ENTOLOMA. 277 



Entoloma sericellum. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1 J in. across, flesh thin, white, convex then plane, 

 obtuse and at length depressed, often irregular, dry, even, 

 silky, at length almost glabrous, but often S'luamulose, white 

 or yellowish-white; margin of the pileus at first incurved 

 and floccose ; gills at first adnate with a decurrent tooth, 

 then separating and becoming slightly emarginate, very 

 broad, rather distant, white then flesh-colour; stem 1-2 in. 

 long, 1 line thick, equal, fibrillose, white then pallid, at 

 length somewhat polished and glabrous, imperfectly hollow, 

 waxy rather than fibrous ; spores subglobose, coarsely warted, 

 10 /* diam. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) sericellus, Fries, Epicr., p. 196; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 307. 



Among grass. 



A very distinct species, known from E. speculum, the only 

 other white Entoloma, by its smaller size and silky pileus. 



Entoloma Cookei. Ch. Eich. 



Pileus f-l2 in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc, very 

 thin elsewhere, convex then expanded, margin incurved, pale 

 reddish-orange or brick-red, everywhere covered with paler 

 raised ribs, which combine to form an irregularly polygonal 

 network ; gills adnexed, somewhat distant, \\ line broad, 

 thickish, pale flesh-colour; stem up to 1 in. long, 2 lines 

 thick, sometimes more, often slightly incurved, pale red, 

 solid ; flesh, like that of the pileus, more or less tinged rose- 

 colour ; spores globose, minutely echinulate, 8 fx, ; cystidia 

 absent. 



Entoloma Ooohei, Ch. Eich., Descript. & Dess., p. 559, t. 3, 

 £ 10-11. 



Agaricus (pluteus) phlehopJioi-us, Ditm., var. reticulatus, Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 118; Cke., Illustr., pi. 422b. 



On stumps. 



Pileus salmon-colour, reticulated with elevated, anasto- 

 mosing vibs, forming deep hexagonal pits; margin incurved; 

 stem short, curved. (Cooke.) 



Entoloma Thomson!. B. & Br. 

 Pileus from 1-2 in. across, flesh mottled, rather thick at 

 the umbo, thin elsewhere, somewhat convex then expanded^ 



