174 OUTLINES OF BllITISII FUNGOLOGY. 



** Atramentarii. — Sorneichat ringed, hut no volva, pileus 

 dotted or spotted tcith mimde innate squamules. 



5. C. atramentarius, Fr. (p. 177). Epping Forest. 



0. C. soboliferus, Fr. ; pileus submembranaceous, ovate, 

 theu expanded, truncate, spotted with scales, dirty white ; 

 stem stufi'ed, rather ventricose, tuberously rooting with 

 runners ; ring fugacious ; gills free, ventricose, pallid, 

 becoming black. 



At the base of trunks. 



7. C. fuscescens, Fr. (p. 178). 



Var. riraoso-squamosus. 



Pileus becoming cracked into angular patches. 



About stumps. 



*** PicACEi. — Universcd veil flocculose, at first continuons then 

 broken up into superficial scales ichich form patches on the 

 pileus. 



8. C. picaceus, Fr. (p. 178). Epping Forest. 



9. C. aphthosus, Fr. (p. 178). 



10. C. flocculosus, Fr, ; pileus dingy white, membrana- 

 ceous, ovate, then expanded, striate, split, covered with 

 floccose scales ; stem hollow, attenuated upwards, even, 

 white, swollen at the base ; gills free, violaceous, then 

 fuscous-black. 



In pastures and on garden ground. Rare. 



11. C. similis, B. and Br. ; pileus pallid, centre darker, 

 hygrophanous, ovato-campanulate, lineato-striate, clothed 

 with acute separating warts which are fuscous at the apex ; 

 stem hollow, white, broader at base ; gills adnate, attenu- 

 ated behind, somewhat linear, brownish near the margin. 



On trunks of dead trees. Bodelwyddan. 



