HrMF.NOMYCETES. 



70 A. SPHALEROMORPHUS. Fr. Ep. 1 — 5. 1 — 1^. 1 line. 



Pileus thin, convex, then plane or depressed, hygi-ophanous, 

 yellowish olive ; gills clouded, pale purple brown. In dry 

 situations amongst moss it has a ring moderately persistent. 

 It is, however, remarkable for its aquatic habits, often gi-owing 

 upon floating Siihagmim or Hijpnum cuspidatum. var. A. 

 prceeox. E.F. Abundant in the pools on Sutton Moss. 



Truncifjenei — grmeing on icood. 



71 A. PUDicDS. Fries. Ep. 1 — 3. 2 — 3. J — \. 



Pilens white, with a tinge of yellow; stem curved; ring 

 reflexed ; whole plant remarkably firm and dry ; tufted. 

 A. caperatus. E.F. On an elder stump near the village of 

 Morton, Cheshire. 



72 A. SQUARROSUS. Miill. 2 — 4. 3 — i. i — 1. 



Saffron coloured, rough with large brownish scales, except on 

 the stem above the ring ; tufted ; very handsome. On stumps. 

 Rainhill. Runcorn. 



73 A. ADiPosus. Batscli. 



Croft. The Ecv. Thos. P. Kirkman. 



74 A MDTABiLis. Schceff. 2 — 4. 2 — 3. g- 



Pileus smooth, centre brownish orange, margin yellow, often 

 watery ; gills cinnamon ; stem scaly below ; tufted. Spores 

 eUiptical, annulus dark. -00033. On stumps. Huyton 

 Quarry, Knowsley, &c. 



Muscigenei — grmnng on moss, or on the roots of grass. 



75 A. MESoDACTYLius. Berkeley. 2i. 1. 1 line. 



Pileus obtusely conic, hygi-ophanous, apex umber, margin 

 expanded, striate, pale; stem flexuous; ring central, deeply 

 striate within ; soHtary. No. 329 of the series in the Annals. 

 A few specimens have occurred amongst gi-ass in my own 

 garden, Rainhill. 



8uh-(jenus HEBELOMA. 



Inocyhe— pileus fibrous or fihrilloso-squamose, dry. 



70 A. Lanuginosus. Bull. 1 — 2. 1. 1 — 2 lines. 



Pileus subcarnose, hemispherical, downy, greyish brown ; 

 gills pale ; stem pruinose at the apex. Woods. Knowsley, 

 Croxteth, &c. 



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