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white when dry ; gills narrowed behind, but the whole 

 breadth of the gill that reaches the stem is adnate, plane, 

 orowded when young, rather distant at maturity, stem dingy 

 white, greyish, or smoky ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, 

 hollow, tough, not cartilaginous, entirely fibrous, equal or 

 slightly attenuated at both ends, slightly striate with 

 ^adpressed fibrils, grey ; spores subglobose, irregularly nodu- 

 lose, 9 /x diam. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) Batsclnanus, Fries, Ej)icr., p. 104; 

 €ke., Hdbk., p. 120 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 326. 



Among grass in damp places, &c. 



Inodorous. Pileus sootv or blackisii-olive, shining: when 

 ■dry, not hygrophanous. (Fries.) 



Distinguished by the long stem and the small, dark- 

 ooloured discoid pileus. 



Entoloma Bloxami. B. & Br. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, campanulate, very obtuse, 

 moist, of a dark, dingy blue or purple, or sometimes slate- 

 coloured tinged with lilac, slightly silky, inclined to be 

 lobed below ; flesh very thick in the centre, white, except 

 near the edge, where it partakes of the hue of the pileus ; 

 gills moderately broad, pale pink, attenuated behind or 

 •slightly adnexed; stem Ij in. high, ^ in. thick, attenuated 

 upwards, of the same colour as the pileus, solid ; spores sub- 

 globose with an apiculus, very indistinctly warted, 9-10 ft; 

 €ystidia absent. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) Bloxami, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 B. 677 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 121 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 327. 



In pastures. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, campanulate, very obtuse, 

 moist, of a dark, dingy blue or purple, or sometimes slate- 

 coloured tinged with lilac, slightly silky, inclined to be 

 lobed below; flesh very thick in the centre, white, except 

 near the edge, where it partakes of the hue of the pileus. 

 Stem Ij in. high, J in. thick, attenuated upwards, of the 

 same colour as the pileus, solid. Gills moderately broad, 

 pale pink, attenuated behind or slightly adnexed, spores 

 irregular, subglobose, with a very large globose nucleus. 

 (B. & Br.) 



