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(2 in.) broad, pallid light yellow, but becoming livid-purple 'with Stroph 

 the dense gluten with which it is at first besmeared, fleshy, con- 

 vexo - plane, somewhat umbonate, pelliculose, viscid, smooth, 

 slightly striate at the margin ; flesh thin, soft, white. Stem 7.5 

 cent. (3 in.) long, fatufose, thin, equal, very flexuous, often decum- 

 bent, very soft, dry, shining white, s\\k\-Jibrillose below the medial 

 distant fugacious ring. Gills adnate, with a deciirrent tooth, 6 

 mm. (3 lin.) broad, scarcely crowded, whitish then becoming 

 fuscous, when bruised whitish at the sides. 



Spores fuscous-purple. Gregarious, somewhat caespitose. There are two 

 forms : one with the pileus campanulato-expanded, and the stem stuffed ; 

 another with the pileus convexo-plane, more evidently umbonate, and the 

 stem hollow. Very remarkable, soft, the pellicle of the pileus easily separat- 

 ing. 



In pastures. Ely, &c. Oct.-Nov. 



Stem 6 cent. (z% in.) high, 6 mm. (3 lin.) thick, stuffed, composed of fibres. 

 Resembling some states of A. ceruginosns, but the spores are of a different 

 colour and much smaller. B. & Dr. Spores 7 mk. B. &> Br. ; 9x5 mk. 

 \\'.G.S. Name i nun go, to besmear. From the gluten. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 

 412. Hym. Eur. p. 284. B. &> Br. n. 1229, 1875. s - Mycol. Scot. n. 368. 

 Saiuid. & Sm. t. 29. f. 6, 7. Buxb. Cent. iv. t. 4. /. minor. 



697. A. obturatus Fr. Pileus light yellow, fleshy, for the most 

 part thick, convex then plane, obtuse, obsoletely viscid, commonly 

 dry, even but often rimoscly squamulose; flesh compact, shining 

 white. Stem short, 2.5-4 cent. (i-iK i n -) l^g. 6 mm. (3 lin.) 

 and more thick, firm, stuffed, attenuated downwards, even, not 

 scaly, white. Ring superior, deflexed, white. Gills adnate and 

 without a decurrent tooth, crowded, plane, white then becoming 

 purple-umber. 



Readily distinguished from preceding species by its obese stature and 

 compact flesh. The spores are fuscous on a white ground, vinous-purplish on 

 a black ground. The gills never become ferruginous ; they often become 

 sterile and remain white, so that it may be easily taken for a species of 

 Arniillaria. 



On the ground among grass. Rare. 



Spores 6x9 mk. W.G.S. ; 7x4 mk. IV. P. Name obturo, to stop up, 

 close. Perhaps from the stuffed stem. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 412. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 285. B. & Br. n. 1253. C. Hbk. n. 397. S. My col. Scot. n. 369. 

 (Saund. 6 Sin. t. 25. f. i, 2 much smaller, perhaps A. melaspenni/s). 



698. A. melaspermus Bull. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - (*- 2 m -) broad, 

 yellow, changing colour when old, fleshy, soft, convex then flat- 

 tened, obtuse, pelliculose, viscid in wet weather, shining when 

 dry, even, smooth, never rimosely squamulose ; flesh soft, white. 

 Stem short, 2.5 cent, (i in.) or a little more long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 



aria. 



