AGAKICINI. 



Snlxjenns IIi/p/ioti)>nu. H^'iueuopliorc continuous with the stem, veil 

 woven into a fugacious web, which jullici es to the margin of the pileus. 

 Gills adnate or sinuate ; spores brownish purple, sometimes intense pur- 

 ple, almost black. — M. C. Cooke. 



This subgenus has been divided into the following five groups : 



1. Fasciculares. — Pileus smooth, tough, bright colored when dry, not 



hygrophanous. Examples, Ag. (Hypholoma) .nchhtteritbis and Ag. 

 (Hypiholoma) fascicular is. 



2. Yiscidi. — Pileus naked, viscid. Example, Ag. (Hyj^holoma) <eclipus. 



3. Velutini. — ^Pileus silky, with innate fibrils. Example, Ag. (Hypho- 



loma) velutinus. 



4. Flocculosi. — Pileus clad with floccose superficial evanescent scales. 



Example, Ag. (Hypholoma) cascus. 



5. Appendiculati. — Pileus smooth and hygrophanous. Example, Ag. 



(Hypholoma) Candolliamis. 



The species are not numerous. They are generally either gregarious 

 or ctespitose, and are often found in clusters upon tree stumps, or spring- 

 ing from the buried roots of stumps. A few species are found in short 

 grass in open places ; but few are recorded as edible, and one, H. fasci- 

 cularis, has been classed as deletereous by Berkeley, Cooke, and some of 

 the earlier authors. I find, however, no authenticated case of poisoning 

 by this species, and, indeed, have as yet found no species of Hypholoma 

 which could be satisfactorily identified as H. fascicularis. 



The few species of Hypholoma which I have tested have been palatable, 

 and one or two are of very delicate flavor. 



i Plate VIII. 



Ag. ( Hypholoma ) sublateritius Schaeff. "jKcrf Tufty (Hypholoma sublateritium) 



''The Brick Top:' 



Edible. 



I The cap of this species is fleshy and obtuse, convexo-plane, sometimes 

 showing a superficial whitish cloudiness upon the margin coming from 

 the veil, which soon disappears, leaving it smooth and dry ; color tawny 

 brick red, with i)ale straw margin ; flesh compact and whitish , turning 

 yellow when wilted. Stem stuffed and fibrillose, tapering downward. 

 Near its attachment to the cap the color is very light yellow ; lower down 

 and towards the root it is covered with patches and lines of burnt sienna 

 color. It bears no distinct ring. In very young plants the filmy veil is 

 sometimes perceived, reaching from the margin of the cap to the stem. 

 This disappears as the cap expands, sometimes leaving the stem obscui-ely 



