152 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



velvety down ; gills adnate, crowded, watery cinnamou. — 

 Batsch, f. 207. 



On the ground, especially amongst firs. Common. 



253. A. (Pholiota) pximilus, Fr. ; pileus slightly fleshy, he- 

 mispherical, obtuse, even; stem fistulose, thin, subfibrillose, 

 ring rather fugacious; gills adnate, crowded, broad, yellowish. 



In woods. Rare. Wothorpe, October 1859. Pileus only a 

 few lines broad, yellowish. 



254. A. (Pholiota) mycenoides, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, 

 campanulate, then convex, deeply striate, hygrophanous, 

 smooth, as well as the fistulose, slender, ferruginous stem; 

 ring membranaceous, white ; gills adnate, rather distant, fer- 

 ruginous. — Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. vol. ii. p. 261. t. 9. /. 1 

 [A. mesodactylius) . 



On the ground, in damp dells. Rare. My plant has a white 

 stem, but, as Fries considers it the same with his A. mycenoides, 

 I am content to follow his views, 



255. A. (Pholiota) Leveillianus, Doz. and Molk. ; hard, 

 fleshy, thin, convex, umbonate, clothed with a glutinous, dark 

 brown, opaque pellicle, at length wrinkled and paler when 

 dry; stem hollow, nearly equal, fibrilloso-squamose below the 

 ring, white, with a reddish tinge ; gills broad, adnate, dccur- 

 rent, white, then pink, at length rufous. — A. jecorinus, B. and 

 Br. I. c. p. 260. 



On soil. Rare. Rushton, Northamptonshire. About 1^-2 

 inches across. 



Subgenus 17. Hebeloma. — Yeil, if present, floccose, not inter- 

 woven. Stem fleshy; gills sinuated. 



1. Cuticle fihrous, d/ry. 

 * Pileus squarrose ; stem scaly, dark. 



256. A. (Hebeloma) relicinus, Fr. : pileus fleshy, thin, co- 



