ENTOLOMA. 273 



Entoloma ardosiacum. Bull. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh rather thin, campanulate then 

 convex and usually more or less umbilicate, even, moist, 

 steel-blue with a tinge of brown, at length greyish ; gills 

 slightly adnexed, cut out behind, ventricose, crowded, white 

 or greyish flesh-colonr ; stem about 3 in. long, 2 lines thick 

 at the apex, thickened towards the base, glabrous, steel- 

 blue, base white, hollow ; spores rosy, subglobose, nodulose, 

 9-10 p. diameter. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) ardosiacus, Fries, Monogr., ii. p. 295 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 121 ; Pke., Illustr., pi. 328. 



Agaricus ardosiacus, Bull., Champ., t. 348. 



In damp meadows, also under pines. 



Size very variable ; somewhat blackish when young. 

 Eesembling in colour some species of Leptonia. Known 

 from the remaining blue or grey species by the even, moist 

 pileus and long stem. A doubtful native. Cooke's figures 

 are drawn from French specimens. 



Entoloma madidum. Fr. 



Pileus 12 in. across, rather fleshy, campanulate then 

 convex, even, glabrous, moist and often viscid in rainy 

 weather, shining when dry, not hygrophanous, when young 

 blackish-violet, soot -colour when old, margin thin, inflexed, 

 slightly striate ; gills slightly adnexed, almost free, ven- 

 tricose, watery and soft, greyish-white ; stem fleshy-fibrous, 

 hollow, distinctly thickened in a clavate manner below, 

 2-3 in. long, base 4-5 lines, apex 2-3 lines thick, surface 

 fibrillose, apex naked, violet except the white base. 



Agaricus (Entoloma') madidus, Fries, Epicr., p. 143. 



Among moss, heaps of leaves, &c. 



The very strong pungent smell, resembling Bussula foeteus, 

 along with the dark colour of the pileus and stem, readily 

 stamps this species. 



Entoloma liquescens. Cooke. 



Pileus l-2i in. across, flesh uniformly thin, convex then 

 expanded and" almost plane, broadly umbonate, margin very 

 thin, wavy, smooth, even, ochraceous-yellow, disc rufous ; 

 gills free, crowded, Ij line broad, thin, white then pale 

 dingy lilac ; stem 2-3 ill. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, white, 



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