OCHROSPORiE 
129 
S. 2-3 in., slender, attenuated upwards, straight, hollow, 
yellow. Solitary, or in twos and threes. On dung and 
amongst grass in sum. and aut. Common. 
B. titubans ( titubans , shaking—from its tottering habit), 
“ The Shaker.” 
P. up to 1 in., membranaceous, plicate, pale yellow, 
deeper in the centre. G. slightly adnexed, distant, pale, 
then salmon colour. S. 2-4 in., slender, shining, straight, 
hollow, yellowish. An elegant, fragile little species, 
common amongst grass, near rotten stumps, etc., in sum. 
and aut. 
PLUTEOLUS 
(Diminutive of Pluteus, a genus of the Rhodosporse) 
P. reticulatus (from the network of veins on the pileus). 
Plate XLI. 12. 
P. 1-1J in., bell-shaped, then plane, viscid, surface 
vaguely veined, margin striate, greyish-lilac. G. free, 
crowded, rusty saffron. S. 1^-2 in., slender, fragile, hollow, 
white. Spore mass ferruginous. On dead wood. Rare. 
PHOLIOTA 
(Gr. pholis , a scale—from the scaly pileus) 
P. squarrosa ( squarvosus , rough—from the scaly pileus). 
Plate XL. 3. 
P. 2-4 in., fleshy, dry, reddish-yellow, covered with 
darker, erect, revolute hairs, collected in the form of scales. 
G. slightly decurrent, crowded, pale olive, then ferruginous. 
5 . 3-6 in., stout, attenuated below, ascending, pale tawny- 
brown, covered with darker recurved scales, stuffed. R. 
brown, ragged; the stem is smooth above it. Usually 
strong smelling, like rank cheese. Common on trunks of 
various trees and on stumps, except in win ., in large 
dense tufts. 
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