Pholiota AGARICACE^E I2 ~ 



sistent. G. adnato-rounded, dark cinnamon. Flesh pale 

 livid-brownish, darker in St. 



Caespitose. Said to be edible. Stumps, elm, fir, larch. July-Sept. 

 3j X 4^ X ^ in. Perhaps a form of 570. 



572. P. eapistrata Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the annulus 



to a halter, capistrum) a b. 

 P. flat, subviscid, tan ; mid. pale sienna ; marg. rivuloso-wrinkled. 



St. stuffed, squamulose, tan-white. A. large, inrolled, persistent.' 



G. decurrent or rounded, thin, tan-white. 

 Caespitose. Said to be edible. Taste varying pleasant to unpleasant. 



Stumps, elm. Aug.-Nov. 4 x 4 x f in. Intermediate forms occur 



between this and 570 and 571. 



573. P. segerita Quel (from its frequent habitat, poplar trunks; 



Gr. aigeiros, the black poplar) a b. 



P. convex, rivuloso-wrinkled, pale buff to bright full tawny. 

 St. stuffed, sometimes substriate from the decurrent base of G. 

 tan-white, white-mealy above. A. superior, swollen. G. serru- 

 late, adnate with a tooth, fuscous. 



Caespitose. Odour pleasant. Stumps, Populus fastigiata, willow, ash, elm. 

 July-Nov. 4 X 5 X in. The " Pioppini " of Italy. 



574. P. luxurians Gill, (from its frequent luxuriant growth) a b. 



P. flat, silky, squamulose, yellowish-white then rufous. St. stuffed, 

 subsquamulose, colour as P. A. apical, fugacious. G. adnate 

 with a tooth, fuscous. 



Csespitose. Stumps, elm, poplar, oak, ash. July. 3 x 2 x f in. 



b. Squamosce. 



575. P. eomosa Quel (from the hairy scales of the pileus ; coma, 



a hair) a b. 



P. convex, obtuse, viscid, tawny ; sc. paler ; marg. appendiculate 

 with V. St. solid, bulbous, fibrillose, brassy-white. A. superior, 

 subpersistent. G. adnate or adnato-decurrent, fuscous. 



Subcaespitose. Odour faint. Stumps, beech, poplar, birch ; rare. Oct.- 

 Nov. 7 X 4^ X ij in. 



576. P. heteroelita Quel. (from the curved stem ; Gr. heteros, other, 



klino, to lean) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse, viscid when old and wet, whitish, yellowish or 

 brownish; marg. appendiculate with V. St. solid, bulbous, 

 fibrillose, whitish-brown at base. G. adnate or rounded-adnexed. 



Solitary. Odour strong and pungent of horse-radish. Trunks, birch, 

 poplar ; small examples on chips. Sept.-Nov. 5i X 3 X I in. 



577. P. aurivella Que'l. (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to 



a golden fleece ; aurum, gold, vellus, fleece) a b c. 

 P. convex, subumbonate, sulphur or deep ferruginous yellow. 



St. stuffed, fibrillose, colour as P. A. superior. G. adnate 



with a tooth or sinuato-adnexed, brown. 

 Caespitose or solitary. Odour faint. Trunks, ash, willow, beech ; uncommon. 



Sept.-Nov. 40 X 4 X J in. 



