Pascuense, pertaining to pastures; referring to its habitat.
The pileus is convex, becoming nearly plane, viscid when moist, obscurely innately fibrillose; brownish-clay, often darker or rufescent in the center, the margin in the young plant slightly whitened by the thin webby veil; the margin of the cap more or less irregular, flesh white, the taste mild, odor weak.
The gills are close, rounded behind, adnexed, whitish, becoming pale ochraceous.
The stem is short, firm, equal, solid, fibrillose, slightly mealy at the top, whitish or pallid.
The spores are pale ochraceous, subelliptical. I found the plants in Figure 222 on Cemetery Hill late in November. It is a very low plant, growing under the pine trees and keeping close to the walks. The whitened margin of the young plant is a very good ear-mark by which to know this species.
Pluteolus. Fr.
Pluteolus means a small shed. It is the diminutive of pluteus, a shed or penthouse, from its conical cap.
The pileus is rather fleshy, viscid, conical or campanulate, then expanded; margin at first straight, adpressed to the stem. Stem somewhat cartilaginous, distinct from the hymenophore. Gills free, rounded behind.
Pluteolus reticulatus. Pers.
Reticulatus means made like a net; from rete, a net, so called from the net-like appearance of veins on the cap.