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margin. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, stuffed then iiollow, bulbous, Hypholoma 

 shining, fibrilloso-striate. Gills adnate, crowded, grey then 

 olivaceous. 



Solitary, according to Secretan caespitose from a common tuber. 



In old pasture. Glamis, 1874. Aug. 



Smell resembling that of meal. Spores pale purplish-brown, B. cf By. It 

 seemis to be separated from any of the forms of A. sublateritii(s by its viscous 

 pileus (an exception in this group). Name — sil, yellow ochre. Ochrey. 

 Pers. Syii. p. 421. Fr. Hyin. Eur. p. 290. B. &^ Br. n. 1498. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 277- Batt. t. 22. E. 



709. A. sublateritius Schasff. — Pileus tawny-brick-red, but 

 paler round the margin and covered over with a superficial, some- 

 what silky, whitish cloudiness (arising from the veil), fleshy, con- 

 vexo-piane, obtuse, discoid, dry, even, becoming smooth; flesh 

 compact, white then becoming yellow. Stem 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 

 in.) long, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) thick, stuffed stout and firm, com- 

 monly manifestly attenuated downwards, rarely equal, scaly- 

 Jibrillosc, fibrils pallid, ferruginous downwards. Cortina superior, 

 at first white, at length becojning black. Gills adnate, more or 

 less crowded according to stature, narrow, at first dingy yellowish 

 and darker at the base, then fuliginous, and at length inclining 

 to olivaceous. 



Spores fuscous-purple. Somewhat casspitose. Stem incurved from position. 

 There are many varieties : B. somewhat solitary, the pileus and stem, which 

 is thickened at the base, of the same colour, rufescent, Paul. t. 109. C. 

 smaller, pileus light yellowish, the hollow stem equal. Schceff. t. 49. /i 4, 5. 



On old stumps. Common. April-Dec. 



Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 m.) and more broad. Veil adhering in fragments to 

 the margin. Stem at length fistulose, but the walls are as thick or twice as 

 thick as the diameter of the canal. Taste very bitter ; doubtless poisonous. 

 The smaller var. referred to by Fries has been named by Berkeley and Broome 

 var. Scha?fferi Sclicrff. t. 49. f. 4, 5, and described thus, — " Pileus conical, at 

 length depressed, wrinkled ; gills narrow, decurrent, even in the youngest 

 specimens." Coed Coch, 1878. Spores 6 x 3 nik. W.G.S. Name — .r//(^, and 

 later, a brick. Somewhat brick-coloured. Schcrff. t. 49./. 6, 7. /•'/-. Monogr. 

 i. p. 421. Hym. Eur. p. 290. Berk. Eng. Fl. v. p. no. Out. p. 169. C. 

 Hbk. n. 402. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 378. Hussey i. t. 60. Krombh. t. 44. /. 1-3. 

 Hedw. Crypt, t. 38. Var. Scheefferi B. 6^ Br. n. 1768. 



710. A. capnoides Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) sometimes 

 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, ocJiraceous - yellowish, fleshy, convex, 

 then flattened, obtuse, dry, smooth ; flesh somewhat thin, white. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-8 mm. (2-4 lin.) thick, growing- 

 together at the base, hollow, equal, often curved and flexuous, 

 becoming silky-even, pallid, whitish at the apex, here and there 

 striate, becoming ferruginous under the surface-covering when 



