﻿OF 
  BRITISH 
  FUNGI. 
  41 
  

  

  edible. 
  The 
  densely 
  clustered 
  or 
  imbricated 
  mass 
  in 
  

   which 
  they 
  are 
  generally 
  found, 
  with 
  the 
  stems 
  attached 
  

   near 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pileus, 
  the 
  dirty 
  white 
  gills 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  far 
  down 
  the 
  stem, 
  all 
  serve 
  to 
  characterize 
  a 
  

   species 
  with 
  which 
  our 
  plate 
  (PI. 
  7) 
  can 
  scarce 
  fail 
  to 
  

   make 
  one 
  familiar. 
  As 
  to 
  its 
  value 
  or 
  quality 
  when 
  

   prepared 
  for 
  the 
  table, 
  there 
  is 
  certainly 
  no 
  unanimity 
  

   of 
  opinion. 
  Another 
  species 
  (A. 
  salignus), 
  found 
  some- 
  

   times 
  solitary 
  and 
  sometimes 
  in 
  clusters 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  

   of 
  trees, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  eaten 
  in 
  Austria, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  

   aware 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  tried 
  in 
  England. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  sub-genus 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  with 
  salmon- 
  

   coloured 
  spores 
  is 
  termed 
  Voharia. 
  The 
  veil 
  forms 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  volva, 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  decided 
  feature 
  to 
  the 
  group. 
  

   One 
  species 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  hothouses, 
  where 
  its 
  satiny, 
  

   dark-grey 
  cap, 
  as 
  it 
  bursts 
  and 
  emerges 
  from 
  the 
  volva, 
  

   makes 
  it 
  an 
  attractive 
  object. 
  No 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  eco- 
  

   nomic 
  importance 
  amongst 
  the 
  half-dozen 
  found 
  in 
  these 
  

   islands. 
  

  

  The 
  sub 
  genus 
  Pluteus 
  has 
  the 
  hymenophorum, 
  or 
  

   part 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  gills 
  are 
  situated, 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  

   stein, 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  succeeding 
  

   group. 
  The 
  veil 
  is 
  absent, 
  which 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  from 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  group 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  esculent 
  British 
  species. 
  

  

  In 
  Entoloma 
  the 
  hymenophorum 
  is 
  continuous 
  with. 
  

   and 
  the 
  gills 
  have 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  separate 
  from, 
  the 
  

   stem. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  sub-genus 
  is 
  Clitopilus 
  (klitos, 
  Gr., 
  a 
  slope, 
  

   pilos, 
  a 
  cap), 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hymenophorum 
  is 
  continuous 
  

   with 
  the 
  stem, 
  down 
  which 
  the 
  attenuated 
  gills 
  de- 
  

  

  