142 Pholiota. 



blattaria, Fr. P. 1 2 cm. exp. subumb. rusty, hygr. edge 

 striate ; g. rounded and free, ventricose, cinnamon ; s. 2 3 cm. equal, 

 straight, rusty, ring white ; sp. 4 x 2. 



* * Spores rusty -fuscous. 



dura, Bolton. P. 4 5 cm. rather compact, exp. glabrous, at 

 length cracked into areolae, edge even, tawny then paler ; g. adnate ; 

 s. 8 12 cm. hard, pale ochre, apex mealy, ring somewhat torn ; sp. 

 89 x 56. 



var. xanthophylla, Bres. G. sulphur yellow then umber; sp. 

 1214x78. 



praecox, Pers. P. 3 7 cm. soft, exp. obtuse, even, pallid tan ; 

 g. crowded, white then fuscescent ; s. 4 9 cm. cylindrical, downy 

 then glabrous, ring white ; sp. 8 13 x 6 7. 



var. minor, Fr. Small ; ring torn, appendiculate. 



[phragmatophylla, Guern. P. convex, depr. round broad urnbo, 

 maroon-bay then paler; g. narrow, adnato-decur. connected by 

 numerous veins ; s. tinged brown, squamulose, ring persistent, 

 whitish. 



sphaleromorpha, Bull. P. 4 7 cm. yellowish, even, soon ex- 

 panded ; g. rather broad, slightly decur. dry, yellowish then tawny ; 

 s. 5 8 cm. silky, pale, base thickened, ring distant, membranous ; 

 sp. 10x7. 



[gibberosa, Fr. P. exp. dry, tan, umbo darker; g. quite free, 

 closely crowded ; s. slender, equal, white, ring torn. 



B. TRUNCIGENI. Growing on wood, or epiphytic; 

 often clustered. 



* Pileus naked, not scaly but usually rivulose ; gills 

 pallid then rufous or fuscous. 



radicosa, Bull. Smell strong. P. 4 9 cm. equal, obtuse, even, 

 glabrous, spotted, pale greyish tan ; g. free, ventricose; s. 8 14 cm. 

 solid, rooting, mealy above, squarrosely scaly below ring ; sp. 9 x 4*5. 



pudica, Fr. P. 3 7 cm. exp. even, dry, glabrous, whitish or 

 tinged tawny ; s. 3 5 cm. solid, even, whitish, ring spreading, per- 

 sistent ; sp. 6 7 x 3'5. 



leochroma, Cke. P. 3y-6 cm. exp. glabrous, tawny ; g. adnate ; 

 s. 6 9 cm. nearly equal, solid, whitish, ring sup. tawny ; sp. . 



[radicellata, Gill. P. ovoid then convex, striate, deep yellow- 

 ochre ; g. numerous, slightly adnexed, colour of p. ; s. white, ring 



capistrata, Cke. P. 3 5 cm. edge incurved, slightly striate, pale 

 dingy yellow, rather viscid ; g. subdecur. ; s. 6 9 cm. equal, squamu- 

 lose, whitish, ring sup. spreading ; sp. - . 



[cylindracea, D. C. P. convex-gibbous, even, glabrous, rather 



