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A. tener is very common in pastures and gardens, in grassy 

 places in woods, and by grassy roadsides ; variable in size, pileus 

 from 2 in. to i|in. in diameter. 



Sub-genus 19. Tubaria. — There are nine British species of 

 Tubaria \ one only is represented by a model. Tubaria corresponds 

 in structure with Omphalia ; but the spores 

 are ferruginous, not white. All the species 

 are small. 



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56. Agaricus furfuraceus Pers. — Pileus 

 pale cinnamon when wet, whitish-tan when 

 dry, obtuse when young, umbilicate when 

 mature, and silky-furfuraceous, not viscid ; 

 gills somewhat decurrent, bright cinnamon, 

 more or less distant; stalk hollow, equal, 

 furfuraceous when young, same colour as 

 pileus, white-villous at base. 



A. furfuraceus is very variable, and is 

 frequent among chips in wood-yards, and 

 on dead twigs in woods and hed<..esides, '^'^AtaTSP^LXalus^pTr" 

 where it u.sually grows in quantity. (One-half natural size.) 



Sub-genus 20. Crepidotus. — There are twelve British species 

 of Crepidotus, of which one only is represented by a model. Crepi- 

 dotus agrees in structure with Pleurotus 

 and Claudopus) but the spores are ferru- 

 ginous, not white or rosy. Most of the 

 species are small, and grow on decaying 

 stumps and branches ; a few grow on 

 decaying leaves, moss, and grass ; they 

 appear late in the autumn. 



57. Agaricus mollis Schaeft.— Pileus 

 gelatinous-fleshy, obovate or reniform, un- 

 dulated and lobed, smooth, pallid buff or 

 livid brown ; usually stalkless, but some- 

 times with a small, almost obsolete, strigose 

 stalk ; flesh soft, w'atery, whitish ; gills 



Fig. 24.— Tvpe form of Crepido- j , ,■,• , i-/ , ^ . 



tus. Agaricus mollis SchKff. crowded, whitish-grey, then pale cinna- 



(One-half natural size.) mon. 



In imbricated specimens the lower pilei are generally much 

 stained by the ferruginous spores from the gills of those above. 



A. mollis is not uncommon on old stumps and logs ; sometimes 

 it grows luxuriantly on sawdust (like Paxillus panuoides), usually in 

 clusters; sometimes it appears in mid-winter. 



Series IV. — Pratell.-e. 



Spores typically dark purple, sometimes pale purple, fre- 

 quently brownish-purple, in some instances almost brown. There 



