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obtuse or obtusely apiciilate, rugulose, ocbraceous, then brown. 

 Berk. Outl.p. 295. Tul. Hijp. t. 10./. 9. Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. t. 17, 

 /. 4-8. 



In woods. Epping Forest, Chudleigb, &c. 



This is a mucli firmer species than II. tener, darker within, with larger 

 spores ; but it is especially distinguished by its elongated filiform sporo- 

 phoreSj which project far beyond the surface of the hymeniuni. - M.J.B. 



1057. Hymenogaster vulgaris. Tul. "Common Hymeno- 



gaster." 



Roundish, irregular, dirty white, soon soiled, softish, within 

 dirty white, then dark-brown ; sterile base minute ; spores ob- 

 long or lanceolate, oblong-acute, attenuated at the base, dark 

 brown when mature ; surface uneven. — Berk. Outl.p. 2*^^. Tul. 

 . Hyp. t. 10,/. 13. Corda. Ic. yi. t. 8,/. 84, 1. 13,/. 108. 



In woods. Bristol. Apethorpe. 



In general the internal substance changes from dirty white to pale reddish- 

 brown, and then almost to black ; sometimes, however, there is at first a slight 

 tinge of pale tan. The spores are variable in form, but are never acuminate. 

 —M. J. B. {Fig. 107, spores) 



1058. Hymenogaster pallidus. B. Sf- Br. " Pallid Hymeno- 



gaster." 



Smaller, rounded, depressed, nearly smooth, white, then dirty 

 tan colour, rather soft, within white, then yellow, then pale 

 brown ; sterile base obsolete ; spores lanceolate, acute, shortly 

 pedicellate, rather tough. — B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. xviii. j9.74. Berk. 

 Outl.p. 206. 



In a dry fir plantation. Cotterstock. 



This species, which scarcely exceeds in size a horsebean, is nearly allied to 

 H. vulqaris, but diifers in its more acute spores as well as in colour. Spore? 

 •032--038 mm. long, -OIS-'OIG mm. broad (-0012 X "0004 in.). 



1059. Hymenogaster citrinus. Vitt. "Lemon-coloured Hy- 



menogaster." 



Eounded, gibbous, shining as if silky, lemon-coloured or 

 golden-yellow, then rufous-black, of the same colour within; 

 substance firm; spores lanceolate, apiculate, rugulose, reddish- 

 brown, opaque. — B. 4- Br. Ann. N.H. no. 293. Berk. Outl.p. 296, 

 t. 20, f. 2. Vitt. Tuh.p. 21. Berk. exs. no. 284. Tul. Hyp. t. If. 1, 

 t. 10,/ 3. Corda. Ic. vi. t. 9, /. 87. 



In woods. Audley End. Wiltshire. 



