108 AGARICINI. 



299. Agaricus (Pholiota) adiposus. Fr, "Pine-apple 



Pholiota." 



Pileiis compact, convex, then plane, obtuse, glutinous ; stem 

 stuffed, somewhat bulbous, yellow, squarrose as well as thepileus 

 with superficial, evanescent, darker, concentric scales; gills ad- 

 nate, broad, yellow, then ferruginous. — Fr. Epicr.j). 166. Berk. 

 Outl. t. 8, f. 2. Fl. Dan. t. 2078. Krombh. t. 3,/. 1. Batsch.f. 

 31. Eng.yi.y.jJ. 91. 



On beech and ash trunks. [Cincinnati.] 



Extremely beautiful, growing- in large tufts, coloured like a ripe pine- 

 apple. Pileus convex, firm, fleshy, margin thin, of a beautiful tawny, very 

 viscid, smooth and shining, with a few superficial darker scales j remains of 

 the woven ring attached to the margin. Gills broad, rounded behind, and 

 adnate with a tooth, ferruginous, edge white. Stem equal, scarcely thick- 

 ened at the base, solid, firm, brown below, yellowish above, with tawny, ad- 

 pressed scales, near the apex whiter and more silky. — M. J. B. Spores "00029 

 X -00021 in. 



300. Agaricus (Pholiota) spectabilis. Fr. "Orange 



Pholiota."' 



Pileus compact, convex, then plane, dry, cuticle torn into fi- 

 brous or silky scales ; stem solid, ventricose, somewhat rooting ; 

 gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, narrow, yellow, then ferru- 

 ginous. — Fr. Epicr. p. 166. Bull. t. 92. Krombh. t. 3,/. 3. Ann. 

 N. H. no. 904*. Sow. t. 77. Huss. i. t. 71. A. aureus^ Eng. Fl. y. 

 p. 90. Berh. Outl. p. 140. 



On dead stumps. 



Subesespitose. Pileus 4 in. or more broad, convexo-expanded, rich tawny, 

 with broad, adpresred, silky scales in the centre, which towards the margin 

 become mere streaks, fleshy ; flesh pale yellow ,• gills at length tawny fer- 

 ruginous, adnexed, rounded behind, or decurrent ; stem 4 in. high, 1 in. or 

 more thick, solid, tough, and spongy, the centre a little looser, thickened 

 downwards and bulbous, with a small (sometimes rather large) deflexed, 

 rather thick ring neir the top, which is densely powdered with the spores, 

 under the gills minutely squamulose, below fibrillose, the fibrillae close, paler 

 than the pileus. rhubarb-coloured within j root a few downy fibres ; taste 

 bitter.— J/. J.B. Spores '0003 X '0002 in. 



301. Agaricus (Pholiota) flammans. Fr. " Yellow scaly 



Pholiota." 



Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, somewhat umbonate, dry, 

 clothed with superficial, hairy, paler scales ; stem stuffed, then 

 hollow, equal, rather flexuose, squamoso-squarrose, ring entire, 

 yellow, as well as the fixed, crowded, quite entire gills. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p. 167. E?ig.Fl.Y.p.d2. 



In pine woods. Sept. Oct. 



