A CATALOGUE OF BEITISH POISONOUS FUXGI. 167 



(XI.) AGARICUS FASTIBILIS; Hebeloma fastibilis; The 

 Repellant. (Tab. III. fig. 20.) 



Habitat. In woods and fields. In groups and clusters. 



Season. July to November. Common. 



Fileus. Two to three inches across, pallid, buff, perhaps tawny, 

 smooth, viscid in wet ; campanulate or convex, then plane, repand, 

 sinuate. Margin pale, involute, sub-tomentose. 



Stevi. Two to four inches high, pallid, thick, bent, fibrilloso- 

 squamose, sub-incrassate, rooting, retaining fragments of veil. 



Section. Flesh white,, thickish, compact. Stem solid, fissured 

 at length. Gills pallid, then tan^ broad, ventricose, irregular, un- 

 equal, numerous, emarginate, adnexed. Odour strong, nauseous, 

 like cherry-laurel flowers. Taste bitter, nauseous. Spores brown. 



Obs. It is of similar quality to the preceding, but possibly more virulent. — 

 W. D. H. 



(XII.) AGARICUS RIMOSUS; Hebeloma rimosa; The 

 >Slit-Cap. 



Habitat. In woodlands and wastes. In groups and clusters. 



Season. June to October.. Common. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, brown-yellow, tawny, satin- 

 smooth, polished, but fibrillose ; conical, campanulate, then 

 expanded and sharply umbonate;. rimose, the chinks radiating 

 from centre and yellow. 



Stem. One to three inches high, whitish, slender, farinose 

 above, naked, fibrillose and enlarged below. 



Section. Flesh thin, white, stained yellow,, firm. Stem stuffed. 

 Gills pallid, soon brown, numerous, unequal, crenulate, narrow, 

 sinuate, adnexed or free. Odour earthy. Taste nauseous. Spores 

 brown. 



Obs. The exact character of the poisonous principle has not been ascertained, 

 but may be regarded as narcotico-acrid, probably mostly acrid. No Hebelomes 

 are eatable, and others than these are suspected to be noxious. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGABICUS. Sub-genus HYPHOLOMA. 



(XIII.) AGARICUS FASCICULARIS ; Eypholoma fascicularis ; 

 The Sulphur- Tuft. 



Habitat. On old stumps, tree roots, and buried deadwood, in 

 damp places. In dense tufts. 



