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144 AGARICACEÆ Hebeloma
651. H. flrmum Gill, (from its firm substance) a.
P. flat, subumbonate, subsquamulose, yellowish-brown or reddish ;
mid. darker. St. solid, brownish, darker below, white-
squamulose. G. adnexed or adnate, rounded, ferruginous, '
edge white, serrulate.
Odour faint. Woods, fir. Feb.-Oct. 2§ X 3 X | in.
652. H. elavieeps Quél, (from its resemblance, when young, to a
nail ; clavus, a nail, caput, the head) a.
P. hemispherical, gibbous-expanded, viscid, whitish or faintly
yellowish; mid. sienna; marg. fibrillose with V. St. stuffed,
whitish, fuscous below. G. emarginate, pallid brown.
Woods, mixed ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. i f X 3j X | in.
653. H. punetatum Quél, (from the viscid-dotted pileus ; punctus,
a point) a.
P. piano-gibbous, pale sienna-brown, whitish at marg. St.
hollow, silky-fibrillose, faintly brownish. G. sinuato-adnate,
brownish.
Gregarious, in troops. Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods, pine;
uncommon. Sept. 2 X 3j X J in.
654. H. versipelle Gill, (from its changeable appearance; verto, to
Xwxi,pellis, skin) abc .
P. flat, silky-agglutinate, sienna-reddish or dull tan. St. hollow,
tan-white, fuscous below. G. rounded, serrulate, whitish-flesh-
colour.
Subcæspitose. Odonr faint, not unpleasant, but sometimes strong, fetid-
oily or like bugs. Grassy like places, amongst fir-leaves. Aug.
X 3 X A
654a. H. strophosum Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the
annulus to a sword-belt, Gr. strophes) b.
P. convex, plane, slightly subumbonate, somewhat viscid, bay
or vinous-sienna, clouded deep claret-brown ; marg. white-
silky. St. hollow, equal, silky, whitish, shaded brown or red-
salmon within and without near base. A. superior, silky-
white. G. adnexo-free, crowded, ventricose, cream to dull
flesh-colour and dull cinnamon. Flesh white.
On the ground. Oct. i j X i f X A « •
655. H. mesophseum Quél, (from the dusky centre of the pileus ;
Gr. mesos, the middle, phaios, dusky) abc.
P. plane, subgibbous, pale yellowish or pale pinkish-brown. St.
fistulose, fibrillose, whitish or faintly ochreous, ferruginous
below, sometimes with an imperfect fugitive A. G. rounded
or emarginate, pale clay-ferruginous.
In troops, gregarious. Odour faint. Woods, pine ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct.
l i X 2f X A in-
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656. H. subeollaniatum Sacc. (from the gills which form an imperfect
collar at the apex of the stem) a b.
P. convex, subviscid, pallid ; mid. fuscous ; marg. at first white
and scaly. St. stuffed or fistulose, brown at base. G. sinuato-
adnate, clay-colour with white edge.
Subcæspitose. Taste and odour strong and rank, like 1527. On the
ground. May-Oct. i j X 2j X A in-
657. H. seneseens Sacc. (from the hoary margin of the pileus and
the white apex of the stem ; senseco, to grow old) a.
P. obtuse or subdepressed, ochreous-tawny. St. solid, squamulose,
white above, fuscous below. G. rounded-adnexed,
crowded, cinnamon.
Odour acrid. Amongst firs. Sept. 4 X 3| X î in.
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b. Denudatoe.
658. H. sinapizans Gill, (from its odour ; sinapi, mustard) a b.
P. expanded, undulate, sub depressed, subviscid, pale clay-
colour; mid. yellowish. St. somewhat solid, whitish. (G.
emarginate, crowded, unspotted, not distilling drops, clay-
cinnamon.
Solitary. Odour strong, usually of radish. Under trees, fields, woods ;
uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 5 | X 2j X 14 in. P. sometimes 9 in. in diam.
Compare with 473.
659. H. enustuliniforme Quél, (from the shape of the pileus;
crustuhim, a small pie) abc.
P. expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, subviscid, whitish ; mid.
pale reddish-ochreous. St. whitish. G. adnexed, crowded,
distilling drops, clay-colour or brown.
Sometimes forming large rings. Poisonous. Odour very strong of radish,
but fetid or like laurel flowers. Woods, mixed, lawns, pastures, on heavy
soil ; common. Aug.-Nov. 4| X 2j X I in. Variable in size. Often
mistaken for the horse-mushroom, 789.
659a. H. subsaponaeeum Karst, (from the somewhat soapy odour ;
sapo, soap).
P. fleshy, obtuse, pallid, darker when dry. St. equal, somewhat
wavy, adpressedly fibrillose, apex somewhat mealy. G. adnate.
Taste bitter ; odour strong of soap. Woods, mixed, fir. Aug. i j x i X J in.
660. H. elatum Gill, {elatus, tall) a b.
P. expanded, subviscid, tan; mid. faintly ochreous, slightly
reddish or shaded brown. St. stuffed, twisted, whitish or
faintly ochreous. G. adnato-rounded with a tooth, pale
cinnamon, becoming cinnamon-salmon, sometimes with a white
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Odour very strong of radish. Woods, pine, commons, under oaks. Sept.-
Nov. 2 X 4i X 4 in.