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C. dealbata, (Sow.) Wade Wood, Sun Wood ! H. Gr. 

 Pck. Wd. — J.N. On dead leaves. 



C. gigantea, (Sow.) " In several meadows in the neighbour- 

 hood of Halifax, this present year, 1793, in Aug. and 



Sept Some measured more than a foot across." — 



Unpublished drawing by Bolton, in Brit. Museum (Nat. 

 Hist.) considered to represent this species. 



C. infundibuliformis, (Schaeff.) " Grows in low meadows 

 where the grass is deep and the soil rich." — -Bolton, Tab. 

 59. Some authorities consider this Tab. to represent 

 C. bvumalis ; others as above. 



C. geotropa, (Bull.) Fixby pastures. — Hud. Bot. Soc. 



C. ericetorum, (Bull.) In field, Hept. — J.N. 



C. cyathiformis, Fr. 1790. Hx. — Bolton, Tab. 145. Lud. 

 Dn.—J.W.S. El. Pk. Wd.—H.T.S. Sun Wood! 



C. brumalis. Fr. Among dead grass and leaves, in woods and 

 field borders. Frequent. 



C. metachroa, Fr. Among dead leaves, Hurst, W T ds. — J.N. 



C. ditopa, Fr. Among dead leaves, N.D. Wd. — U.B. Heb. 

 Bdge.— J.N. 



C. fragrans, (Sow.) Pck. Wd. — J.N. 1898. In rings in pas- 

 ture, plentiful, Lud. Dn. — H.T.S. Edible. 



Laccaria bella, (Pers.) N.D. Wd. — Nat. Sep., 1892 ! Pck. 

 Wd., H. Gr., Cr. Dn., Hdc— J.N. 



L. laccata, (Scop.) " Old-Lane-Wood, near Halifax, Wood- 

 house- Wood, and in the plantations about Fixby Hall." 

 — Bolton, Tab. 64. Common, and most variable in form 

 and colour. 

 Var. amethystina, Bolt. " Grows plentifully in moist, 

 steep, rocky woods about Halifax." — Bolton, Tab. 63. 

 Also unpublished figure, deep blue, in Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.) Collection, No. 224, named Ag. indigofevns. Cr. 

 Dn.— J.N. Lud. Dn. ! 

 Var. tortila Bolt. "Grows in rich garden-mould, about 

 the roots of such plants and shrubs as afford much 

 shade." — Bolton, Tab. 41, f.a. 



Collybia radicata, (Bull.) Common about old stumps ; 



penetrating deeply by a tough tapering ' root.' 

 C. platyphylla, Fr. Frequent in woods among dead leaves. 



Var. repens, Ach. N. D. Wd. ! 

 C. fusipes, (Bull.) 1890. Watkinson Hall plantation — G. 

 L. Lister. N. D. Wd. ! Edible. 

 Var. cedematopa, Schaeff. Rough Hey Wd. ! 



