78 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



Habitat. On tho ground in gardens and mossy meadows. Singly, 

 or in groups. 



Season. April and May. Sometimes common. 



Pileus. One to three inches across, creamy, or yellow-tawny, 

 perhaps tesselated, viscid in wet, soft, retaining impression of 

 liuger, like kid when dry ; convex, then plane, rounded, smooth, 

 even. 



Stem. One to three inches high, white, slender, equal, at first 

 sub-pubescent, then smooth, I'ooting strongly. Ring high, striate, 

 deflexed, white, entii-e. 



Section. Flesh creamy, thick, firm, watery towards margin. 

 Stem at first stuffed, then fistulose. Gills pallid, creamy, at length 

 brown, rounded, unequal, serrate, crowded, adnexed. Odour faint. 

 Taste mild. Spores brown. 



Ohs. Not well kuown ; but there is good evidence of its being esculent, and 

 of fair quality. — W. I). H. 



(51.) AGARICUS PUDICUS ; Pholiota pudica ; The Ingenue. 



"Habitat. On old tree-trunks, chiefly elder. Singly, or in tufts. 



Season. June to October. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to four inches across, at first white, then buff, dry, 

 smooth, perhaps rivulose ; convex, then plane, rounded, even. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, whitish, nearly equal, smooth, 

 often excentric, or curved below. Ring entire, patent, persistent. 



Section. Flesh thick, white. Stem stuffed, or solid. Gills at 

 first pallid, then brownish, unequal, rounded behind, ventricose, 

 adnate. Odour slight. Taste mild. Spoi'cs brown. 



Obs. The best in quality of the edible Pholiotes. Much eaten on the Conti- 

 nent.— JF. I>. H. 



(52.) AGARICUS SPECTABILIS ; Pholiota spectabilis; The 

 Tawny-tuft. 



Habitat. On stumps and trunks of oaks. In tufts. 



Seaso7i. August to October. Uncommon. 



Pileus. Three to five inches across, rich tawny buff ; compact, 

 convexo-j)lane, dry. Cuticle broken up into broad, flat, silky scales, 

 which become streaky towards the margin. 



Stem. Four inches high, thick, tougli, spongy, buff, swollen 

 below, rooting. Ring brownish, powdered with spores, thick, 

 deflexed, ijbrilloso below. 



