268 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



* GENUINI. 



Entoloma sinuatum. Fr. 



Pileus up to 6 in. across, very fleshy, convex then expanded, 

 gibbous at first, then depressed, yellowish- white ; margin 

 wavy and sinuate, becoming broken up into squamules when 

 dry; gills emarginate, slightly adnexed, ^ | in. broad, 

 crowded, distinct, reddish-yellow; stem solid, firm, stout, 

 3-6 in. long, 1 in. thick, equal, compact, fibrillose at first, 

 then glabrous, naked, white. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) sinuatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 143 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 310. 



Agaricus sinuatus, Bull., Champ., t. 590. 



In woods. 



Smell strong, pleasant, almost resembling burnt sugar. 

 The stem is sometimes shorter, as shown in Bulliard's fig. 

 t. 590. (Fries.) 



Some old specimens of this fungus, fully grown, measured 

 9 to 10 in. across. (Saund. & Sm.) 



Entoloma lividum. Bull. 



Pileus 3-4 in. across, disc very fleshy, becoming very thin 

 towards the margin, flesh white, compact, convex then plane, 

 dry, glabrous, distinctly longitudinally fibrillose, pale livid 

 tan ; stem about 3 in. long, 1 in. or more thick, almost equal, 

 glabrous, apex mealy, shining white, imperfectly hollow ; 

 gills almost free, ruunded behind, 3 lines broad, pallid then 

 flesh-colour; spores subglobose, coarsely warted, 10-11 //. 

 diameter. 



Agaricus lividus, Bulliard, Champ., t. 382 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 311. 



In woods. 



Stem rigid externally, stuffed with a spongy pith, slightly 

 striate, 3 in. long, 1 in. and mere thick, disc of the pileus 

 compact, 4 in. and more broad, m t wavy. Smell of new 

 meal, which suggests its being edible, but according to 

 Quelet, very poisonous. (Fries.) 



Var. roseus, Cke. Pileus soon plane, smooth, polished, 

 whitish-ochre, disc rosy, margin whitish, about 4 in. across, 

 flesh thick at the disc, gradually becoming thinner to the 



