130 AGARICACE^E Pholiota 



588. P. dissimulans Sacc. (from its appearing like, but differing 



from, 560 ; dissimulo, to dissemble) a c. 

 P. convex, subumbonate, buff-brown, becoming whitish. St. 



fistulose with transverse dissepiments, attenuate upwards, white. 



A. fragile. G. adnexed or adnate with a tooth, clay-brown. 

 Sticks, hawthorn, sloe. Oct.-Nov. if x i& X T 3 ff in. 



589. P. Cookei Sacc. (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) a be. 



P. convex, obtuse, viscid, dull yellowish ; sc. adpressed, faintly 

 brownish. St. solid, whitish above, fibrillose and yellowish- 

 brown at base. A. narrow. G. adnate. 



Damp places, amongst grass, stumps. Sept.-Oct. 2X2jxJin. Perhaps 

 the same as 559. 



590. P. sublutea Karst. (subluteus, yellowish) a c. 



P. flat, subumbonate, squamulose, dull brownish-yellow; sc. 



darker. St. stuffed, smooth, attenuate upwards, paler than P. 



A. narrow, spreading. G. decurrent, crowded. 

 Subcsespitose. Grassy ground. Oct. 2\ x 4^ X | in. 



591. P. eonfragosa Karst. (confragosvs, rough) a b. 



P. convexo-plane, obtuse, densely furfuraceous, red, cinnamon- 

 rufous or umber, tawny when dry; flocci fugitive, white. 

 St. hollow, shining pale warm-umber ; flocci fugitive. G. adnate 

 or subdecurrent. 



Somewhat csespitose. Fallen elm. Oct. ig X 2 X T 3 B in. Resembles 917. 



592. P. mutabilis Quel. (mutabilis, changeable) a b c. 



P. convex, obtusely umbonate, cinnamon, pale when dry, or mid. 

 deep cinnamon, with marg. straw-colour; sometimes appen- 

 diculate with V. St. pale above, cinnamon below, sub- 

 squarrose below A. A. narrow, spreading, fugitive. G. adnato- 

 decurrent, crowded. 



Sometimes eaten, taste of gingerbread. Stumps, lime, ash, sawdust. April- 

 Dec. 2 x 3f X | in. 



593. P. marginata Quel (from the striate margin of the pileus) a b c. 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, honey-colour, tan when dry. St. 



fistulose, fibrillose, paler than P. A. spreading, fugitive. 

 G. adnate or somewhat rounded. 



Solitary, gregarious, caespitose. Woods, fir, beech, pine, chips ; frequent. 

 Sept.-Dec. ij X 2 X J in. 



594. P. mustelina Quel. (from its colour ; mustella, a weasel) a. 



P. convex, dry, yellow or reddish. St. fistulose, whitish. A. 



superior, reflexed. G. adnate. 

 Solitary, subgregarious. Woods, pine, stumps. Sept. X f X ^ in. 



595. P. unieolop Gill, (from its being wholly of one colour) a c. 



Bay-brown then ochreous. 

 P. convex, subumbonate. St. fistulose, somewhat smooth. G. 



adnexed, adnate or subdecurrent. 

 Subgregarious, subcaespitose. Trunks, branches, larch. Sept. - Nov. 



i X 2 X in. 



