842 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Withering, ea Ccapae the pileus as ‘“ greenish-brown,’’ after 
Frie di 
Heo 
n his Hynenonyet Fivopai. 1874, p. 284, Fries returns to 
the litt and still uses the words “ squamoso”’ ‘and ‘ virescente- 
brunneo,” and torte to the bulb and persistent ring. The date is 
a d. 
now all reference to the Be <a the pileus is omitted, as well as 
to the incurved margin. The ‘‘ scurf” is referred to as ‘‘ scales, 
Stevenson describes the plant in a British Fungi- Hymeno- 
mycetes, vol. i. p. 309, 1886. He says the pileus is “ Asie the 
scales of the disc crowded, ” and as a becoming greenish-brown.” 
gee rown’ ’; or he might have translated Fries’s wid 
virescente, ” But it happens that the colour of the pileus does net 
change colour. roe only describes the gills and stem a 
becoming different in colour 
Salas ens inticas (Brit. Fung, Il. i. 896, 1892) are best 
seen by contrasted characte 
ASSEE. + aioe 
Pileus scaly. Pileu 
m spony. stuffed, whitish Sis iene: a Wat spongy, white 
n brownish. changing to brown. 
Gills pallid, chai reddish-brown. oe = sommes white, Ee 
old to dark red-bro 
r. Massee afterwards quotes Sais ft Withering’ 8 eld: 
omitting all the colours and the date. In M ’s Kur. Fung. Il. 
8, the characters of the Brit. Fun g. Fl. are repeated in an 
Siveviats form 
€ reason why A, stootind With. has remained a “ mystery’ 
for more than. a hundred is because all the transcriptions 
since Nigeortre! 8 time have been faulty. 
is 
oi the pileus, ‘‘greenish- sei n Res, pe melleus—honey colour—the 
curfy, most so in the centre” yer scaly), and 
he edge is at first « earned ie ” The gills are usually ‘decurrent,” 
aa in one well-known form (excellently illustrated amongst the 
from ‘ yellowish-white ” to “dark brown ” ; the stem is annulate, 
“white to brown,” as described by Withering, and it is frequently 
arti A good sxample with a bulbous stem is amongst the 
tish Museum Wings. As regards the date—July—A. melleus 
‘tien appears Aronia in the season ; it is common in August, whilst 
_ the majanity of ‘Species do not appear till September or October. 
