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AGARICACE^ Hebeloma 



651. H. firmum Gill, (from its firm substance) a. 



P. flat, subumbonate, subsquamulose, yellowish-brown or reddish ; 

 mid. darker. St. solid, brownish, darker below, white- 

 squamulose. G. adnexed or adnate, rounded, ferruginous, 

 edge white, serrulate. 



Odour faint. Woods, fir. Feb.-Oct. 2§ X 3 X | in. 



652. H. elavieeps Quel, (from its resemblance, when young, to a 



nail ; clavus, a nail, caputs the head) a. 

 P. hemispherical, gibbous-expanded, viscid, whitish or faintly 

 yellowish ; mid. sienna ; marg. fibrillose with V. St. stuffed, 

 whitish, fuscous below. G. emarginate, pallid brown. 



Woods, mixed ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. if X 3^ X J in. 



653. H. punetatum Quel, (from the viscid-dotted pileus ; punctus^ 



a point) a. 

 P. piano-gibbous, pale sienna-brown, whitish at marg. St. 

 hollow, silky-fibrillose, faintly brownish. G. sinuato-adnate, 

 brownish. 



Gregarious, in troops. Odour faint, not unpleasant. Woods, pine ; 

 uncommon. Sept. 2 X 3J X \ in. 



654. H. versipelle Gill, (from its changeable appearance ; verto, to 



turn, pellis, skin) a b c. 

 P. flat, silky-agglutinate, sienna-reddish or dull tan. St. hollow, 

 tan-white, fuscous below. G. rounded, serrulate, whitish-flesh- 

 colour. 



Subcaespitose. Odour faint, not unpleasant, bat sometimes strong, fetid - 

 oily or like bugs. Grassy places, amongst fir-leaves. Aug. 

 2J X 3 X T 3 <j in. 



654a. H. strophosum Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the 

 annulus to a sword-belt, Gr. strophos) b. 

 P. convex, plane, slightly subumbonate, somewhat viscid, bay 

 or vinous-sienna, clouded deep claret-brown ; marg. white- 

 silky. St. hollow, equal, silky, whitish, shaded brown or red- 

 salmon within and without near base. A. superior, silky- 

 white. G. adnexo-free, crowded, ventricose, cream to dull 

 flesh-colour and dull cinnamon. Flesh white. 



On the ground. Oct. i\ x if X T 3 5 in. 



655. H. mesophseum Quel, (from the dusky centre of the pileus ; 



Gr. mesos, the middle, p/iaios, dusky) a b c. 

 P. plane, subgibbous, pale yellowish or pale pinkish-brown. St. 

 fistulose, fibrillose, whitish or faintly ochreous, ferruginous 

 below, sometimes with an imperfect fugitive A. G. rounded 

 or emarginate, pale clay-ferruginous. 



In troops, gregarious. Odour faint. Woods, pine ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 

 If X 2§ x T 3 s in. 



