HYMENOMYCETES. 



;57 A. DRYOPHii.us. Bull. 1 — 3. 1 — 2. J. 



Pileiis thin, nearl}' plane, hygrophanous ; pileus and gills pale 

 or pinkish ; whole plant rather tender. Moist places amongst 

 leaves. Not uncommon. 



38 A. CLAVus. Bull. 1. §. Verj' slender. 



Pileus canipanulate, orange-red. Spores narrow, apiculate at 

 one end. 00033. On a rotten stick, Bromborough Wood, 

 Oct., 1857. 



Suh-getius MYC^NA. 



Calodontes — yilU with the margin of a different colour. 



39 A. ELEGANS. Pers. 2. \. i line. 



Pileus very tender, apex livid, margin striate, lemon-coloured ; 

 gills with the margin yellow. On sticks. Prescot Cars, 

 Oct. 1856. 



Adonidece — somewhat brightly and permanently coloured. 



40 A. PUEU8. Pers. 3 — 4. 1. 1 line, 



Pileus subcarnose, convex, sub-diaphanous, amethystine 

 odour like that of radishes. Snores oblong. '0003. Croxteth, 

 Ince Blundell. The Warren, New Brighton. 



41 A. LACTEU8. Pers 2J. |. ^ line. 



Pileus sub-umbonate, milky white, finely striate. On a Iicdge 

 bank. Rainhill. 



jRigidipedes — gills chatuiing colour ; stem firm, rooting. 



42 A. oALEBiccLATUs. Scop, 1 — 6. ^ — 2^. I \. 



Pileus campanulate or quite expanded or umbonate, brownish 

 grey, substriate ; gills rather distant, in large specimens 

 connected by veins, whitish or pinkish ; stem downy at the 

 base. Spores varying in size, subglobose. '0004. *' Maxima 

 variahUis" Fries. A plant so varialjle as almost to discourage 

 the study of the species in affinity with it. Solitary or densely 

 tnfted. Very common on the ground or on stumps or fallen 

 trees. 



FragiUpedes — stem scarcely rooting, not dilated; iiileus hygrophaiums. 



43 A. ALCAHNTS. Fries. 



The only plant hitherto found in this neighbourhood agreeing 

 with the (Ascription and possessing the peculiar nitrous odour 

 of A. alcalinus, is a small, campanulate, dark grey, striated 

 Mycaeua, not uncommon in grassy places. It may probably be 

 A. ammoniacus, Fries. 



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