210 FUKGUS-FLOEA. 



fl Gills yellow, then pure ferruginous or tawny. 



■*** Mygrophani. — Gills cinuamon (not at first yellow). 



C. MusciGENi. — Hygroplianotis. Analogous to Galera, 

 ■with a ring. 



A. HUMIGENI. 

 * Eudermini. 



Pholiota aurea. Matt. 



Pilens 4-6 in. across, hemispherical then expanded, fleshy 

 \)\\t not compact, soft, obtuse, rather velvety at first, then 

 toin into minute sqiiamnles, bright tawny-yellow or more or 

 less oohraceous, gills adnexed then almost free, 8-4 lines 

 broad, ventricose, connected by veins, pale tawny-ferruginous ; 

 stem 5-8 in. long, -?,— §- in. thick, almost equal, even, more or 

 less covered with ferruginous, scurfy, separating particles 

 below the ring, solid, pale; ring variable, small or ample,, 

 orect then spreading; spores elliptical, tawny-ferruginous, 

 10 X 5 /i. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) aureus, Mattusoh., Sil., p. 351 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 140 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 346. 



Agaricus (Fholiota) aureus, Matt., var. Herefordiensis, Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 347. 



On the ground. Subcaespitose. 



A^ery handsome; the flesh thin in proportion to the size 

 of the pileus, soft, white, becoming yellowish. The spores 

 are shed copiously, powdering the distant ring and apex of 

 tlie stem. Eing sometimes ample, radiato-striate, veined. 

 (Fries.) 



Var. Vahlii, Sebum., Fl. Danica, t. 1496; pileus even, 

 glabrous ; gills almost free. 



Differs more especially from the typical form in the smooth 

 pileus. 



Pholiota caperata. Pars. 

 Pileus 3-5 in. across, flesh thin, ovate then expanded, 

 obtuse, moist, viscid only when moist, covered with super- 

 ficial white particles, more or less bright yellow; gills 



