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stem ; gills subdccurrcut, crowded, narrow^ pale olive, then 

 ferruginous. — Sow. t. 284; Huss. i. t. 8. 



On trunks of trees. Very common, Csespitose. Pilcus 

 brownish-tawny, 3 inches across. Very handsome. There 

 are one or two varieties with less squarrose scales. 



249. A. (Pholiota) adiposus, Fr. ; pilous compact, couvexo- 

 plane, obtuse, yellow, glutinous, and rough with superficial, 

 evanescent, concentric, darker scales, as well as the stuffed, 

 somewhat bulbous stem ; gills adnatc. broad, yellow, then fer- 

 ruginous. (Plate 8, fig. 2.) 



On beech and ash trunks. Extremely beautiful, growing in 

 large tufts ; coloured like a ripe pine-apple. 



250. A. (Pholiota) flammans, Fr. ; pilcus fleshy, couvexo- 

 plane, somewhat umbonate, dry, clothed with superHcial, hairy, 

 paler scales; stem stufied, then hollow, equal, somewhat flex- 

 uous, rough with scales; ring entire, yellow, as well as the 

 fixed, crowded, very entire gills. 



In pine-woods. Scotland. Pileus tawny, scales yellow. 

 A very pretty species. 



251. A. (Pholiota) mutabilis, S chaff. ; pileus fleshy, con- 

 vex, then flattened out, turning pale ; margin thin ; stem rigid, 

 stuff'ed, then hollow, rough with scales, dark brown at the 

 base; gills adnato-dceurrent, croAvdcd, pale, then cinnamon. 

 (Plate 8, fig. S.)~Huss. ii. t. 27. 



On trunks of trees, especially lime-stumps, or on the ground. 

 Not uncommon. The changeable, smooth, cinnamon-coloured 

 pileus easily distinguishes this species, which varies much in 

 size. 



252. A. (Pholiota) marginatus, Batsch ; pilcus slightly 

 fleshy, convex, expanded, smooth, moist, h ygrophanous ; mar- 

 gin striate ; stem fistulose, soft, not scaly, pruinosc above the 

 fugitive ring, darker at the base, and clothed with white 



