144 AGARICINI. 



405. Agaricus (Hypholoma) fascicularis. Hud. " Tufted 



yellow Hypholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, subumbonate, smooth ; stem hollow, thin, 

 fibiillose, flexiiose, flesh yellow ; gills adnate, much crowded, 

 linear, siibdeliquescent, sulphur-coloured, then greenish. — 

 Fr. Epicr. p. 222. Bolt. t. 29. Sow. t. 22b. Fl.Dan. t. 2075. 

 Krombh.t.A-i, f.4-D. Fault. 107. Vent. t. 68, f. 3. Berk. Outl. 

 t. 11,/. 1. Huss.ii. 1. 15. Eng.Fl.Y.p. 111. Smith. P.M. \. Gard. 

 Chron. I860,;?. 337,/^. 



On old stumps, &c. Common. [United States.] 



Gregarious, densely csespitose. Pileus 2-in. broad, at first conic, then ex- 

 panded, more or less irregular from the tufted mode of growth, subsarnose, 

 thick in the centre, tawny, margin thin, yellow, with portions of the veil 

 adhering to it, often stained with the ferruginous-purple spores. Gills green, 

 clouded, adnate with a subdecurrent tooth. Stem 2-9 in. high, 2 lines thick, 

 curved and unequal, hollow, fibrillose or squamulose, yellow-greenish above. 

 Ring stained with the spores. Taste bitter and nauseous. — 21. J. B. Gills 

 separating from the hymenophore. Spores "00025 X '00016 in. 



406. Agazicus (Hypholoma) dispezsus. Fr. " Dispersed 



Hypholoma." 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse, 

 even, margin silky from the veil; stem subfistulose, thin, tough, 

 fibrillose or silky, base brownish ; gills adnate, thin, subventri- 

 cose, crowded, pallid straw colour, then clouded. — Fr. Epicr. p. 

 222. Jnn.N.H.no.lU, 



On stumps, and on the ground, in pine woods. 



Eiiher scattered or fasciculate. Pileus 1:5 i^^- broad, honey -brown. Stem 

 straight, 2-3 in. long, sometimes 6-7 in., for the greater part ferruginous, 

 the apex pale. 



B. Velutini. 



407. Agazicus (Hypholoma) laczym.abundus. Fr, "Weep- 



ing Hypholoma." 



Pileus fleshy, campanulate, then convex, spotted with innate 

 pilose scales ; flesh white ; stem hollow, fibrilloso-squamose, 

 rather thickened at the base, white ; gills adnate, seceding, 

 white, then brown pui-ple. — Fr. Epicr. p. 223. Bull. 1. 194. 



On trunks and on the ground. July — Nov. 



Pileus not hygrophanous, 2-4 in. broad, at first somewhat campanulate, 

 at length expanded, fleshy, margin thin, with a few fragments of the veil 

 attached, firm, pale reddish br. wn, darker in the centre, fibrilloso-squamu- 

 lose ; flesh pale umber; gi'.ls at first pale, then reddish brown, sub-vtntricose 

 towards the base, slightly attached. Stem 2-3 in. high, 3 lines or more thick, 



