HYMKXOMVCETKS. 

 •23 A. DEALBATUS. SoW. 1. 1 2. ^. 



Pilcus rather tliin, opaque white, often depressed, excentric or 

 lobed, margin narrowly involute ; gills sometimes pale flesh 

 colour. Common amongst grass under trees, and in woods. 



Infundibuliformes — infundihuliforin, or de&plij uinbilicated. 



24 A. GIGANTEUS. Sow. 3 — 4. 4—10. 1 — li-. 



Pileus infundihuliform, not imibonate ; whole plant cream 

 white ; gregarious. Spores nearly round. '00028. Pasture, 

 Bold Park, three j^ears successively in the same spot. 

 Plantation, Eock Ferry. 



25 A. GEOTRUPUS. Bull. 5—6. 3—4. % — IJ. 



Pileus infundihuliform, umbonate, cream-coloured ; stem stiiffed 

 straight, somewhat attenuated upwards. A. infundihidiformis 

 var. P major. E.F. Spores roiind. -0003. Wood, luce 

 Blundell, Nov., 1857. 



2(3 A. FLACciDus. Sow. 1 — 2. 2 — 3|. | — \. 



Pileus at length infundihuliform, thin, margin deflexed, 

 beautiful reddish buff, sometimes paler ; stem stuffed, soon 

 hollow. Tufted. Spores nearly round. -00018. Eastham, 

 Nov., 1856. Warren, New Brighton, abundant, Nov., 1867. 



Sect. B. Pileus carnoso-membranaceous, truly hygi-ophanous. 



Gyathiformes — gills descending. 

 27 A. cYATHiFORMis. Biill. 1. | — 1. 1 liue. 



Pileus depressed, margin narrowly deflexed, liver-coloured, 

 shining, paler when dry ; gills narrow, paler than the pileus ; 

 stem unequal. Spores broadly elliptic. 'OOOSS. On a fallen 

 tree, Knowsley, Nov., 1857. 



Orhifornies — gills not tridy decurrent. 



2R A. METACHEOus. Frics. 2 — 3. 1 — 2. 2 lines. 



Pileus sub-carnose, neat, smooth, margin plane, centre de- 

 pressed, colour of putty when moist, white when dry ; gills at 

 length descending ; inodorous, gregarious. Spores elliptic. 

 •00027. Very common in woods, November. 



Versiformes — gills adnate, suh-distant. 



2y A. LAGCATUS, Scop. 2 — 6. 1 — 2^. 1- 



Pileus convex or depressed, varying from flesh colour to a fine 

 brown-red, often beautifully squamulose ; gills distant, of the 

 same colour as the jiilcu.s ; stem tough, crooked. Spores rough, 

 round. '00035. Woods. Very connnon. 



var. AMETHYSTINUS. SovV. 



Extremely beautiful in colour, amethyst, or purple. Woods, 

 Eastham and Croxteth. 



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