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c. Licvipcdcs. Stein thin, equal, fistulose, naked, smooth except 



at base, not conspicuously striate. 

 Gills usually broad, lax, commonly more or less distant. 



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Gills narrow, crowded except 270. 261270 



B. Gills becoming cinereous. Hygrophanous. 



d. Tephrophaniz. Colour fuscous, becoming cinereous. 



Gills crowded, somewhat narrow. 271 278 



Gills very broad, except 285, more or less distant. 279 286 



a. Stricepedes, 



225. C. radieata Que'l. (from the rooting stem ; radix, a root) a b c. 

 P. glutinous, umber ; mid. radiato-rugose. St. rigid, brittle, 



attenuate downwards, deeply rooting, white. G. adnexed or 

 adnate, sometimes with a tooth. 



Solitary. On and about stumps, amongst fir-leaves ; common. June-Nov. 

 4f X 1-2^ X f in. There is a white variety. 



225a. C. Henriettas Sacc. (after Henrietta Smith, who first found 



it) a b. 



P. dry, even, somewhat downy, somewhat yellowish-umber. 

 St. attenuate upwards, even, slightly rooting, subpruinose, pale, 

 pallid yellowish-brown within and without, somewhat darker 

 below. G. broad, broadly adnate, distant, slightly rounded 

 near St. Flesh very thin. 



On and about trees, stumps, etc. Sept. 4 x 7 X J in. Intermediate 

 between 225 and 226. 



225b. C. retigera Bres. (from the net-like veining of the pileus ; rete, 



a net, gero, to carry) a b. 



P. thin, campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, dry, glabrous, 

 with a network of anastomosing veins best seen when old, 

 pallid ; mid. shaded tawny-brown ; marg. striate. St. equal, 

 solid to stuffed, pallid, minutely downy at base, somewhat 

 rooting. G. somewhat broad, ventricose; edge fimbriate, 

 pallid. 

 Bases of stumps, ash, beech. Dec. 2 X 3i X \ in. 



226. C. longipes Quel. (from the long stem; longus, long, pcs, a 



foot) a b c. 

 P. dry, velvety, livid brown. St. attenuate downwards, deeply 



rooting, villous, dark brown, varying paler. G. rounded, 



adnexed, white. 

 Stumps, etc. ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 2% x 9^ X J in. 



226a. C. erioeephala Rea (from the velvety pileus ; Gr. erion, wool, 



kcphale, a head) a. 



P. convex, expanded, velvety, fulvous-tawny. St. stuffed, then 

 hollow, fusiform, extended into abundant long branched 

 rhizomorphoid proliferous brown mycelium, striate ; mid. 



