96 OUTLINES OF RRlTISIl FUNfiOLOGY. 



In woods. Rare. Wotliorp, near Stamford. Pilous U inch 

 across. 



Subgenus 3. Ahmillakta. — A^eil partial, annular. Hymeno- 

 phorura confluent with tlie stem. 



28. A. (Armillaria) ramentaceus, Bull. ; pileus fleshy^ ob- 

 tuse, dry, villoso-squamosc ; stem solid, unequal, scaly ; ring 

 inferior, made up of woven flocci; gills emarginate, crowded, 

 wliitisli, at length discoloured. — Bull. t. 595./, 3. 



On the ground. Not common. King's Cliffe. AYhitish 

 or yellowish, scales brown, odour unpleasant. Known from 

 cognate Tricholomata by its ring. 



29. A. (Armillaria) constrietus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, at first 

 convex, obtuse, even, dry, smooth, with an evanescent silky 

 lustre ; stem solid, nearly equal ; ring superior, evanescent ; 

 gills crowded, emarginate. — Bait. t. 7 B. 



In pastures Avhere the ground is bleached with urine. Rare. 

 Northamptonshire. Pure white ; odour very strong, like that 

 of fresh meal. The ring in my specimens is wanting. (See 

 Eng. n. vol. V. part 2, p. 11.) 



30. A. (Armillaria) malleus, VaJil ; pileus fleshy, at length 

 plane, clothed with fibrous scales ; margin striate ; stem elas- 

 tic ; ring floccose ; gills ending in a decurrent tooth, pallid, at 

 length mealy from the white spores, and spotted with reddish- 

 brown. (Plate 4, fig. 1 .) 



On dead stumps. Very common. Pale-rufous, more or 

 less shaded with yellow, densely cscspitose. Acrid when raw, 

 but eaten on the Continent. Sometimes, like the last, ring- 

 less. Agaricus laricinus, Bolton, is probably only a variety 

 of this species. 



31. A. (Armillaria) mucidus, Fr. ; pileus thin, convex, 

 glutinous; stem rigid, thickened at the base; ring superior. 



