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prominent umbo, at first conical then expanded, everywhere 

 adpressedly sqiiamiilose or hbrillose, cracked, brownish then 

 with an olive tinge ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal 

 or the extreme base slightly bulbous, rather firm, adpressedly 

 fibrillose, apex squamulosely mealy, pallid, but becoming 

 reddish when bruised, white then reddish inside, stuffed ; 

 gills almost free, with a slender decurrent line on the stem, 

 soon ventricose behind, 2 lines broad, thick, rather distant 

 and rigid, whitish flesh-colour, darker at the base, olive when 

 adult; sjDores elliptical, smooth, 8-10 x 5 /a. 



Agariciis (Inocyhc) hlulcus. Fries, Epicr., p. 175; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 155; Cke., lllnstr., pi. 397. 



On the ground, in pine woods, &:c. 



Smell obsolete ; stem somewhat curved, equal, base slightly 

 bulbous ; pileus fuscous, then tinged olive. (Fries.) 



Inocybe Curreyi. Berk. 



Pileus 1^-2 in. across, convex then expanded, obtuse, longi- 

 tudinally fibrillose, slightly squamulose at the disc only, 

 slightly cracked, pale yellowdsh-brown ; flesh very thin ; 

 gills quite free, 2 lines or more broad, yellowish then with 

 an olive tinge; stem 2-3 in. lon<r, 3 lines thick, slightly 

 attenuated upwards, minutely fibrillose, colour of the pileus, 

 or a little paler, solid, flesh dingy ; spores elliptical, smooth, 

 11 X 6/x. 



Agaricus (Inocybe) Curreyi^ Berk., Outl., p. 155; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 398. 



In woods, &c. 



Distinguished froTOii I. pyriodora by the absence of smell; 

 from I. /astigiata by the smooth spores ; and ^from I. rimosa 

 by the stem not being mealy at the apex, and by the 

 squamules at the disc. 



Inocybe perlata. Cooke. 

 Pileus 3-4 in. across, convex then expanded, broadly um- 

 bonate, longitudinally fibrous, with darker fibrils, fuscous, 

 margin paler, incurved, disc dark bistre, nearly black; flesh 

 whitish, thick at the disc, remainder equal up to the margin, 

 about 1 line thick ; gills adnexed, rounded behind, 3 lines 

 broad, pallid then pale umber; stem 3-4 lines long, |-f in. 

 thick, straight or curved, sometimes twisted, striate, pallid. 



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