coiivexo-plane, gibbous, even, smooth, tawny-cinnamon, at
length tan-coloured, shining; stem stuffed, conico-attenuated,
rigid, soft within, white, as well as the suhperonate veil; gills
adnate, crowded, pallid, then tawny-cinnamon.—Schmff. t. 81.
In pine-woods. Bristol, Dr. Stephens.
44. C. (Hygroeybe) dilutns, F r .; pileus somewhat fleshy,
convexo-plane, subumbonate, smooth, even, opaque, light-
red; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, pallid, thickened at the
base; veil fibrillose; gills emarginate, adnexed, hroad, crowded,
pale-cinnamon.—Bolt, t. 1 0 .
In woods, Bolton. Not found since his time. Pileus about
2 inches across.
45. C. (Hygroeybe) eastaneus, F r .; pileus slightly fleshy,
firm, campanulato-convex, flattened out or gibbous, even,
chestnut; stem cartilaginous, stuffed, then hollow, even, violet
or pale rufous; veil white, fibrillose; gills fixed, ventricose,
rather crowded, violet, then ferruginous.—Bull. t. 268.
In woods and gardens, on the naked ground. Common. A
small species.
46. C. (Hygroeybe) Beedii, B . ; pileus conical, then expanded
and strongly umbonate, smooth, shining, persistently
brown ; disc areolate; margin splitting; stem white, solid,
fibrilloso-striate, slightly bulbous; veil fibrillose, evanescent;
gills hroad, ventricose, ascending, attenuated behind, free,
white or pallid, then cinnamon.—Dm««, ii. t. 4 5 .
Amongst moss and heech-mast. May. Hayes, Surrey.
Pileus one inch across. Stem l i - 2 inches high. Tasteless
and scentless. Flesh pallid. Allied to C. leucopus and C.
Krombholzii.
47. C. (Hygroeybe) leucopus, F r . ; pileus slightly fleshy,
conical, then expanded, at length umbonate, even, smooth,
light-red; stem stuffed, then hollow, equal, white; gills
AG AR IC IN I .
slightly adnexed, ventricose, crowded, pallid, then cinnamon.
—Bull. t. 553. f . 2.
In woods. Not uncommon.
48. C. (Hygroeybe) aoutus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous,
conical, acutely umbonate, striate, light reddish-yellow, at
length tan-coloured, shining with a silky lustre; stem fistulöse,
equal, slender, flexuous, pallid; veil fugacious, white;
gills adnate, rather crowded, slender, narrow, ochraceous,
quite entire.
On moist spots in woods. Not uncommon. Mr. Jerdon
has sent me a cæspitose, obtuse form, with a slightly viscid
pileus, approaching C. pluvius. I have the same form from
the United States. The species comes near to Galera.
5. PAXILLUS, Fr.
Gills persistent, distinct from and easily separating from
the hymenophorum, which is confluent with the stem ; trama
obsolete.
1. P. involutus, F r . ; stained when bruised; pileus compact,
convexo-plane, then depressed, moist, at length smooth,
tomentose about the involute margin ; stem solid, fleshy,
firm, naked, incrassated upwards, paler, as well as the branched
broad gills, which are porous, and anastomose behind. (Plate
12, f i g . 5.)
On the ground, amongst grass, and on sandy banks. Verj'
common, sometimes attaining a considerable size. Pileus
olive-brown, sometimes tinged with purple.
2. P. atro-tomentosus, Fr. ; pileus convexo-plane, then
depressed or funnel-shaped, granulated, rivulose ; margin thin,'
involute; stem solid, spongy, firm, velvety; gills straight,
crowded, branched behind.—Batsch, f. 32.
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