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Odour faint; substance rather firm. Cespitose. Pileus 3 inches 
or more broad, subhemispherical, with a broad umbo; smooth, dry, 
pale yellow, with the centre rufous, rather fleshy. Stem 3 inches 
or more high, i— an inch thick, nearly equal, reddish-brown, hollow 
below, but not decidedly fistulose. Gills rather narrow, nearly equal, 
purple-brown, rounded behind, free; spores minutely echinulate. 
Allied to 4. lacrymabundus, &c., but distinguished by its smooth 
yellowish pileus, rather narrow bright gills, and its stem being hollow 
downwards, not fistulose to the apex. 
296. 4. (Hypholoma) castanophyllus, n. s.; pileo campanulato 
carnosulo sicco glabro, margine lacerato; stipite glabro æquali fistu- 
loso; lamellis latis adnatis castaneis. Hook. fil., No. 124, cum ic. 
Has. On the ground. -Jillpahar. September. Very rare. 
Inodorous.  Pileus 24 inches broad, campanulate, obtuse, pale pur- 
plish-brown, yellowish towards the margin, dry, smooth, rather fleshy, 
but tough; margin lacerated, yellow within. Stem 3 inches high, 1 an 
inch thick, smooth, of the same colour as the upper part of the 
pileus, fistulose, rather tawny within, nearly equal. Gills broad, 
adnate, rather thick, of a rich chestnut brown. Spores broadly 
elliptic, minutely echinulate. 
Allied to 4. velutinus, but abundantly distinct, and remarkable for 
its very rich chestnut gills. The spores are larger and more distinctly 
echinulate, though I find them rough both in — and Indian 
specimens of 4. velutinus. 
297. 4. (Hypholoma) condensus, n. s.; pileo semiovato obtuso 
pallide vinoso; stipite elongato flexuoso concolore fistuloso ; velo 
fugacissimo appendiculato ; lamellis postice latioribus rotundatis ad- 
nexis. Hook. fil., No. 54, cum ic. 
Has. On the ground. Darjeeling. May, June. 
Inodorous, densely tufted. ^ Pileus scarcely 1 inch across, half 
ovate, dry, brittle, pale greyish purple-brown, slightly fleshy ; flesh 
umber-brown. Stem 3-4 inches high, about 2 lines thick, flexuous, 
of the same colour as the pileus, fistulose. Veil white, attached to the 
margin of the pileus, very fugacious. Gills reddish-umber, broader 
behind, rounded. Spores small, smooth, elliptic. 
Closely allied to 4. hydrophilus, but differently formed and coloured, 
with the gills not ventricose, but arched and broader behind. The 
habit, also, is very peculiar. 
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