PDOUOTA. 213 



dilute ochraceoTis, paler upwards, hollow : ring distant from 

 the apex, entire, spreading; spores elliptical, S x 3-5 /u 



Agaricus toffularis, BalliaTd, Champ. Fr., t. 595, f. 2; 

 Tries, Hym. Eur., p. 216; Fries, Icon., t. lOi; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 141 ; i:t;e., ninstr., pi. 350. 



Agaricus mesodaetylvs, B. & Br., Ann. Xat. Hist., n. 6S1, 

 t. ts f. 1. 



Amongst grass, in gardens, etc. 



Yery variable. Slender, size very variable. Gregarious. 



Pholiota blattaria. Fr. 



Pileus ^— f in. acT-ss, flesh thin, campanulate, soon flattened, 

 rather umbonate, glabrous, fermginous, hygrophanous. mar- 

 gin striate; gills rounded behind and free, ventricose. crowded, 

 1 line broad, watery cinnamon: stem 1-1 i- in. long, 1 line 

 thick, equal, straight, white, hollow ; ring distant, silky, 

 entire, white ; spores elliptical, 4 x 2 /j.. 



Agarinis (Pholiota) hlattaria. Fries. >vst. Mvc, i. p. 246 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 373; Cke., Ulustr., pi. 11728. 



In gardens, A'c. 



Elegant, small, very distinct, but requires to be carefully 

 distinguished from small forms of Pholiota togularis. 



Grassy places by paths. .Small, but pretty, stem fistulose, 

 Ih in. long, scarcely 1 line thick, equal, straight, rather fra- 

 gile, below the distant, medium, entire, reflexed ring, silky 

 and white. Pileus rather fleshy, thin, convex when young 

 then plane, obtuse or obtusely umbonate. yellowish-tan, disc 

 dai-ker, almost ferruginous, ^1 in. broad, not more, margin 

 stiiate, even when dry and becoming pale. Flesh similarly 

 coloured, very thin. GiJls rounded behind, free, ventricose, 

 1 line broad, crowded, quatemate, watery cinnamon. Spores 

 ferruginous. Eesembles a Galera with a ring. (Fries.j 



»» Phaeoti 



Pholiota dura. Bolton. 

 Pileus 2 in. across, fleshy, rather compact, convexo-plane, 

 smooth, at length cracked, margin even, tawny-tan, becoming 

 fuscous ; gills adnate, slriato-decurrent with a tooth, 3-5 

 lines broad, livid then rusty-brown; stem li-2 in. long, 4-43 

 lines thick; thickest at the apes where it is mealy, some- 



