42 AGARICUS. 



Tricholoma. equal, fibrillose when dry, whitish. Gills rounded, somewhat 

 crowded, rather broad, white, at length spotted-rufous. 



Wholly becoming pale-white, but the stem and the pileus are alike marked- 

 rufous, and the gills are at length rufescent, wherefore, as well r as for the 

 strong smell of new meal, it is undoubtedly nearest to A. pessundatus. The 

 pileus is less compact than in that species. There can scarcely be a doubt 

 that this is the same species as was referred by Berkeley (Out. p. 144) to the 

 pink-spored species. When full grown it has all the appearance of Entoloma. 



On the ground. Forres. Glamis. Oct. 



Spores 6 mk. W.G.S. Namefrumentum, corn. From the mealy odour. 

 Bull. t. 571. f. i. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 59. Hym. Eur. p. 52. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 Supp. Scot. Nat. 1881, p. 34. Entoloma Berk. Out. p. 144. C. Hbk. n. 254. 

 Illust. PL 470. 



II. GENUINA. 

 * Gills not changing colour, &>c. 



75. A. rutilans Schaeff. Pileus truly fleshy, semi-ovate and 

 obtuse when young) the thin margin incurved, wholly covered over 

 with dense contimwus down, which becomes dark-purple or reddish- 

 brown ; when fuller grown campanulate, often umbonate, of one 

 colour, purple ; when fully iinfolded convexo-flattened, often 

 umbonate, light-yellow variegated with purple from the cuticle 

 being broken up into innate floccose scales, always dry; flesh 

 when quite young light-yellow, golden when broken, soft. Stem 

 fleshy, somewhat hollow, large but soft, bulbous when shorter, 

 ventricose when longer, light-yellow, beautifully variegated chiefly 

 upwards with squamulose flocci, which become purple. Gills at 

 the very first yellow and then almost adnate, crowded, the edge 

 thickened obtuse and floccose, often flexuous ; when full grown 

 thinner, broader, less crowded, golden, pallid at the sides. 



The continuous down is in a measure a universal veil. Very variable in its 

 dimensions. Splendid, very elegant, inodorous. 



In pine woods. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad. Stem 6-9 cent. (2^-3% in.) long, 1-2.5 

 cent. (Yz-i in.) thick, sometimes much larger. Spores sphaeroid-ellipsoid, 

 5-8 x 6-7 mk. K.; 6-8 x 6 mk. B.; 6x9 mk. W.G.S. Name rutilo, to 

 be reddish. Schceff. t. 219. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 59. Hym. Eur. p. 53. Berk. 

 Out. p. 99. C. Hbk. n. 49. Illust. PI. 89. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 45. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 1610. Krombh. t. 63. /. 10-12. Gonn. & Rab. t. 14. f. i. A. serra- 

 tus Bolt. t. 14. A. xerampelinus Sow. t. 31. 



76. A. variegatus Scop. Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in.) broad, 

 fleshy, when full grown flattened, very obtuse or obsoletely um- 

 bonate, fragile, sometimes wholly covered over, sometimes, but 

 more rarely, sprinkled above the pallid (becoming light-yellow) 



