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Fries, in the last edition of the "Epicrisis." This, I conceive, 

 must now be our guide. And in some respects this classifica- 

 tion differs from that which was adopted by Cooke in his Hand- 

 book. 



Passing over differences which relate merely to the arrange- 

 ment of Synonyms, it may be interesting to notice the 

 following : — 



In Cooke's Hand-book, Inocybe is included as a section of 

 Hebeloma, in accordance with views previously expressed by 

 Fries. Fries, however, now regards them as distinctly separate. 

 Indeed, although he retains Inocybe as a separate sub-genus of 

 Agaricus, the characteristics appear sufficiently well defined to 

 constitute a separate genus between the Agarici and the Cor- 

 tinarii. Of this he says, " Grex quam maxime naturalis hoc 

 loco intruditur inter species nullo modo affines. Melius igitur 

 Inocybes sine dubio sisterent genus distinctum, inter Cortinarios 

 et Agaricos medium, sed desunt adhuc characteres." 



The sub-genus Deconica of Smith remains Psilocybeof Fries. 



The separate genus Lepista of Smith has not been adopted 

 by Fries. 



In a note to the genus Lepista of Smith, Cooke says, — 



" The three British species included in this new genus, were 

 formerly classed by Fries with the sub-genus Tricholoma, but 

 removed by him in his latest work to Lepista, as a sub-genus of 

 Paxillus. We have followed Mr. W. G. Smith in his arrange- 

 ment recently proposed in "Seemann's Journal of Botany," but 

 not without some hesitation in separating Lepista from Paxillus, 

 and giving it a generic position." 



In the last edition of the " Epicrisis," Fries retains the three 

 species of Smith's Lepista (L. nuda, L. cinerascens, and L. 

 personata), in the sub-genus Tricholoma. 



The genus Hymenochaete, does not appear in the "Epicrisis" 

 of Fries. And the the three species of this genus, which were 

 formerly regarded as Thelophorae, are classed by him under 

 Stereum. 



Referring to species which appear under different genera, the 

 following may be noted : — 



Ag. (Clitocybe) maximus of Sowerby, in regard to which 

 there have been differences of opinion, has been removed by 

 Fries to Paxillus, and is now Paxillus giganteus. I have this 

 year found the plant, and an unmistakeable Paxillus it is. 



Ag. (Galera) reticulatus, as figured in Berkeley's Outlines, 



