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The pilens the size and colour of a Spanish hazel-nut; the 

 top umbilicated, the margin lobed and very much lulled in, 

 so as to touch the stem, or even to pass by it ; the opposite 

 lobes pressing against it, or lying over each other. It is 

 destitute of flesh, of a dry, pliable substance, and a smooth, 

 dry, silky shining surface. (Bolton.) 



Naucoria glandiformis. W. G. Sm. 



Pileus about 1 in. high and broad, at hrst obtusely cam- 

 panulate, becoming somewhat hemispherical, or filbert- 

 shaped, nut-brown, smooth, even ; gills very broad, h in. and 

 more, rounded behind, adnexed, umber ; stem 3-4 in. long, 

 2 lines thick, even, erect, equal, pallid, sometimes twisted, 

 stuffed then hollow; spores broadly almond-shaped, 10-12 X 

 6-Sfji. 



Agariciis (Naucoria) fjl and if or mis, W. G. Smith, Grev., xiii. 

 p. 59; Cke., Hdhk., p. 177; Cke., Illustr., pi. 490b. 



On the ground. 



Eeadily know^n by the very broad, rusty-umber gills and 

 the dark, campanulate pileus. 



Naucoria badipes. Fr. 



Pileus 7^-| in. across, submembranaceous, campanulate then 

 convex, slightly umbonate, glabrous, pellucidly striate up to 

 the umbo, yellowish rusty, pale tan when dry ; gills adnate, 

 ventricose, about 1 line broad, rather distant, yellowish rust- 

 colour ; stem 2-3 in. long, 1 J line thick, hollow, equal, rigid, 

 ferruginous, variegated up to the middle with white, fibril- 

 lose squamules ; spores elliptical, 10 x 5 /t. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) hadipes, Fries, Epicr., p. 196 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 177 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 491a. 



On the ground in damp places. 



Stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, somewhat flexuous, 

 paler above the middle, even, naked, base fuscous. Pileus 

 4-6 lines broad, gilvous-ferruginous when moist, even and 

 tan-colour when dry, margin almost straight. Eesembles a 

 Galera, but distinguished by the squamules of the veil on the 

 stem. (Fries.) 



Naucoria hydrophila. Mass. 

 Pileus J-l| in. across, campanulate then slightly expanded, 

 acutely umbonate, glabrous, margin striate when moist, pale 



