210 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Ij" Gills yellow, then pure ferruginous or tawny. 



*** HygrophanL Gills cinnamon (not at first yellow). 



C. MUSCIGEXI. Hygrophanous. Analogous to Galera, 

 \vith a ring. 



A. HUMIGENI. 



* Eudermini. 



Pholiota aurea. Matt. 



Pileus 4-6 in. across, hemispherical then expanded, fleshy 

 but not compact, soft, obtuse, rather velvety at first, then 

 torn into minute squamules, bright tawny-yellow or more or 

 less ochraceous, gills adnexed then almost free, 3-4 lines 

 broad, ventricose, connected by veins, pale tawny-ferruginous ; 

 ntein 58 in. long, -J | in. thick, almost equal, even, more or 

 less covered with ferruginous, scurfy, separating particles 

 below the ring, solid, pale; ring variable, small or ample, 

 erect then spreading; spores elliptical, tawny- ferruginous, 

 10 x 5 p.. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) aureus, Mattusch., Sil., p. 351 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 140 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 346. 



Agaricus (^Pholiota) aureus, Matt., var. Herefordiemis, Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 347. 



On the ground. Subcaespitose. 



Very handsome ; the flesh thin in proportion to the size 

 of the pileus, soft, white, becoming yellowish. The spores 

 are shed copiously, powdering the distant ring and apex of 

 the stem. Eing sometimes ample, radiato-striate, veined. 

 (Fries.) 



Var. Vahlii, Schum., Fl. Danica, t. 1496; pileus even, 

 glabrous ; gills almost free. 



Differs more especially from the typical form in the smooth 

 pileus. 



Pholiota caperata. Pers. 



Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh thin, ovate then expanded, 

 obtuse, moist, viscid only when moist, covered with super- 

 ficial white particles, more or less bright yellow ; gills 



