Hypholoma AGARICACE^: ^ 



832. Intermediate forms occur between this and 832 and 833. Some- 

 times sold for the mushroom. Used for inferior ketchup. Var. Ifiocephalum 

 Mass. P. mid. rugged, much smaller than type. 



d. Flocculosce. 



835. H. caseum Que'l. (from its grey and white colours ; cascus, 



old) a b. Fragile. 



P. hemispherical, obtuse, dull greyish-ochre or ochre; marg. 

 paler, appendiculate with white V. St. hollow, fibrillose, 

 white. G. ascending, adnexo-rounded, arid, at first pale dove- 

 colour then blackish-brown, edge whitish. 



Gregarious or csespitose. Pastures. July, i^ X 3^ X & in. 



836. H. punctulatum Mass, (from the squamuloso-punctate pileus) a. 

 P. convex, pallid, shaded yellowish, brownish or white sulphur ; 



sc. dot-like, pale. St. stuffed, punctiform-squamulose from 

 base to A., colour as P. ; sc. faintly rufescent. G. sinuato- 

 adnate, subcrowded, pale umber to whitish-sienna. Flesh 

 colour as P. Spores brown. 



Densely csespitose. Chips, sawdust, rotten twigs. if X if X \ in. 

 Berkeley, Cooke and Massee assign this plant to the present position. 

 Kalchbrenner places it in Pholiota near 578. Fries includes it in Stropharia 

 after 816. 



e. Appendiculate. 



837. H. LANARIPES Sacc. (from the woolly stem; lana, wool, 



pes, a foot) a b c. 



P. expanded, obtuse, thin, tough, apt to split, somewhat hairy- 

 scaly, atomate, rugose, tawny or brownish ; marg. appendiculate 

 with white V. St. hollow, fibrous, striate above, subfibrillose 

 or tomentoso-squarrose below. G. adnato-ascending, at first 

 white, then pale-brown, at length purplish-brown. 



Subcoespitose. Soil in conservatories. June-July. 3^ X 4^ X J in. 



838. H. Candolleanum Que'l. (after Alphonse de Candolle) a b c. 



P. flat, obtuse, depressed, smooth, apt to split, thin, brown, 

 becoming white ; mid. ochreous. St. hollow, striate above, 

 white. G. adnexo- or adnato-rounded, ventricose, serrulate, 

 fuscous-cinnamon. Flesh white. 



Gregarious, csespitose. Taste slightly styptic, disagreeable or none ; 

 odour strong. Stumps, elm, on the ground; frequent. April-Nov. 

 3 X 3& X i in - Firmer than 839. 



839. H. appendieulatum Que'l. (from the appendiculate veil at the 



margin of the pileus) a b c. 

 P. hygrophanous, expanded, rugose, thin, apt to split, atomate, 



faintly ochreous-white ; mid. ochreous. St. fistulose, pruinate 



above, white. G. adnato-rounded, purplish flesh-colour or 



brownish. 

 Csespitose. Stumps, sticks, under elm, on the ground ; common. June-Oct. 



3 X 3f X in. Thinner and more fragile than 838. 



