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805. S. eoronilla Que'l. (from a fancied resemblance to a crown in 



the whitish-floccose margin of the pileus ; corona, a crown) a b. 



P. convexo-expanded, obtuse, light yellow ; mid. sub- or wholly- 

 vinous. St. stuffed, fibrillose, white. G. crowded, vinous- 

 brownish. 



Waysides, parks. May-Oct. i x X J in. Perhaps the same as 807. 



806. S. obturata Quel. (from the stuffed stem; obtnro, to stuff) 



a b c. 



P. very fleshy, convex, obtuse, often rimoso-squamulose, pale 

 ochreous ; mid. shaded sienna. St. not scaly, white, with a 

 membranous collapsing A. G. crowded, dull purplish-brown. 



On the ground, amongst grass ; rare. Sept.-Oct. I \ x l| X T 3 5 in. 

 Might be mistaken for 792. 



807. .S. melasperma Que'l. (from the blackish spores; Gr. me/as, 



black, spenna, a seed) a c. 



P. expanded, biscuit-colour or pale buff, or white with a yellowish 

 marg. St. hollow, white. G. rounded, ventricose, purplish, 

 then deep purple-brown. Flesh white, yellowish in St. 



Meadows and borders of thickets ; rare. Aug.-Oct. 2 X 2 X ^ s in. 

 Might be mistaken for 792. 



808. S. squamosa Que'l. (from the scaly pileus ; squama, a scale) a b c. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, ochreous or brownish; mid. darker, clad 



with small whitish or brown scales. St. hollow, viscid-scaly 

 below distant A., pallid above, sienna below. G. rounded- 

 adnate, blackish, with a whitish edge. 



Woods, fields, amongst chips, sometimes from interior of beech-nuts. Sept.- 

 Nov. 2j X 5f X T 3 5 in. Var. thrmista Mass. P. soon glabrous, more 

 slender than type. Var. aurantiaca Mass. P. orange or brick-red. 



809. S. Pereevalii Sacc. (after Cecil H. Spencer Percival) a b c. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, warm brown-ochreous ; marg. 

 appendiculate with floccose white V. St. hollow, attenuate 

 upwards, fusiform-rooting, pallid above, pale brownish and 

 squarrose below distant A. G. distant, pallid umber. 



Sawdust, rotten wood. Nov. 2 x 3 X f in. Possibly the same as 

 S. dcpilata Karst., but that has a solid stem. Might be mistaken for a 

 Flamimtla. Allied to 808. 



810. S. Worthingtonii Sacc. (after Worthington G. Smith) a b. 



P. hemispherico-conical, smooth, golden-yellow. St. fistulose, 

 cobalt, or turquoise-blue. A. imperfect. G. adnato-ascending, 

 pallid brown. Flesh pale sulphur-yellow in P., pale bright blue 

 in St. 



Pastures, woods. Nov.-Dec. X 2| x ^ in. 



811. S. luteonitens Quel. (from the shining yellow pileus ; lute-its, 



yellow, nitens, shining) a. 



P. expanded, umbonate, sometimes whitish, with a few small 

 sienna scales. St. hollow, even, pruinose above distant A., 



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