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lose, of the same colour as the pileus and flesh. Gills adnate, Hyphoioma 

 very crowded, linear, somewhat deliquescent, sidpliiir-yelloiv the7i 

 becojni7ig green. 



It is very easily distinguished from the preceding species by its bitter odoidr 

 and taste, light-yellow Jlesh, a?id sotnewhat deliqicescejit, siilp/ucr-yelloiv then 

 green, gills. It forms also more crowded clusters. There are many remark- 

 able varieties ; one robustior (more robust), stem thickened at the base^ another 

 nana (dwarf), both on the groimd. 



On old stumps and the ground. Extremely common. April- 

 Dec. 



Pileus about 5 cent. (2 in.) broad ; stem 5-22.5 cent. (2-9 in.) long, 4 mm. 

 (2 lin.) thick, but very variable in the same cluster. With portions of the veil 

 often adhering to the margin of the pileus. Poisonous. Spores sphaeroid- 

 ellipsoid 6-7x4 mk. A'. / 6x4 mk. W.G.S. Name — fascicuhis, a small 

 bundle. Casspitose. Huds. — Fr. Monogr. 1. p. ^"ZT.. Hyjn. Eur. p. 291, 

 Berk. Out. p. 169. /. xi. f. i. C. Hbk. «. 405. S. Mycol. Scot. 11. 381. Bolt, 

 t. 29. Sow. t. 285. Grev. t. 329. Hussey ii. t. 15. Fl. Dan. t. 2075. 

 Krombh. t. 4.4./. 4-5. 



714. A. dispersus Fr. — Pileus 2.5-4 cent, (i-i;^ in.) broad, 

 tawny-honey-colour, not hygrophanous, V/z^/it//y_/7^j'4K, campanulate 

 then convex, at length expanded, even, supet'ficially silky roiuid 

 the margi?i with the veil, or squamulose, otherwise even and 

 smooth ; flesh thin, a little paler than the pileus. Stem 5 cent. 

 (2 in.) or a little more long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, fistulose, equal, 

 te7ise and straight, tough, fcbrilloso-silky, somewhat ferruginous, 

 becoming fuscous at the base, pale at the apex. Gills adnate, 

 thin, ventricose, broad i^-Z mm., 3-4 lin.), crowded.^ at first pallid- 

 st?'aw-coloi(r, at length clouded, obsoletely green. 



Gills broader than in A.fascicularis, Sac. Solitary, scarcely ever csespitose. 



On pine-stumps and the ground. Frequent. April-Nov. 



Name — dispergo, to scatter. From its habit of growth. Fr. Afonogr. i. /. 

 422. Hym. Eur. p. 292. Ico?i. t. 133. /. 3. B. &f Br. n. 794. Berk. Out. p. 

 169. C. Hbk. n. 406. Illust. PL 586. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 382. Saund. tSr' 

 Sm. t. 24./". 1-3, stem much elongated. 



** VisciDi. Pileus 7iaked, viscous. 

 No British species. 



■»t*-if Velutini. Pileus silky or streaked with i/inate fibrils. 



715. A. storea Fr.— Pileus almost 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, pale 

 fuscous then dingy isabelline, fleshy, convex, broadly umbonate, 

 somewhat depressed round the umbo, the whole surface broken 

 up i7tto hvigitudinally adnate (rarely squarrose) y?^r//j. Cortina 

 a prolongation of the fibrils of the pileus, appendiculate at the 

 margin; flesh white, compact, but not thick. Stem 10-12. 5 cent. 



