulate, decurrcnt. Odourless. Taste insipid. Spores white. 



Ohs. Of very little account. These small species may sometimes be gathered 

 in quantity, and made into a relishing dish. But they are hardly worth the 

 trouble.— JF. 1). II. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-ge7ius PIIOLIOTA. 



(47.) AGARICUS CAPISTRATUS; Pholiota capistrata; The 

 RulTcd-neck. 



Habitat. On old elm trees and stumps. In tufts. 



Season. Late summer and autumn, llai'o. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, wliitish when dry, livid, 

 tawny, and viscid when moist ; convex, rounded. Margin involute, 

 8ub-striate. 



Stem. Three to four inches high, thick, nearly equal, sub- 

 Rquamnlose. Ring large, entire, patent, persistent. 



Section. Flesh thick. Stem stuffed. Gills pallid, becoming 



