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riiig. Gills emarginato-adnexed, separating-free, 6-8 mm. (3-4 Armiiiaria. 

 lin.) broad, thin, at first crowded, at length somewhat distant^ 

 whitish, changing colour, commonly beco?ni?ig yellow. 



The veil, clothing the stem above the middle, terminates in a narrow, floc- 

 coso-woven, at length oblique and separating ring, above which the stem is 

 pruinose. Besides the ring, scaly stem, paler pileus, &c., it is easily distin- 

 guished from A. terreus by the colour passing into light yellow. Odour un- 

 pleasant. 



On the ground. Uncommon. 



Name — ramenfa, shavings, scales. Bull. t. S9S- /• 3- ^f- Monogr. \. p. 40. 

 Hym. Etir. p. 42. Berk. Out. p. 96. C. Hbk. ti. 35. Illust. PI. 71. 



55. A. haematites B. & Br. — Pileus about 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 broad, liver-colour, hemispherical, dry, slightly hispid. Stem 

 5 cent. (2 in.) long, of the same colour as the pileus, solid, thick- 

 ened downwards, 6 mm. {% in.) thick at the base. Ring spongy, 

 scaly beneath. Gills shortly decurrent. 



Like A. subcavus it is analogous to Lepiotce. 



Among fir-leaves. Glamis, 1876. Nov. 



Pileus red-liver colour, at first hemispherical then somewhat flattened. Gills 

 rather broad, scarcely crowded. A very striking and beautiful species. Name 

 — atjoiaTtn}5, blood-like. Haematite, blood-stone, a kind of red-iron-ore. B. 

 &■ Br. fi. 1635. S. Mycol. Scot. ti. 35. C. Illust. PL 45. 



56. A. constrictus Fr. — White. Pileus 5 cent. (2 in.) broad, 

 fleshy, flesh not thick but compact, convex then plane, obtuse, 

 dry, smooth in itself, but when young covered over with a thin, 

 silky, separating veil, but 7iever torn into scales; margin involute 

 and villous when young. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) or less long, about 8 

 mm. (4 lin.) thick, solid, fleshy-fibrous, equal or thickened at the 

 h2iSQ:,Jibrillose or squamulose. Ring, which is near the apex of 

 the stem, narrow, at length falling off", or adhering obliquely. 

 Gills emarginate or rounded, sometimes adnexed, sometimes 

 wholly free, very crowded atid narrow, unequal. 



Pileus becoming pale or fuscous with age. Firm, with odour of new meal. 

 Not allied to any neighbouring species. 



In pastures bleached by dung, &c. Rare. Sept.-Oct. 



Assuming a very pale -yellow tint when bruised. M.J.B. Name — con- 

 strictus, compact. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 39. Hyni. Eur. p. ^2.. Icon. t. 18./. i. 

 Berk. Out. p. 96. C. Hbk. n. 34. Illust. PL 46. Batt. t. 7. /. B. 



** Clitocybas annulatas. Gills attenuated behind, &^c. 



57. A. melleus Fl. Dan.— Pileus 7-5-i5 cent. (3-6 in.) broad, 

 often fuliginous when young, wrapped round with olivaceous 



