HYMENOMYCETES. 



85 A. HYPNORUM. Batscli. 1. 2 — 4 lines, i line. 



Pileus membranaceous, striate, hygrophanous, hemispherical 

 or expanded, smooth; stem flexiious ; gills adnate, rather dis- 

 tant, pale cinnamon. A. inisiolum, Fr. Ep., probably may be 

 amongst the plants I have regarded as belonging to this 

 species. Moist places on moss ; very common. 



Suh-genus CREPIDOTUS. 

 JEudermini— pileus horizontal, suh-cariwse. 



80 A. PALMATUS. E. F. 1. 3. i. 



Pileus when young firm, at length subgelatinous, colour of 

 cedar wood ; epidermis disposed in beautiful reticulations ; 

 gills thick, radiating from a collar. Spores rough, round, 

 yellow. 00025. Imbricated. On a squared post in the lane 

 leading from Broad Green to Woolton, two years in succession. 

 There is difHculty with respect to the synonyms of this inte- 

 resting and rare species, the colour and spores of which seem 

 to indicate an afBuity with genus Lactakius. 



87 A. MOLLIS. Schoeff. 



Pileus 1 — 3 broad, 1 — 2 from the base to the apex, fleshy, 

 flaccid, then dry and tough, downy when young, hygro- 

 phanous, pallid; gills watery, then brownish grey. Spores 

 elliptic. '00045. Common by saw-pits and on fallen timber. 



Hypodermini^pileits re^vpinate, then reflexed, siih-memhranaceous . 



88 *A. vAEiABiLis. Pers. 



Pileus J— 1 broad, membranaceous, downj', white ; gills 

 pinkish. On small sticks in moist places. Kainhill. Patrick 

 Wood. Croxteth. 



Series IV. Pratellae. 



Sub-genus PSALLIOTA. 

 Lepiotideve — hymenophore discrete from the stem; gills free. 



89 A. AKVENSis. Schceff. 2 — 1. 3—19. 1—2. 



Pileus very thick and fleshy, smooth or scaly, subglobose, then 

 expanded ; gills pale, at length dark purple brown. Dis- 

 tinguished from the next species by its pale gills, and fre- 

 quently in age by its yellowish stains ; it is also a larger and 

 coarser plant. A. Oeorgii. E.F. Commonly known as white 

 caps, or horse mushroom. Pastures. Halsnead. Common in 

 Cheshire. 



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