AGAEICINI. 91 



On the ground. Oct. Swanage, Dorset. 



Solitary ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. tMck, brown ; pileus IHn. broad, or- 

 bicular, smooth; brown ; gills separating from the hymenophore. 



250. Agaricus (Entoloxna) helodes. Fr. '• Moor Entoloma." 



Pileus slightly fleshy, convexo-plane, sub-umbonate, moist, 

 becoming smooth ; stem hollow, pallid, fibrillose ; base rather 

 thickened ; gills emarginate, adnexed, somewhat distant, white, 

 then flesh-coloured. — Fr. Epicr.p. 144. Ann. N.H. no. 790. 



On moors. Coed Coch. 



Pileus purple, dingy, brown, &c., when old becoming pale, spotted, not 

 hygrophanous, 2 in. or more broad ; stem 2-3 in. long, 3 lin. thick, pale, 

 cinereous j smell like that of fresh meal. 



251. Agaricus (Entoloma) xepandus. Bull. "Repand 



Entoloma."' 



Pileus fleshy, conical, umbonate, indistinctly silky ; margin 

 lobed ; stem short, solid, minutely silky, white ; gills dull rose- 

 coloured, broad in front. — Bull. t. 423,/. 2. Berk. Outl. p. 143. 

 Eng. Ft. x.p. 78. Ann. N.R. no. 676*. 



Amongst grass. Rare. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, conic, obtuse, at length expanded, very fleshy, the 

 margin incurved and lobed, pale whitish, ochraceous, Avith a few streaky 

 shades, clothed with a very close, adpressed, indistinct silkiness ; gills pale 

 dull rose, broad in front ; stem 1^ in. high, 3 lines thick, white, beautifully 

 adpresso-sericeous ; spores rose-coloured, irregular, stellate j odour like that 

 of fresh meal. — J/. /. B, 



252. Agaricus (Entoloma) Bloxami. B.,fBr. '-Blue 



Entoloma." 



Pileus compact, campanulate, obtuse, somewhat lobed, moist, 

 blackish-blue, somewhat silky ; flesh white ; stem slightly at- 

 tenuated upwards, obtuse at the base ; gills rather broad, at- 

 tenuated, adnexed. — Berk. Outl. p. 143. Ann. N.H. no. 677. 

 Price,/. 89. 



In open exposed pastures. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, campanulate, very obtuse, moist, of a dark 

 dingy blue or purple, or sometimes slate-coloured, tinged with lilac, 

 slightly silky, inclined to be lobed below, flesh very thick in tiie centre, white, 

 except near the edge, where it partakes of the hue of the pileus j stem l^in. 

 high, ^ in. thick," attenuated upwards, of the same colour as the pileus, 

 solid ; gills moderately broad, pale pink, attenuated behind, or slightly 

 adnexed. — M.J.B. Spores very irregular in shape, very brilliant pink 

 orange, '0003 in. diameter. — W. G. S. 



