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thick, solid, firm, but spongy within, white, thickened at the base Pholiota. 

 and fusiform-rooted ; concentrically scaly below the distant, rather 

 erect, entire ring, the scales erect, floccose ; mealy-pruinate at 

 the apex. Gills rounded behind, somewhat free, very crowded, 6 

 mm. (3 lin.) broad, pallid, then together with the spores rufescent- 

 ferruginous. 



The pileus becomes spotted-rufous with the shed ferruginous spores. Smell 

 strong, sweetish, pleasant ; taste peculiar. Solitary or gregarious, not 

 caespitose. 



In woods about stumps. Frequent. Aug.-Oct. 



Smell like that of prussic acid. M.J.B. Berkeley notes that the gills are 

 more adnate than free. Spores 8x4 mk. W.G.S. Name radix, root. 

 From its rooting stem. Bull. t. 160. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 308. Hym, Eur. p. 

 218. Berk. Out. p. 150. C. Hbk. n. 291. Illust. PL 361. S. Mycol. Scot, 

 n. 275. Krombh. t. 62. /. 6-10. 



499. A. pudicus Bull. Pileus fleshy, convexo-expanded, obtuse, 

 even, dry, smooth. Stem solid, somewhat equal, even, the 

 spreading ring persistent. Gills rounded-adnate, ventricose, 

 'whitish then taw r ny. 



Single or caespitose, rather large, stem often excentric and incurved at the 

 base. According to the figure of Bulliard the disc is sprinkled with white 

 pruina. 



On elder-trunks, &c. Uncommon. June. 



White or slightly tawny. Pileus 5-10 cent. (2-4 in. ) broad. Stem thick ; 

 cuticle sometimes cracked. Spores 6x8 mk. W.G.S. Name pudicu s, 

 modest. A. albus Bull. t. 597. /. 2. R.S. Letell. t. 664. B. fulvellus Bull, 

 t- 597- / L.O. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 218. Berk. Out. p. 150. C. Hbk. n. 292. 

 Illust. PL 362. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 276. Husseyu. t. 31. Batt. t. 8. A. 



500. A. leochromus Cke. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, 

 bright tawny, galer (whitish) at the margin, fleshy, convexo-plane, 

 at length depressed, soft, smooth, not shining, generally rivulose 

 from the cracking of the cuticle. Stem 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 

 slender, solid, fibrous, internally amber-brown at the base, exter- 

 nally paler, white above, nearly equal, smooth, shining. Ring 

 persistent, tawny. Gills rounded, adnate, slightly ventricose, 

 pallid then cinnamon. 



Caespitose. Spores profuse. Allied to A. pudicus and A. capistratus, but 

 differing in habit and structure from both. Esculent. 



On elm-stumps. Highgate, 1862. July. 



It approaches the tawny variety of A. pudicus, Fr. Name Ae'wv, a lion ; 

 Xp<Va, colour. Cooke in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1863. /. 3. f. 3. Hbk. n. 293. 

 Illust. PL 363. B. & Br. n. 1002. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 218. 



