286 FUNGUS-FLGEA. 



Pluteus hispidulus. Tr. 



Pileus about ^ in. across, flesh thin, convex_ then almost 

 plane, pilose or silky, grey, margin becoming slightly striate 

 with age ; gills free, rather distant from the stem, 1-1^ line 

 broad, salmon-colour ; stem 1-2 in. long, 1 line thick, slightly 

 incrassated at the base, even, glabrous, silvery vi^hite, hollow 

 usually incurved and ascending. 



Agaricus (Pluteus) hispidulus. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 201 ; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 116 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 304b. 



On beech trunks, &c. 



Distinguished by the small size of its grey, silky pileus. 

 Fries mentions having found this species on the soil of a 

 plant-pot in a hothouse. 



Pluteus ephebius. Fr. 



Pileus 1^2^ in. across, flesh thin, convex then almost 

 plane, margin often slightly wavy and naked, the remainder 

 covered with a bluish or grey down; gills free, rather 

 distant, 2 lines broad, yellowish salmon-colour ; stem 2-3 in, 

 long, 2-3 lines thick, about equal, usually curved and as 

 cending, whitish or tinged grey, glabrous, slightly striate 

 stuffed ; flesh like that of the pileus, white ; spores elliptical 

 smooth, 7 X 4 /i. 



Agaricus (Pluteus') ephebius. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 238 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 116; Cke., Illustr., pi. 617. 



On trunks, &c. 



Fries says the pileus is often brownish-violet. Closely 

 allied to P. cervinus, but distinguished by the minutely downy 

 or velvety pileus. 



Allied to Pluteus cervinus, but smaller, pileus at first 

 villose, at length flocoose, bluish ; stem also bluish, stuffed, 

 glabrous, or striate from adpressed fibrils ; margin of pileus 

 somewhat wavy, but not fimbriate as in P. ibmbrosus ; margin 

 of gills coloured like the remainder. (Fries.) 



Pluteus salicinus. Pers. 

 Pileus %-l in. across, flesh thin, convex then almost plane, 

 rather umbonate, bluish or with a green tinge, disc darker 

 and floccosely rugose; gills free, 1^ line broad, pinkish 

 salmon-colour ; stem about 1 in. long, 1^-2 lines thick, often 

 curved and ascending, bluish or greenish, then grey or white, 

 solid. 



