380 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Agaricus silaceus, Persoon, Syn., p. 421 ; Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 421 ; Secretan, n. 349; Cke., Hdbk., p. 202, 



On the ground, solitary, or according to Secretan, caespi- 

 tose, and springing from a common tuberous base. 



Pileus viscid, bright orange-rufous; stem 4 in. high, at 

 length hollow, solid and slightly swollen at the base; 

 smell resembling that of meal. Spores pale purple-brown. 

 (Cooke.) 



Hypholoma sublateritius. Schaeff. (fig. 16, 351.) 



Pileus 2-4 in. across, fleshy, convex then expanded and 

 almost plane, dry, almost glabrous, brick-red tinged with 

 orange, margin paler, flesh compact, whitish, thin at the 

 margin ; gills adnate, crowded, about 3 lines broad, whitish 

 then sooty-olive ; stem 3-5 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, usually 

 attenuated downwards, fibrillose, rusty or yellowish, stuffed; 

 spores elliptical, sooty-brown, 8 X 4 jn. 



Agaricus sublateritius, Schaeffer, t. 49 ; figs. 6, 7 ; Fries, 

 Hym. Eur., p. 290 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 202 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 

 657. 



On and about old stumps. Subcaespitose, taste bitter, 

 smell almost none. A very fine, showy species, somewhat 

 resembling Hypholoma fascicularis, but larger, and differing 

 in the obtuse pileus and stuffed stem. 



Var. Schaefiferi. Fries; Pileus yellow, conical then 

 depressed, rugose ; giUs narrow, decurrent, even when quite 

 young ; stem equal, hollow. 



Schaefier, Icon., t. 49, figs. 4, 5 ; Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 291 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 203. 



On trunks, &e. Smaller than the typical form, and 

 altogether yellowish. 



Var. squamosus. Cooke; Pileus convex, bright brick-red 

 shading to yellow at the margin, spotted with superficial 

 scales, flesh very thick, yellowish, gills narrowish, adnate ; 

 stem elongated, stout, pale above, ferruginous below, 

 hollow. Veil appendiculate when young ; spores elliptical, 

 8 X 4 /A. 



Agaricus (Hypholoma) sublateritius, Schaeff., var. squamosus, 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 202 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 558. 



On trunks. A very beautiful variety, larger and more 

 robust than the typical form. 



