282 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



thin, convex, then more or less expanded, often minutely 

 umbilicate, margin incurved, often rather wavy, hygro- 

 phanous, brownish when moist; paler, silky, and shining 

 when dry ; gills rather distant, broad, emarginate and 

 adnexed, salmon-colour ; stem 1-1^ in. long, equal, hollow, 

 fibrous, shining, colour of pileus or paler; spores irregu- 

 larly globose with a long apiculus, 7-8 /n diam. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) sericeus. Fries, Spic, p. 3; Cke., 

 Illustr., t. 320 (attachment of gills wrong). 



Among grass in pastures, &c. Somewhat resembling 

 Nolanea pascua, but distinguished by the strong mealy 

 odour and broad distant gills cut out behind. 



Gregarious, small, but rather firm, odour strong of new 

 meal, by which the present is distinguished from Ag. pascuus 

 and other allied species. Stem thin, splitting into fibres, 1-2 

 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, equal or thickened upwards, grey, 

 fibrillose. Pileus fleshy, membranaceous, convex then plane, 

 obtuse, rather repand, 1 in. and more broad, even, glabrous, 

 umber, paler when dry, and silky, margin at first involute, 

 striate. Gills broadly emarginate, slightly adnexed, hori- 

 zontal, equally attenuated from the stem to the margin, not 

 ventricose, grey, then rufescent, sides even. (Pries.) 



Entoloma nidorosum. Pr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh quite thin, convex then ex- 

 panded, at length often depressed and deformed, cracked, 

 very , fragile, everywhere glabrous, but silky-shining when 

 dry, greyish fawn-colour when fresh, livid when dry; gills 

 emarginate, almost free, 3-4 lines broad, at length distant, 

 fragile, pallid then pale flesh-colour, sometimes wavy and 

 undulated ; stem 2-3 lines long, 2-3 lines thick, stuffed, 

 almost solid, equal throughout, glabrous, even, whitish-pallid, 

 apex with white meal. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) nidorosus, Pries, Epicr., p. 148 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 125; Cke., Illustr., pi. 321. 



In woods. 



Fragile, smell alkaline, but at times almost inodorous. 



With an alkaline smell. Somewhat resembling E. rhodo- 

 polium, but much more slender, fragile. (Fries.) 



Entoloma speculum. Fr. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, convex then expanded and sub- 



