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darker, flesliy, crowded, decurrent. Odour slight. Taste un- 

 pleasant. Spores brown. 



Ohs. It has been reported esculent by English authorities. It seems to me 

 to differ very little from Pho. cylindracea, as described by Fries, Letellier, and 

 Cordier ; a species not accounted British, but which is eaten in southern France. 

 —W. D. H. 



(48.) AGARICUS LEOCHROMUS; Pholiota leoclironia; The 



LioD-taft. 



Habitat. On stumps and decaying roots of trees. In tufts. 



Season. Autumn. Not common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, bright tawnj ; convexo-plane, 

 at length depressed ; soft, smooth, not polished. Cuticle rivulose. 

 Mai'gin pale. 



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

 below, nearly equal, slender, smooth, shining. Ring tawny, per- 

 sistent. 



Section. Flesh rather thick. Stem solid, fibrous, brownish 

 below. Gills pallid, then cinnamon, rounded, ventricose, adnate. 

 Odour slight. Taste mild. Spores brown. 



Obs. Cooke speaks well of it as an esculent. I do not remember having tried 

 it.— ir. D. H. 



(49.) AGARICTTS MUTABILIS ; Pholiota mutahilis ; The 



Limetuft. 



Habitat. Mostly on lime-trees, sometimes on other trees, and 

 very rarely on the ground. In tufts. 



Season. April and May, September and October. Common. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, cinnamon, pale when dry, 

 disc often tawny ; convex, then expanded, smooth. Margin thin, 

 translucent, at first incurved. 



Stem. Two to four inches high, whitey-brown, rigid, slender, 

 smooth above, squamulose below. Ring distinct, woven. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish centrally. Stem stuffed, at length 

 fistulose. Gills pallid at first, then brown, broad, crowded, 

 rounded, adnate or sub-decurrent. Odour faint. Taste harsh. 

 Spores brown. 



Obs. Of similar esculent value to the Stumptuft. To be prepared like it. — 

 W.D.H. 



(50.) AGARICUS PR-ffiCOX ; Pholiota pracox ; The 

 Dappled-cap. 



