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A. Fasciculares. 



402. Agaricus (Hypholoina) sublateritius. i^r. "Brick- 



red Hypholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, discoid, dry, at length 

 smooth ; flesh compact, whitish ; stem stuffed, fibrillose, attenua- 

 ted downwards, ferruginous ; gills adnate, crowded, white, then 

 dingy-olive. — Fr. Epicr. p. 221. Schceff. t.4:d,f. 6, 7. Krombh. 

 t. 44, /. 1-3. Hedn. Cryp. t. 38, Huss. i. t. 60. Ag. lateritius. 

 Eng. FL y. p. 110. Smitli. P. M,f, 22. 



On old stumps. Common. [United States.] 



Gregarious, csespitose ; pileus 2-3 in. or more broad, fleshy, always very 

 obtuse, not conic, at length expanded, ocbraceous, tawny in the centre, 

 paler at the margin, where it is slightly silky, when young it is silky 

 all over. Veil stained wdth the spores, adhering in fragments to the 

 margin ; gills rounded behind, adnate with a tooth, scarcely green, 

 clouded with the spores, margin uneven ; stem 3 in. or more high, 2-3 

 lines thick, often thickest below, stuffed, yellow, with a more or less 

 rafescent tinge, silky when young, distinctly squamulose, or fibrillose, firm, 

 at length fistulose ; spores elliptic, brown-purple, but not with a ferruginous 

 tint ; taste bitter and nauseous ; sometimes rather difficult to distinguish 

 from A.fascicularis. — M. J. B. Spores "0002 X "00012 in. 



403. Agaxicus (Hypholoma) capnoides. i^r. '* Fir Wood 



Hypholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, dry, very smooth; flesh 

 thin, white; stem nearly hollow, equal, even, silky, pallid ; gills 

 adnate, scarcely crowded, broad, dry, smoky-grev, then purplish. 

 —Fr. Epicr. p.222. B. ^ Br. Ann. N. H. no. 913* 



In fir woods. April. Apethorpe. 



Odour and taste mild ; pileus of one colour, usually yellowish, 1-3 in. 

 broad ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-4 lin, thick, equal, curved and flexuous, pallid, 

 whitish above. 



404. Agaxicus (Hypholoma) epixanthus. Fr. " Grey-gilled 



Hyxjholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convexo-plane, somewhat gibbous, even, 

 silky, at length smooth, flesh yellow ; stem hollow, subequal, 

 floccoso-fibrillose, whitish, pruinose at the apex, brownish at the 

 base ; gills adnate, crowded, whitish-yellow, at length cinereous. 

 —Fr. Epicr. p. 222. Paul. 1. 107. Batt. t. 23, X). ? 



On old fir stumps. Mossbumford. Lea. 



Easily known by the absence of the bitter taste and cinereous tint of the 

 gills; stem about 3 in. long, 3-4 lin. thick, pale, ferruginous, or tawny at the 

 base, pruinose above j pileus 2-3 in. broad, yellow or pallid, the disc usually 

 darker. 



