HYMENOMTCETES. 



158 R. ALUTACEA. Pei's. ] — 9. 3. f — 1. 



Pileus deiDressed, fleshy, viscid when moist, Variously coloured 

 red, purplish, or ochraceous ; margin at length fuiTowed ; 

 gills equal, pale buff. Spores rough, round, yellow. '00045. 

 "Woods in many places. 



159 R. NiTiDA. Pers. I— 2^. 2—3. i— f. 



Pileus thin, almost membranaceous, viscid, mostly ochraceous ; 

 margin furrowed ; gills distant, yellowish. Spores round. 

 •00035. Woods in many places. 



Genus X. CANTHARELLUS. 



160 C. ciBARius. Fries Ep. 1—1^. 1 — 3. \. 



Pileus smooth, thin, fleshy, rather tough, infundibuliform ; 

 margin uneven ; gUls subdistant, branched. Whole plant 

 orange buff. Spores elliptic, white. Eastham Wood, in one 

 spot only, where it was very abundant in 1856. 



161 C. AURANTiAcus. Frics Ep. 1. 1 — H. \. 



Pileus sub-tomentose, repand ; gills rather close and but little 

 forked, pale or reddish buff. Solitary specimens found under 

 a hedge, Eainhill, and on a bank, Ivnowsley. My notes are 

 deficient, and the plants referred to possibly may have been 

 ill grown specimens of C. ciharius. 



Genus XL MARASMIUS. 

 Suh-r/enus COLLYBIA. 



169 M. TEEONATCs. Bolt. 2 — 3. 1 — 3. 9 — 3 Hues. 



Pileus tough, at length expanded ; pileus and gills the colour 

 of a faded oak leaf; stem at the base thickly clothed with 

 pale yellow down. Amongst leaves in woods, especially 

 Eastham wood. 



163 M. OEEADES. Bolt. 1 — 9. i — 1. i. 



Pileus convex, or broadly umbonate, tough, pale buff; gills 

 distant, pale ; stem fibrous, base downy. Spores broadly elliptic. 

 ■00033. Pastures, frequent throughout the year ; abundant on 

 banks in the WiiTal. Often found in rings, whence it has been 

 called the Fairi/ ring Agaric, though it is by no means the 

 only species with this habit. It is also known by the name of 

 Scotch Bonnets. "Though tough, much used as an article of 

 food on the continent, and occasionally in this country, but too 

 frequently very differejit and poisonous fungi are gathered 

 imdcr the name."' 



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