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Scries 3. — Deiimini. Sjwres ferruginous, sometimes tawny or 

 brownish.'^ 



Subgenus IG. Piioliota. — Stem furnished uith a ring. 



241. A. (Pholiota) aureus, Mathusk. ; pileus fleshy, convex, 

 obtuse, sprinkled with innate hairy scales ; stem solid, nearly 

 equal; ring narrow, spreading; gills emarginate, olivaceous, 

 then ferruginous. — Sow. t. 77 ; Hiiss. i. /. 71. 



On dead stumps. Not uncommon. Spores ferruginous. 

 Pileus 4 inches across, of a golden-tawny ; gills rounded be- 

 hind, and decurrent in the same group of specimens ; stem 

 minutely squamulose above, fibrillose below, not smooth as 

 in the character of Fries. Taste bitter. — See Observations in 

 Eng. FL 



242. A. (Pholiota) durus, Bolt. ; pileus somewhat compact, 

 convexo-plane, smooth, at length cracked into little arese; 

 margin even ; stem stuffed, hard, fibrous externally, rather 

 thickened above and mealy ; ring more or less torn ; gills 

 adnate, ventricose, livid, then of a brown-rust colour. — Bolt. 

 t.67.f.l. 



In gardens, Bolton. Brighton, Dr. Badham. Pileus pale 

 tawny, or brownish -tan. 



243. A. (Pholiota) prsecox, P. ; pileus soft, fleshy, convexo- 

 plane, obtuse, even, at length smooth ; stem stufted, then hol- 

 low, cylindric, farinoso-pubescent, at length smooth, white, as 

 well as the entire ring; gills emarginate, adnexed, crowded, 

 white, at length brownish. (Plate 8, fig. 1.) 



In gardens and pastures. Spring. Common. About two 

 inches across. Ring striate above. Paler than the last, but 

 it is very doubtful whctlicr it is really distinct. 



* The Cortinaril have red-ocliraceous spores (peroxide of ii'oii), and a veil 

 consisting of spider-web tlircads. 



