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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt:... p. 22; Cke., Illustr., pi. 71. On the ground, under pines, &c. Colour of pileus variable, pallid, whitish, or with a yellowish or rufescent tinge, squamules and the punctate disc darker. Smell unpleasant. (Fries.)-ü«3 Armillaria haematites. B. & Br. Pileus about 1 in. across, fleshy; hemispherical then more or loss expanded, liver-coloured, rather hispid when dry; gills adnato-decurrent, narrow, whitish with a red tinge; stem 1-2 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, thickened at the base, solid, coloured like the pileus, whitish above the superior, spongy ring. Agaricus (Armillaria') haematites, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 1635; Cke., Hdbk., p. 22; Cke., Illustr., pi. 45. Q _ Among fir leaves. Distinguished by its peculiar colour. Stem sometimes in. thick at the base, scaly below the ring. Flesh of pileus and stem reddish. Armillaria constricta. Fr. Entirely white; pileus up to 2 in. across, flesh not thick, but compact, convex then plane, obtuse, dry, glabrous, but covered with a delicate silkiness from the veil when young, never broken up into squamules; gills emarginate or rounded, sometimes adnexed or altogether free, very much crowded and narrow, unequal; stem 11-2 in. long, up to in. thick, equal or thickened at the base, solid, fibrous, squamulose or fibrillose, ring narrow, near the apex. Agaricus (Armillaria) constrictus, Epicr., p. 22; Cke., Illustr., pi. 46; Cke., Hdbk., p. 23. Among grass in sunny places: especially where the grass has been scorched by urine. Margin of pileus incurved and downy when young, every part becoming pallid when old; firm; smell resembling new meal. (Fries.) A much stouter fungus than Armillaria subcava. Gills more or less decurrent. Armillaria mellea. Vahl. Pileus 2-5 in. across, disc fleshy, remainder t...