Entoloma AGARICACE^: 



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489a. E. Cookei Ch. Richon (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) a. 



P. convex, expanded, pale reddish- or sienna-orange or brick- 

 red, reticulate all over with raised pale yellowish ribs ; marg. 

 incurved. St. solid, often slightly incurved, almost central, 

 whitish, shaded pale yellowish. G. adnexed, subdistant, 

 thickish, pale salmon. FUsh thick at disc of P., thin elsewhere, 

 colour as G. 



Stumps. Autumn. 1$ X I X ^ in. Cooke described this as a form of 

 471, but Ch. Richon arid Massee have made it an Entoloma. J[ have 

 followed them with great doubt, thinking it more probably an afmormal 

 form of 41 2. 



490. E. Thomsonii Sacc. (after Dr. Thomson) a. 



P. flat, umbonate, velvety, grey ; mid. reticulato-ribbed. St. sub- 

 hollow, tomentose, paler than P. G. adnexed, salmon. 

 Amongst grass in plantations. Autumn. i x i X ^ in. 



c. Nolanidece. 



491. E. clypeatum Quel. (from the shape of the pileus ; clypeus, a 



shield) a b c. 



P. flat, umbonate, umber or grey-brown, streaked darker. St. 

 stuffed or hollow, paler than P. or almost white. G. adnexo- 

 rounded, salmon or shaded greyish or brownish. 



Solitary or caespitose. Woods, gardens, waste places ; frequent. April-Oct. 

 3i X 4l X | in. 



492. E. nigroeinnamomeum Sacc. (from the blackish-cinnamon 



colour of the pileus) a b. 

 P. flat, umbonate, moist, shining, silky when dry. St. hollow, 



fibrillose, grey-brown. G. emarginato-rounded, reddish-salmon. 

 Gregarious. Odour of new meal. Pastures, amongst grass and heather. 



Oct. 3& X 2 X in. 



493. E. rhodopolium Quel. (from its occasionally rosy-grey colour ; 



Gr. rhodon, a rose, polios, grey) a b c. 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, varying pale to dark fuscous, livid, 



brown or purplish-brown. St. stuffed or hollow, smooth, 



whitish. G. sinuate, rose. 

 Odour rank of new meal, of 1527, of nitric acid or none. Woods ; 



frequent. May-Oct. 2& x 3f X in. 



494. E. pluteoides Karst. (from its resemblance to Pluteus) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, pale purplish-slate. St. hollow, 

 fibrillose, whitish. G. emarginato-adnexed, crowded, salmon. 

 Stumps. 2 x 3! x J in. 



495. E. majale Karst. (from its appearance in May) a. 



P. campanulate, subumbonate, dark ochreous or brown, becoming 

 pale. St. hollow, whitish. G. free, salmon. Flesh very thin. 



Subcsespitose. Meadows, open woods, mossy places in fir-woods ; rare. 

 April-May. 3^ X 3 X | in. 



