110 AGAEICINl. 



On tlie ground amongst firs. 



Solitary or gregarious, rarely cgespitose. Stem about 2 in. long, 1-2 lines 

 thick; pileus when moist honey-coloured, when dry tan-coloured, ring 1-2 

 lines distant from the apex of the stem, 



C. Muscigenei — growing on moss, &c. 



305. Agaxicus (Pholiota) pumilus. Fr. " Little Pholiota." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, hemispherical, obtuse, even ; stem 

 fistulose, slender, sub-fibrillose ; ring collar-like, rather fugacious ; 

 gills adnate, crowded, broad, pallid-yellowish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 170. 



In woods. October. Rare. 



Pileus only a few lines broad, yellowish ; stem 1-lJ in. long ; 1-1| line 

 thick. 



306. Agaricus (Pholiota) mycenoides. Fr, "Delicate 



Pholiota." 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, then, convex, deeply stri- 

 ate, hygrojDhanous ; stem fistulose, slender, ferruginous, smooth 

 as well as the pileus ; ring membranaceous, white ; gills adnate, 

 rather distant, ferruginous. — F?\ Epicr. p. 170. A. mesodactylus. 

 B.^Br.Ann.N.H. Ser.2,'ii.p. 261, i. 9,/. \,p. 400, tio. 681. 



On the ground, in damp dells. Oct. Rare. 



"My plant has a white stem, but Fries considers it the same with his A. 

 Tnycenoides. Pileus \^ in. broad, obtusely conical, with the margin expanded, 

 hygrophanous, pale tawny, slightly fleshy in the centre, margin striate ; stem 

 flexuous, 2.J in. high, 2 lines thick, white, nearly smooth above and below the 

 ring, sometimes showing a vinous stain where bruised, nearly equal, fistulose. 

 Eing central, expanded, quite entire, deeply striate within ; gills moderately 

 broad, slightly ventricose, ascending, affixed."— J/./. ^. 



307. Agazicus (Pholiota) Leveillianus. D. ^' M. "Leveille's 



Pholiota." 



Hard, fleshy, thin, convex, umbonate, clothed with a glutinous, 

 dark brown, opaque pellicle, at length wrinkled, and paler when 

 dry ; stem hollow, nearly equal, fibrilloso-squamose below the 

 ring, white, with a reddish tinge ; gills broad, adnate, decurrent, 

 white, th'cn pink, at length rufous. — Berk. Outl.p. 152. A.jeco- 

 riiius. B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. Ser. 2, ii.^. 260, no. 328. 



On soil about beech trees. Aug. Rushton, Norths. 



Fasciculate or gregarious. About 1^-2 in. across, hemispherical, at length 

 expanded, quite smooth and even, at first clothed with a viscid pellicle, at 

 length slightly wrinkled, somewhat fleshy, dark bro^vn, paler when dry ; 

 stem 2V in. high, j in. thick, incrassated, below umber, dark brown at the 

 base, flbrillose, stufi'ed, at length hollow. Ring near the top persistent, 



