234 BRITISH FUNGI 



E. feriUis. — Cap 4-6 in. across, soon plane, pulverulently scaly, 

 pallid reddish or \ery pale reddish ochre, edge paler ; gills rather 

 close, broad, pale Hesh-colour ; stem 4-5 in. long, almost equal 

 except the somewhat bulbous base, fibrillose and somewhat 

 squamulose, whitish. 



Smell resembling new meal. The largest of our species of f^/o/oma. 

 Differs from E. lividiis in the cap being broken up into pul- 

 verulent squamules. 



On the ground in woods. Subgregarious. 



E. scriccUmn. — Cap .^-i{ in. across, often irregular, almost smooth 

 or squamulose, silky white or tinged yellow ; gills broad, rather dis- 

 tant, white, then flesh-colour ; stem 1-2 in. long, fil^.rillosc, then 

 smooth and polished, white. 



Differs from E. speculum, the only other white species, in the 

 silky cap and smaller size. 



Among grass. Common. 



E. rhodopoliiim. — Cap 2-5 in. across, somewhat umbonate or 

 gibbous, then plane or depressed, brown, then pale, silky-shining, 

 gills broad, white, then ros}' ; stem 2-4 in. long, white, apex mealy, 

 remainder smooth. 



In woods. Smell strong. Fragile. 



E. majalis. — Cap i|-3 in. across, somewhat umbonate, smooth, 

 even ; edge wa^'y, cinnamon-colour, ochraceous when dry ; gills 

 crowded, edge crenate, pallid, then rosy flesh-colour ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, twisted, striate, whitish, fibrillose. 



Tufted, stems often growing together at the base. 



In fir woods, among moss, etc. 



E. nidorosum (PI. XVII, fig. 3). — Cap 2-3 in. across, at length 

 often depressed and deformed, smooth, greyish fawn-colour, livid 

 and silky-shining when dry ; gills broad, becoming distant and often 

 wavy, pallid, then pale flesh-colour ; stem 2-3 in. long, equal, 

 smooth, whitish. 



Fragile. Smell alkaline, sometimes only weak. 



In woods. 



E. speculum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, becoming expanded and sub- 

 depressed, edge incurved, wavy, pallid when moist, shining white 

 when dry ; gills broad, distant, pale flesh-colour ; stem 2-;] in. 

 long, striate, shining white. 



Easily known b}^ the shining white cap and stem when dry. 



Among grass, fallen twigs, etc. 



** Stem coloured. 



E. placenta. — Cap 1-2 in. across, soon expanded and orl)icular, 

 umbonate, even, smooth, brown ; gills crowded, white, then pale 

 flesh-colour ; stem 2-3 in. long, entirely fibrous, fibrillose, brown. 



Known by the remarkably flattened cap, depressed round the 

 umbo, and the edge inturned. 



