ENTOLOMA. 267 



Readily distinguislied by its small size, and by tlie wbite 

 pileus becoming rufescent •witb age or on drying. Smell of 

 meal. 



ENTOLOMA. Fries, (figs. 16, 17, p. 236.) 



Pileus regular, rather flesby, margin incurved at fijst ; 

 stem central, more or less fibrous ; gills adnexed, sinuate or 

 rounded behind, often seceding or separating from the stem, 

 rosy or pale salmon-colour ; spores elliptical and smooth or 

 subglobose and coarsely ■warted, rosy or salmon-colour; 

 cystidia rare ; without a distinct veil. 



Entoloma, Fries, Epicr., p. 143 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 118 (as a 

 subgenus of Agaricm). 



Known amongst the BJiodosporae by the sinuate gills. 

 Corresponding morphologically with the genera Tricholomo, 

 Seheloma, and Sypholoma. 



Growing on the ground after heavy rains ; many of the 

 species have a smell resembling meal. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



* Genuixi. 

 Pileus glabrous, moist or viscid ; not hygrophanous. 



** Leptoxidei. 



Pileus flocculose or somewhat squamulose ; absolutely dry, 

 not hygrophanous. 



*** NOLAXIDEI. 



Pileus thin, hygrophanous, somewhat silky when dry; 

 often undulate and irregular. Eesembling Nolanea, except 

 in the stem, and differing in the incurved margin of the 

 pileus. 



