PSALIOTA 89 



adpressedly silky, squamose towards the paler margin, the scales appear- 

 ing as if they had been pressed down with a hot iron. St. 10-20 x 3- 

 5 cm., white, becoming tinged with brown especially at the base, slightly 

 attenuated upwards from the incrassated base, becoming smooth. 

 King white above, yellowish and fioccosely scaly on the under side, 

 membranaceous, soft, median, thick, reflexed. Gills pallid, then fus- 

 cous cinereous, free, attenuated behind, 10-15 mm. broad, crowded. 

 Flesh white, becoming reddish brown when cut, especially under the 

 cuticle of the pileus and at the base of the st., compact, thick at the disc, 

 thin at the margin. Spores rich brown, elliptical, 7-9 x 5-6/x,, with 

 an apical germ-pore. Smell unpleasant. Taste mild. Edible. Pastures 

 and gardens. July Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



196. P. sylvatica (Schaeff.) Fr. Bres. Fung. Trid. t. 90. 



Sylvatica, of woods. 



P. 7-5-11 cm., subferruginous, scales rufescent, or becoming fuscous, 

 fleshy, oval, then campanulate and flattened, often somewhat umbo- 

 nate, the whole surf ace floccose, torn into squamules, disc often remaining 

 continuous, and at length denuded of scales; margin often rimosely 

 incised. St. 6-9 x 1-1-5 cm., dingy white, at first stuffed with a 

 cylindrical, separate, white pith, equal, or bulbous at the base, the 

 bulb sometimes marginate, fibrillose below the ring, smooth above. 

 Ring ivhite, distant, floccose on the underside, sometimes wide, thin 

 and membranaceous, sometimes narrow, incomplete, fugacious. Gills 

 white, then reddish, at length cinnamon fuscous, or umber fuscous, free, 

 ventricose, equally attenuated at both ends, thin, arid, crowded. Flesh 

 white, generally rufescent, often yellowish at the apex of the st., thin, 

 fragile. Spores tawny flesh colour, elliptical, 6-7 x 3-5-4/x. Smell 

 pleasant, or strong. Taste mild. Edible. Woods, and under cedars. 

 July Sept. Not uncommon. 



197. P. haemorrhoidaria Kalchbr. (= Pratella sylvatica Schaeff. sec. 



Quel.) Kalchbr. Icon. t. 18, fig. 1. aifAoppoiSes, hemorrhoids. 



P. 5-12-5 cm., rufous fuscous, or brownish, fleshy, ovate, then ex- 

 panded, covered with broad, adpressed, darker scales; margin at first 

 incurved. St. 8-12 x 2-3 cm., white, becoming blood red when bruised, 

 equal, often more or less bulbous at the base, silky, fibrillose. Ring 

 white, becoming discoloured, large, persistent, superior, membranaceous. 

 Gills rosy Jlesh colour, then purple umber, free, approximate, 6-12 mm. 

 broad, crowded. Flesh white, immediately turning blood red when 

 broken, thick. Spores purple-brown, elliptical, 6-7 x 3-4/u,. Smell 

 and taste pleasant. Edible. Woods, especially coniferous woods, 

 pastures, and under conifers. Aug. Jan. Common, (v.v.) 



