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1408. M. Vaillantii Fr. (after Leon Vaillant, French botanist) abc.
P. tough, arid, plicato-rugose, whitish or pale yellowish.
St. stuffed, attenuate downwards, date-brown, paler or whitish
above, blackish below. G. adnate, subdecurrent broad
distant, white.
Odour none. On dead wood, fallen twigs, leaves. Sep t.-O ct. f x i J X A i n .
1409. M. angulatus B. & Br. (from the angular folds of the pileus) a b.
P. plicato-angular, fuscous-whitish or yellowish; mid. pale
brownish. St. slightly enlarged above and below, base hairy
nifescent-grey or white above, brown-black below. G. adnexed
distant, whitish. ’
On grass, submerged rushes, roots, on sandhills. A ug. J x i X A in.
1410. M. languidus Fr. (from its weak substance; langueo, to be
weak) a.
P. slightly fleshy, umbilicate, flocculose, rugoso-sulcate, whitish
light yellowish, or somewhat flesh-colour. 57. stuffed, attenuate
downwards, naked, pallid to fuscous, white villous at base.
G. adnate to decurrent, veined, white.
Gregarious. Odour none. On dead grass, twigs. ® X | X A « .
1411. M. foetidus Fr. (from its fetid odour) abc .
P. convex to flat, umbilicate, striato-plicate, bay-brown-tawny or
yellowish-sienna; mid. almost black. 57. fistulose, attenuate
downwards, sometimes with a small floccose tubercle at base,
deep brown, almost black below. G. adnexed to subdecurrent)
distant, veined, yellowish-rufescent or salmon. Flesh clareh
brown, becoming pale.
Odour strong o f burnt flannel or horse-radish, very fetid Dead twivs
rotten branches, etc. ; rare. A u g .-J an . i® x X A « • ’
1411a. M. lagopinus Post ex Fr. (from the squamulose base of the
stem; Gr. lagopous, hare’s foot) a.
P. convex, then plane, even, glabrous, pallid. 57. slender, equal,
whitish, upper half glabrous, lower half with white spreading
sq. G. adnate, slightly ventricose, straw-colour.
Gregarious. Dead branches. Oct. ® X ® X A in-
1412. M. amadelphus Fr. (from its nearness to 1413; Gr. an
together, adelphos, a brother) a c. Pale buff. ’
P. arid, convex to plane, umbilicate, striate; mid. darker.
St. stuffed, equal, sometimes with an almost obsolete tubercle.
G. adnato-decurrent, distant.
Gregarious. Odour none. Dead branches, tw ig s ; rare S e n t -D e c
I X i X A in- r ■ ■
1413. M. ramealis Fr. (from its habitat; ramus, a branch) abc .
P. arid, convex to plane, obtuse or depressed, white; mid.
rufescent. St. stuffed, whitish, rufescent at base, sometimes
with a small tubercle. G. adnate, subdistant, whitish.
Densely gregarious. Odour none. Dead twigs, branches, burnt sticks,
juniper, willow, bramble ; common. May-Jan. J X ® X A in-
1414. M. eandidus Fr. (from its white colour ; candidus, shining white)
abc.
P. campanulate to expanded or depressed, becoming sulcato-
rugulose, wholly white or with mid. pale brown. 57. stuffed,
base floccose, white with a brownish base or wholly white. G.
adnexed, ventricose, distant.
Gregarious, twigs, rotten stems, pine, cedar, leaves. Sept.-Nov. | x JXg \ i n .
B.
d. Chordales.
1415. M. alliaeeus Fr. (from its odour of garlic, allium) abc .
P. campanulate to expanded, subumbonate, smooth, dry, striate,
white or faintly ochre to fuscous. 57. fistulose, minutely
velvety, blackish or deep dull purple, paler above. G.
adnexed, ventricose, subdistant, whitish or fuscous-whitish.
Odour strong, persistent. Woods, leaves, rotten wood ; frequent. Aug.-
Oct. I® X 4 X A « -
1416. ffl. eaulieinalis Fr. (from its habitat—growing on stalks and
stems ; caulis, a stem) abc.
P. striate, bright or dull yellow or yellowish-sienna. St. fistulose,
equal, floccoso-villous, sulphur above, dark sienna below. G.
adnato-decurrent, subdistant, veined, pallid light yellow or
pale sulphur.
Taste very bitter. On fir-cones, leaves, etc.; rare. Aug.-Nov.
I X I® X Pg in.
1417. ffl. torquatus Fr. (from the sometimes twisted stem ; torqueo,
to twist) a b.
P. membranous, campanulate, obtuse, plicato-sulcate, whitish;
mid. bright sienna. 57. hollow, smooth, shining, base dilated-
tuberculose, ivory. G. adnate, distant, thick, connected by
veins, forming a collar near St., white. Flesh in P. pale sienna,
elsewhere white.
Stems and leaves. Autumn. 3® X I® X ® in.
e. Rotulee.
1418. ffl. rotula Fr. (from the resemblance of the pileus—seen from
below—to a little wheel ; rota, a wheel) abc.
P. arid, hemispherical, umbilicato-depressed, whitish or brownish ;
marg. undulato-crenulate. St. fistulose, horny, often branched,
sometimes barren, blackish, paler above. G. adnate to a free
collar, broad, few, distant, white.
Gregarious or cæspitose, with root-like branches. Dead twigs, stumps, old
roots, branches, grass-roots, yew, elm, maple, oak ; common, June-Jan.
i X 2j X A in.
1419. ffl. graminum B. & Br. (from its usual habitat, leaves and
stems of grass, gramen) abc.
P. campanulate to expanded, subumbonate, sulcate, pale, rufous-
brown or salmon; mid. darker. 57. shining, hair-like, black.
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