ENTOLOMA. 277 



Entoloma sericellum. Fr. 



Pileus |-l in. across, flesh thin, white, convex then plane, 

 obtuse and at length depressed, often irregular, dry, even, 

 silky, at length almost glabrous, but often s juamulose, white 

 or yellowish- white ; margin of the pileiis at first incurved 

 ;rnd floccose ; gills at first adnate with a decurrent tooth, 

 then separating and becoming slightly emarginate, very- 

 broad, rather distant, white then flesh-colour; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, 1 Hue thick, equal, fibrillose, white then pallid, at 

 length somewhat polished and glabrous, imperfectly hollow, 

 waxy rather than fibrous ; spores subglobose, coarsely warted, 

 10 p. diam. 



Agaricus (Entoloma*) sericellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 196; Cke., 

 Jllustr., pi. 307. 



Among grass. 



A very distinct species, known from E. speculum, the only 

 other white Entoloma, by its smaller size and silky pileus. 



Entoloma Cookei. Ch. Eich. 



Pileus -H in. across, flesh rather thick at the diso, very 

 thin elsewhere, convex then expanded, margin incurved, pale 

 reddish-orange or brick-red, everywhere covered with paler 

 raised ribs, which combine to form an irregularly polygonal 

 network; gills adnexed, somewhat distant, l^ line broad, 

 thickish, pale flesh-colour; stem up to 1 in. long, 2 lines 

 thick, sometimes more, often slightly incurved, pale red, 

 solid ; flesh, like that of the pileus, more or less tinged rose- 

 c >lour ; spores globose, minutely echinulate, 8 //, ; cystidia 

 absent. 



Entoloma Cookei, Ch. Eich., Descript. & Dess., p. 559, t. 3, 

 f. 10-11. 



Agaricus (pluteus) phlebophorus, Ditm., var. reticulatus, Cke., 

 ILlbk., p. 118; Cke., Illustr., pi. 422n. 



On stumps. 



Pileus salmon-colour, reticulated with elevated anasto- 

 mosing ribs, forming deep hexagonal pits; margin incurved; 

 s:om short, curved. (Cooke.) 



Entoloma Thomson!. B. & Br. 



Pilens from 1-2 in. across, flesh mottled, rather thick at 

 (he umbo, thin elsewhere, somewhat convex then expanded, 



