106 AGARICINI. 



On elder triinks, &c., and on the ground. Esculent. 



Pileus sometimes rivulose, dirty white, simple, or csespitose. Stem ex- 

 centric, curved at the base ; spores "0002 X '00032 in. 



293. Agaricus (Pholiota) leochiroxnus. Cooke. "Tawny 



Pholiota." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, at length depressed, soft, smooth, 

 not shinmg ; stem solid, nearly equal, even ; ring persistent, 

 tawny ; gills rounded, adnate, slightly ventricose, pallid, then 

 cinnamon-coloured ; spores profuse. — Seem. Journ. Bot. No. 3 

 (1863), t. 3, /. 3. Ann. N. H. 1865. 



On stumps, &c. Esculent. 



Caespitose ; pileus 2-3 in., bright tawny, paler (whitish) at the margin, 

 generally rivulose from the cracking of the cuticle ; stem 3-4 in., slender, 

 solid, fibrous, internally amber-brown at the base, externally paler, white 

 above, nearly equal, smooth, shining. Allied to A.^iucUcus and A. capistratiis, 

 but differing in habit and structure from both. Found at Millfield-lane, 

 Highgate, plentifully in the autumn of 1862 and 1863. Since met with 

 by W. G. Smith in other localities, (PL I-^fig. 2.) 



294. Agaricus (Pholiota) capistratus. Cooke. " Ru fifed 



Pholiota.' 



Pileus fleshy, couYcx, somewhat viscid, margin involute, slightly 

 striate ; stem nearly equal, stuffed, thick, subsquamulose ; ring 

 spreading, persistent; gills decurrent, pallid, growing darker. — 

 Seem. Journ. Bot. No. 3 (1863 j, t. 3,/. 4. Ann. Nat. Hist. (1865.) 



On old stumps, elm, &c. Highgate. 



Subcsespitose. Pileus 2-3 in., livid, tawny, rather viscid when moist, 

 whitish when dry, margin folded inwards and obscurely striate ; stem 3-4 in. 

 thick, nearly equal ; ring large and entire, spreading, and persistent ; gills 

 rather fleshy, crowded, decurrent, pallid. Taste rather unpleasant. Dis- 

 tinguished from A. 'padicm^ndi A. cyliudraceus by its decurrent gills, its more 

 robust habit, and the folding in of the margin of the pileus. (PI. \fig' \.) 

 This species is stated to be edible by Mr. .T. A. Clark, who found it at Street, 

 Somerset; Mr. W. G. Smith, who has found it in several places , says the 

 spores are the same in size and colour as the last. 



295. Agaxicus (Pholiota) heteroclitus. Fr. "Bulbous- 



stemmed Pholiota." 



Compact. Pileus plano-convex, then expanded, very obtuse, 

 rather excentric, marked with scattered, innate, adpressed scales ; 

 stem solid, short, bulbous at the base, fibrillose, white ; gills 

 rounded, adnexed, very broad, at first pallid, then ferruginous. 

 — Fr. Ep icr.]). 16d. Gard. Cliron. 1 8 6 8 , ^9 . 1 1 1 3 . 



On poplar. Bromley. 



