92 AGARICINI. 



253. Agaxicus (Entoloma) ardosiacus. Bull. "Meadow 



Entoloma." 



Fragile ; pileus slightly fleshy, convex, then expanded and de- 

 pressed, even, smooth, moist ; stem hollow, elongated, steel blue, 

 attenuated from the white base ; gills nearly free, crowded, 

 greyish, flesh-coloured. — Fr, Epicr. p. 145. Bull. t. 348. Eng. 

 Fl.Y.p. 78. 



In moist meadows. 



Introduced solely on the authority of Sibthorpe. Pileus 3 in. broad, fleshy, 

 when young campanulate, margin sub-sinuate; gills 4 lines broad, rufescent; 

 Btem 4-5 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, attenuated, of the same colour as the pileus. 

 — Fries. 



254. Agaricus (Entoloma) frumentaceus. Bull. " Mealy 



Entoloma." 



Pileus fleshy, firm, rather brittle, nearly plane, dry, finely 

 streaked; stem streaked and slightly cracked, obtuse at the base ; 

 gills broad, emarginate, or rounded behind, cinereous, with a 

 reddish yellow tinge. — Bull. t. 571,/. 1. Ann. N.H. no. 678. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 144. 



On the ground under a hedge. Rare. 



Somewhat csespitose ; pileus 3| in. across, plane, with the margin arched 

 and sinuated, dry, buff, tinged with red, marked with fine streaks, which 

 are sometimes slightly raised, fleshy, firm, rather brittle ; stem 2 in. high, 1 

 in. thick, of the same colour as the pileus, streaked and slightly cracked, 

 sometimes compressed, blunt at the base, with a little white down, stained 

 with the sjiores ; gills broad, moderately distant, sinuated and toothed, 

 rounded behind, sometimes emarginate, adnate, cinereous, with a reddish- 

 yellow tinge ; spores elliptic, minute, "0002 in. long, rose-coloured j taste 

 agreeable ; smell farinaceous. — M. J. B. 



Fries places this species in Trkholoma, both in the "Epicrisis" and 

 " Monograph." We retain it here in deference to the Eev. M. J. Berkeley's 

 opinion. 



255. Agaricus (Entoloma) ameides. B. S^ Br. "Scented 



Entoloma." 



Pileus irregular, broadly campanulate, centre smooth; margin 

 whitish flocculent, at length glabrous, with a silky lustre, undu- 

 lated ; stem stuffed, compressed, whitish, villous at the base, above 

 striato-fibrillose, apex flocculent ; gills distant, slightly adnexed, 

 rugose. — Ann. N. Hist. 1865, no. 999. 



In pastures. Sept. Bodelwyddan, Flintshire. 



Pileus 1-2J in. across, varying from hemispherical in smaller specimens to 

 campanulate, thin, pale reddish grey ; spores rose-coloured, irregular j large 

 specimens at first sight closely resemble IIy(jrojjho7-us ovinus ; smell peculiar, 

 resembling a mixture of orange fiower water and starch. The whole plant 

 acquires a reddish tint in drying. — B.dsBr. 



