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c. Lcevipcdes. Stem thin, equal, fistulose, naked, smooth except 



at base, not conspicuously striate. 

 Gills usually broad, lax, commonly more or less distant. 



250—260 

 Gills narrow, crowded except 270. 261 — 270 



B. Gills becoming cinereous. Hygrophanous. 



d. TephrophancR. Colour fuscous, becoming cinereous. 



Gills crowded, somewhat narrow. 271 — 278 



Gills very broad, except 285, more or less distant. 279 — 286 



a. Stricepedes. 



225. C. radieata Quel, (from the rooting stem ; radix, a root) a b c. 

 P. glutinous, umber ; mid. radiato-rugose. St. rigid, brittle, 



attenuate downwards, deeply rooting, white. G. adnexed or 



adnate, sometimes with a tooth. 



Solitary. On and about stumps, amongst fir-leaves ; common. June-Xov. 

 4! X 1-2^ X f in. There is a white variety. 



225a. C. Henriettse Sacc. (after Henrietta Smith, who first found 



it) a b. 



P. dry, even, somewhat downy, somewhat yellowish-umber. 



St. attenuate upwards, even, slightly rooting, subpruinose, pale, 



pallid yellowish-brown within and without, somewhat darker 



below. G. broad, broadly adnate, distant, slightly rounded 



near St. Flesh very thin. 



On and about trees, stumps, etc. Sept. 4 x 7§ X \ in. Intermediate 

 between 225 and 226. 



225b. C. retig'era Bres. (from the net-like veining of the pileus ; rete, 

 a net, gero, to carry) a b. 

 P. thin, campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, dry, glabrous, 

 with a network of anastomosing veins best seen when old, 

 pallid ; mid. shaded tawny-brown j marg. striate. St. equal, 

 solid to stuffed, pallid, minutely downy at base, somewhat 

 rooting. G. somewhat broad, ventricose; edge fimbriate, 

 pallid. 

 Bases of stumps, ash, beech. Dec. 2 X 3^ X \ in. 



226. C. longipes Quel, (from the long stem; longus, long, pes, a 



foot) a b c. 

 P. dry, velvety, livid brown. St. attenuate downwards, deeply 



rooting, villous, dark brown, varying paler. G. rounded, 



adnexed, white. 

 Stumps, etc. ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct. 2.\ x 9J X \ in. 



226a. C. erioeephala Rea (from the velvety pileus ; Gr. erion, wool, 



kepliale, a head) a. 



P. convex, expanded, velvety, fulvous-tawny. St. stuffed, then 



hollow, fusiform, extended into abundant long branched 



rhizomorphoid proliferous brown mycelium, striate ; mid. 



