HYMENOMYCETKS. 



Suh-f/eims COLLYBIA. 

 StricBpedes — stem salcate or jibruso-striate. 



30 A. RADICATUS. Relh. 4 — 6. 2 — 3. J. 



Pileus nearly plane, wrinkled, viscid, dusky or light brown ; 

 stem attenuated upwards ; root long, tapering. Spores 

 broadly elliptic. 0006. About the roots of trees. Halsnead, 

 Patrick Wood, &c. 



31 A. MACULATUS. Alb. & Schw. 8 — 4. 3 — 5. I — |. 



Pileus nearly plane, white, spotted with rusty red ; gills nar- 

 row ; gregarious. Spores sub-globose. 00025. Fir planta- 

 tions. Bold, Eastham, Eainford, &c. 



3'3 A. BUTYRACEUS. BuU. 2—3. 2—3. i. 



Pileus obtusely convex, slightly umbonate, smooth, centre 

 dark livid brown, towards the margin much paler, substance 

 watery, tough ; stem at length hollow, expanded below and 

 sub bulbous, downy at the base. Spores sub-lanceolate. '0003. 

 Under beech trees. Knowsley, &c., end of Oct. and Nov. 



Vestipedes — stem velvety, jloccose or pruinose. 



33 A. VELUTIPES. Curt. 2 — 8. 1 — 2. \ — \. 



Pileus bright tawny j'ellow ; gills pearly yellow ; stem often 

 curved, the lower part velvety, of a fine rich brown. Tufted. 

 Spores elliptic. 00033. Common on stumps and rotten wood. 

 A truly winter Agaric, enduring the sharpest frosts. 



34 A. coNFLUENS. Pers. 3. l^. 2 lines. 



Pileus irregular, brown, paler when dry ; gills remote ; stem 

 twisted, villous ; densely tufted ; stems confluent at the base. 

 Eastham Wood, Aug., 1856. 



35 A. TUBEEOsus. BuU. 1. \ — h. ^ line. 



Pileus nearly plane, minutely umbonate, white, umbo pale, 

 rufescent. Doubtfully referred to this species. Growing 

 (without bulbs) under Polyporus giganteits, Knowsley. Some- 

 times growing on a Sderotium ; sometimes forming a bulb re- 

 sembling a Sclerothim. See a full account, given in No. 44 of 

 the series, in the Annals. 



Lcevipedes — stem fistulose, smooth. 



36 A. XANTHOPUS. Fries. 2J. f . 1 line. 



Pileus convex, sub-carnose, dry, yellowish-white ; gills broad, 

 free ; basidia prominent ; stem equal, minutely fistulose, very 

 firm and tough, white at the apex, tawny below, strigose at the 

 base; root long, fibrous. Spores small, legumeniform. Fir 

 plantation. Rock Ferry, May, 1858. 



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