150 OUTLINES OF URITISU FUNGOLOGV. 



244. A. (Pholiota) radicosus, Bull. ; pilcus flcslij^ equal, 

 obtuse, at first shining spotted with adpvesscd scales ; stem 

 solid, rooting, mealy above the distant ring, concentrically 

 scaly below ; gills ventricosc, pallid, then reddish-brown. — 

 Bull. t. 160. 



In woods. Not uncommon. Pilcus 3 inches or more 

 across, of a dirty pale-ochre; gills adnatc, but free according 

 to Fries, whose character is perhaps taken from Bulliard. 

 Smell like that of prussic acid. 



245. A. (Pholiota) pudicus, Bull. ; pilcus fleshy, convex, 

 then expanded, obtuse, dry, smooth; stem solid, nearly equal, 

 even ; ring spreading, persistent ; gills rounded behind, ad- 

 nexed, vcntricose, whitish, then tawny. — Hiiss. ii. /. 31. 



On elder-trunks, etc. Not common. Canterbury, etc. 

 Pileus sometimes rivulose, dirty- white. Esculent. 



246. A. (Pholiota) comosus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, convex, ob- 

 tuse, viscid, sprinkled with evanescent, superficial, floccosc 

 scales ; stem solid, somewhat bulbous, white, as well as the 

 evanescent floccose ring ; gills quite entire, subdccurrcnt, 

 wdiite, then of a brownish clay-colour. — Bolt. t. 42. 



On trunks. I know nothing of this species. 



247. A. (Pholiota) aurivellus, Batsch ; pilcus fleshy, cam- 

 panulate at first, then convex, gibbous, slightly viscid, variegated 

 Avith close-pressed darker scales ; stem stuffed, nearly equal, 

 curved, sprinkled with brownish, ferruginous, close-pressed 

 scales ; ring rather distant ; gills sinuated behind, fixed, 

 white, then straw-coloured, and finally ferruginous. — Batsch, 

 f. 115. 



On trunks of trees. Rare. Pileus tawny, 3 inches across. 



248. A. (Pholiota) squarrosus, Mi'iU. ; pileus fleshy, caui- 

 panulate, then convex, expanded, dry, rough with squarroso, 

 crowded, innate, dark, rcvolute scales, as well as the attenuated 



