84 BRITISH FUNGI. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) caiamistratus. Fr. "Crispate Hebeloma." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, campanulate, obtuse, stem solid, rigid, base 

 sky blue, squarrose everywhere with rigid recurved scales ; gills 

 adnexed, whitish, then ferruginous. — Fr. S. M. i.p. 256. B. $ Br. 

 Ann. N. H. No. 1234. Fr. Epicr. p. 171. 

 In fir woods. Sept. Luggela, Wicklow. 



A noble species, remarkable for the blue colour of the base of 

 the stem. Spores -0005 in. long, smooth. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) geophyllus. Sow. Yar. lateritius. 

 —5. £ Br. Ann. N.H. No. 1234.* 



This curious form, if it is really the same species, has been sent 

 to us by Mr. Jerdon from Jedburgh. When dry it retains its brick- 

 red colour. B. 4' Br. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) scabellus. Fr. «' Ragged-cap Hebeloma." 

 Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, then plane, when dry lacerated 

 into scales or fibrils, umbo obtuse, even, smooth ; stem somewhat 

 stuffed, thin, smooth, growing pale, pruinose at the apex ; gills 

 adnexed, ventricose, rather distant, pallid. — Fr. Epicr. p. 177. 

 Fr. S. 31. i. p. 259. B. &. Br. Ann. N. H. No. 1235. 

 Amongst short grass. Oct. Little Ormes Head. 

 Pileus chestnut, sericeo-squamulose ; stem white, pruinose at the 

 apex; gills ventricose, adnexed, ascending, pallid. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) firmus. Pers. " Firm Hebeloma." 

 Pileus viscid, gibbous, smooth ; stem not attenuated, brown 

 downwards and within ; gills thin, slightly sinuated behind, cinna- 

 mon brown.— Pers. Ic. £ descr. t. 5, /. 3, 4. B. $ Br. Ann. N. H. 

 No. 1236. A. clavus, Batsch.f. 199. 



In fir woods. Sept. Gwrwch, Denbighshire. 

 Taste not bitter, smell raphanoid. Colour exactly as in Batsch's 

 figure. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) elatus. Batsch. " Elevated Hebeloma." 

 Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, even, smooth, rather viscid ; 

 stem stuffed, elongated, cylindrical, twisted, adpressedly fibrillose, 

 apex farinaceous, growing pale ; gills rounded, crowded, dry, pale 

 ferruginous.— Batsch. /. 108. B. $ Br. Ann. N. H. No. 1238. 

 Fr. Epicr. jo. 181. 

 Amongst pine leaves. 



Odour very strong ; stem 4 in. long, 4 lines thick. Pileus orbi- 

 cular, 3 in. broad, tan colour, margin thin ; gills 3 lines broad, 

 unspotted. 



Agaricus (Hebeloma) Hongardii. Weimn. " Bongard's Hebeloma." 

 Pileus rather fleshy, campanulate, obtuse, disc squamose, torn 

 and fibrillose about the margin ; stem solid, rigid, pale rubescent, 

 reddish silky below, apex sprinkled with a whitish powder ; gills 

 adnate, ventricose, broad, pale reddish, then cinnamon. — Weinm. 

 p. 190. Fr. Epicr. p. 173. 



On sandhills. Forres. (J. K.) 



With the odour of Bergamot. Stem 2-3 in. long, 2 lines thick. 



