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325. A. offuciatus Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, at first Omphaiia. 

 dark then ^3\z flesh- colour, becoming pale, almost whitish, when 

 old and dry, slightly fleshy, convex then piano-depressed, even, 

 smooth, hygrophanous. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 

 lin.) thick, remarkably cartilaginous, Jistulose, equal, round when 

 young, then compressed, smooth, reddish, obsoletely pruinate at 

 the apex. Gills moderately decurrent, plane, straight, crowded, 

 narrow, of the same colour as the pileus. 



The pileus is not so deeply umbilicate as in the rest of this group. The 

 gills change colour from dark to pale flesh as the pileus does. Almost the 

 habit of A. dryophilus. There are commonly 2-3 individuals joined together 

 in a fasciculate manner. 



Under beech, &c. Coed Coch, 1880. 



Name offucia, a wash or paint. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 181. Hym. Eur. p. 156. 

 Icon. t. 72.7. 3. B. & Br. n. 1852. C. Illust. PL 287. 



** PYXIDATI. Gills slightly distant, narrow, &c. 



326. A. chrysophyllus Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) and 

 more broad, very hygrophanous, yellow -fuscous when moist, 

 tan-hoary or hoary-whitish when dry, somewhat membranaceous, 

 flaccid, at the first deeply iimbilicate, the spreading border some- 

 what reflexed, flocculose, somewhat squamulose. Stem 2.5-5 

 cent. (1-2 in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, tough, soon fistulose, 

 equal, somewhat incurved, even, very smooth, somewhat rooted 

 at the villous base, golden egg-yellow, colour unchangeable. Gills 

 truly decurrent, distant, broad, distinct, persistently golden egg- 

 yellow. 



Spores wholly white. Comparatively large, gregarious. The gills are 

 broader than those of species nearest to it. 



On pine sawdust. Glamis, 1884. Oct. 



When moist the umbilicus is darker than the rest of the pileus. Name 

 xpucros, gold; <f>v\\ov, a leaf. With golden gills. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 181. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 156. Icon. t. 74. f. i. 



327. A. Postii Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - (*- 2 in O and more 

 broad, bright orange, membranaceous, at the first umbilicate, 

 then depressed, even, smooth, but convex and striate towards the 

 margin. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) and more 

 thick, fistulose, remarkably equal, tense and straight, even, 

 smooth, becoming light yellow. Gills deeply and truly decur- 

 rent, 2 mm. (i lin.) broad, linear, arcuate, whitish. 



Readily distinguished from all neighbouring species by the bright orange 

 colour of the smooth pileus. 



