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Agaricus farfuraceus, Persoon, Syn., p. 454 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 187; Cke., illustr., pi. 603. 



On twigs, chips, &c. 



Distinguislied amongst its allies by tlie minutely fur- 

 furaceous pileus. 



Var. trigonophylius, Fries, Hvm. Eur., p. 273 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 187 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 483. 



Smaller than the typical form, becoming pale yellowis;h ; 

 gills 2h lines broad, subdecurrent, triangular, distant, rather 

 tawny-ochraceous. 



On the ground, &c. 



Var. heterostichus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 187. 

 Pileus depressed but rather umbonate, cinnamon, pale 

 ochraceous when dry. 

 On the ground, &c. 



Tubaria paludosa. Fr. 



Pileus \-r^ in. across, submembranaceous, conical then 

 convex, papillately umbonate, not striate, silky with super- 

 ficial pale fibrils, yellowish-brown, sometimes with a tinge of 

 pink ; gills slightly decurrent, very broad behind, crowded, 

 watery ochraceous, thin ; stem 3-4 in. long, about 1 line 

 thick, flexuous, equal, flocculose, ochraceous, hollow ; spores 

 ochraceous, elliptical, 10 X 4 /a. 



Agaricus paludosus, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 397 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 187 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 484 (gills, stem, and spores prim- 

 rose yellow). 



In swamps, amongst sphagnum, &c. 



Difiering from the typical generic character in the papil- 

 lose pileus, but in the typical form, stijgia, the gills are truly 

 decurrent. There is another form, A. jpaludosus, Fr., Epicr., 

 p. 209, having the pileus brownish honey-colour, stem about 

 1^ in. long, gills not decurrent; growing in dried-up 

 swamps. (Fries.) 



Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate then convex, 

 acutely umbonate, hygrophanous, without striae, silky, 

 everywhere with persistent white hairs ; stem fistulose, 

 twisted, encircled with the remains of the white veil ; gills 

 adnate, plane, ovate, pale honey-colour. (Cooke.) 



