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ventricose, adnate. Odour resinous. Taste astringent. Spores 

 white. 



Obs. A most unpromising species, which I only insert because it is reported 

 as edible from America. — W. D. U. 



Genus A GA RIG US. Sub-genus ENTO L MA . 



(29.) AGARICUS FEUMENTACEUS ; Entoloma frmnentacea ; 

 The Wheat-cap. 



Habitat. Damp grassy and mossy sites in woods. In groups. 



Season. June to August. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, colour of ripe wheat, finely 

 streaked, dry, smooth; plane, rather repand. Margin irregular, 

 sinuate, arcuate. 



Stem. Two inches high, tint of pileus, stout, striate, rimulose, 

 unequal, naked. Base obtuse, tomentose. 



Section. Flesh white, thick, brittle. Stem solid. Gills dull 

 pink, broad, distant, emarginate, perhaps rounded behind, adnate. 

 Odour farinaceous. Taste agreeable. Spores pink. 



Obs. Curtis reports it esculent in America. I have tried it raw, and it seems 

 good. But old specimens are rather nauseous. The sub-genus is a suspicious 

 one.—W. D. H. 



(30.) AGARICUS RHODOPOLIUS ; Entoloma rhodopolia ; The 



Waterskin. 



Habitat. On the ground in woods. Singly, or in twos and 

 threes. 



Season. April and May, September and October. Uncom- 

 mon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, pale grey when dry, blackish 

 or tawny when moist, hygrophanous, smooth, satiny ; at first 

 campanulate, then plane, depressed, sub-umbonate. Margin 

 flexuose or broken. 



Stem. Three inches high, smooth, white, nearly equal, stout, 

 pruinose above, naked. 



Section. Flesh white, watery, thin, fragile. Stem hollow. Gills 



rosy, unequal, distant, pointed in front, broad behind, denticulato- 



adnate. Odour farinaceous. Taste mild. Spores pink. 



Obs. It has been fairly well proved to be wholesome, though it is certainly 

 not commendable. It must be carefully differentiated from poisonous con- 

 geners. Ent. nidorosa resembles it, and may also be edible. — W. D. H. 



