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c. Pusillce. Pileus scarcely an inch broad; stature that of 

 Naucoria, but without the cartilaginous bark. 668, 669 



a. Indiisiatce. 



647. H. mussivum Sacc. (from its uncertain position amongst the 



Indnsiata. ; mussivus^ undecided) a. 

 P. plane, obtuse or subumbonate, pale primrose-yellowish ; mid. 



sienna. St. stuffed or hollow above, fibrillose, light yellow. 



G. emarginate or somewhat rounded adnate, light yellow then 



subferruginous. Flesh becoming yellow. 

 Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods, pine. Oct. 4? X 5J X I in. 



64>7a. H. sinuosum Quel. (from the frequently irregular pileus) a b. 

 P. fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse, even, almost glabrous, 

 viscid, then dry, yellowish-red to pale buff, sometimes whitish; 

 marg. wavy. St. stuffed to hollow, equal, fibrilloso-striate, at 

 first flocculoso-squamulose above, soft, biscuit. G. slightly 

 adnexed, broadly emarginate to emarginato-free, dry, crowded, 

 dull white to brownish-salmon and ferruginous. Flesh white. 

 Odour faint, pleasant. Woods. Aug. 3! x 5 X in. 



648. H. fastibile Que'l. (from its disagreeable odour) a b c. 



P. convexo-plane, viscid in wet weather, pale yellowish-tan ; 

 mid. darker, sometimes sienna. St. solid, fibrillose, scaly or 

 white silky, sometimes with an imperfect silky-floccose A. G. 

 emarginate, subdistant, dull whitish-clay-colour or tan-brownish. 



Subccespitose, often in large dense rings. Poisonous. Taste like radishes, 

 but disagreeable and bitter ; odour disagreeable, fetid. Woods, mixed 

 pastures, near trees and bushes, sometimes on mushroom-beds ; common. 

 July-Oct. 4 X 2f X f in. Often mistaken for the mushroom and sold 

 in markets with mushrooms. Often slug-eaten. Var. elegans Mass., P. 

 purple-brown. 



649. H. glutinosum Sacc. (from the glutinous pileus) a b c. 



P. plane, obtuse, yellow-white or pale buff with mid. rich sienna- 

 buff, white-squamulose. St. stuffed, attenuate upwards, white, 

 dull faint ochreous below, clad with fugitive white sc. G. 

 sinuato-adnate, light yellowish then clay-cinnamon. Flesh pale 

 reddish in stem. 



Taste and odour mild, not unpleasant of radish. Woods, amongst leaves and 

 branches, oak, beech ; frequent. Sept.-Dec. 3^ X 3$ X \ in. Some- 

 times one-third the size of type. Compare 678. 



650. H. testaeeum Que'l. (from the colour of the pileus ; testa, a 



brick) a b c. 



P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, crimson-sienna through red 

 and yellowish to tan. St. hollow above, fibrillose, colour as P. 

 or paler. G. attenuato-sinuate or almost free, clay-colour then 

 subferruginous or crimson-sienna. 



Taste disagreeable, sickly -nauseous ; odour faint of radish or none. Woods, 

 fir, pastures ; frequent. Sept. -Nov. 2| x 3! X T S 5 in. 



