HYMENOMYCJETES. 



Lactiptdea — stem yielding an ujiciqae juice. 



44 A. SANGUINOLENTUS. Alb. & Schw. 1 — 3. 1 — 2 lines, i line. 



Pileus delicate, tinged with a vinous colour. The stem when 

 broken near tlie base yields a juice of the colour of port wine. 

 Spores varying in size, legumeniform. "0004. Common in 

 woods. 



45 A. GALOPus. Pers. 2 — 3. J — f . 1 line. 



Pileus campanulate, semi-oval or serai-fusiform, roughly and 

 somewhat distantly striate, bluish black, opaque, sub-pruinose ; 

 gills distant, glaucous ; stem tough, dark grey. Common in 

 woods, on stumps and amongst grass. 



46 A. ciiELiDONius. Fries. 1 — 4. { — §. i line. 



Pileus campanulate or obtusely conical, very tender ; diapha- 

 nous, hence appearing finely striate ; apex light brown, margin 

 paler ; gills whitish, not distant. On leaves, especially under 

 Pteris aquilina. The stem of this and the preceding species 

 when broken yields a drop of whitish milky juice. 



Glutinipedes — stem viscid. 



47 A. EPiPTERYGius. Scop. 3 — 4. A — 1. I line. 



Pileus and stem viscid. Pileus very thin, covered with an 

 epidermis which easily peels off when moist, margin dentate ; 

 stem yellow, especially at the apex. Spores irregular, nar- 

 rower at one end, 'OOOSS. Very common in heathy woods. 



48 A. vuLGAEis. Fries. 1 — 1 ^. \ — -J-. % line. 



Pileus and stem viscid. Pileus plane, dusky, striate ; gills 

 decurrent, white ; stem tough. Identified by the Rev. A. 

 Bloxam, Growing in myriads on fir leaves in a wood at 

 Croxteth. 



Basipedes — stem adhering by a disc. 



49 A. STYLOBATES. Peis. 1— li. 1 — 9 lines, i line. 



Pileus bluntly campanulate, striate, slightly hairy, white. 

 Whole ijlant very delicate. On decayed wood in a very moist 

 place. Eainhill. Dee., 1857. 



InsititicB — 6a.se of stem without aproper root, growing in a vegetable matrix 

 byflocci or a tubercle. 



50 A. HiEMALis. Retz. ^ — 1. 1 — 3 lines, f line. 



Pileus hemispherical, striate, brown ; stem curved. A. 

 corticola. E.F. On bark, Croxteth. 



Sub-fjenus OMPHALIA. 



Collybiarim — pileus expanded, margin inflexed. 



51 A. PYXiDATUs. BuU. 1 — 2. \. ^ line. 



Pileus infundibuliform, reddish ; gills narrow, distant, decur- 

 rent. GrasRj' places on the coast. 



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