384 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On trunks and on the ground. 



Fasciculate ; smell sour. Closely allied to Hypholoma 

 fascicularis, but distinguished by the brick-red pileus, ferru- 

 ginous stem, and persistent, pure olive gills. 



Hypholoma instratus. Britz. 



Caespitose ; Pileus f-l| in. across, hemispherical, convex, 

 broadly umbonate, dark brown, radiately rugose ; gills 

 adnate, subventricose, 3 lines broad, brown, then purple- 

 brown, margin paler ; stem 2-3 in. high, about 2 lines thick, 

 equal, white and smooth above, fibrillose or squamulose 

 below, base becoming brownish, f hollow'; veil white, appendi- 

 culate; spores elliptical, purple-brown, 8x4^.; flesh of 

 pileus and stem brownish. 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) instratus, Britzelmeyer,Melan., fig. 10 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 377 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1157. 



On stumps. Known at once by the persistently dark 

 brown, radiato-rugose pileus. 



Possibly these specimens belong to the above species of 

 Britzelmeyer, but we have been compelled to expand the 

 description. (Cooke.) 



Hypholoma dispersus. Fr. 



Pileus f-1 in. across, campanulate then expanded, obtuse, 

 even, silky round the margin from the veil, tawny, honey- 

 colour near the margin ; gills adnate, thin, 2-3 lines broad, 

 rather ventricose, crowded, straw-colour, becoming clouded 

 and with a greenish tinge; stem 2-4 in. long, 2 lines thick, 

 equal, straight or almost so, tough, silky -fibrQlose, pale, base 

 brownish; spores elliptical, 7 x 34 /A. 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) dispersus, Fries, Epicr., p. 222 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 203 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 586 ; Saund. & Smith, t. 24, 

 f. 1-3 (an elongated form). 



On trunks and on the ground. Usually scattered. 



Stem altogether equal, straight, 2-3 in. long, 1 line thick, 

 for the greater part rusty-brown, apex pale. Pileus tawny, 

 honey-colour. Gills 2-3 lines broad, obscure greenish. 

 (Fries.) 



On the ground and on trunks, solitary, scarcely ever 

 caespitose. Stem hollow, 2 in. or more long, 2 lines thick, 

 equal, straight, tough, silky-fibrillose, become ferruginous, 

 base brownish, apex pale. Pileus rather fleshy, convex, then 



