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fibrittose stem, and the pallid ochraceous gills at length turning brown. 

 Deciduous woods, especially beech. 



558. I. obscura (Pers.) Fr. Obscura, dark. 

 P. 1-5-2-5 cm., brown, more or less suffused with violet, somewhat 



fleshy, campanulato-convex, obtuse, or subumbonate, longitudinally 

 fibrillose, disc scaly. St. 3-6 cm. x 4-6 mm., violaceous, becoming 

 fuscous downwards, flexuose, fibrillose. Gills olivaceous, then brown, 

 uncinato-adnexed, crowded, ventricose, edge often unequal. Flesh 

 tinged bluish especially at the apex of the stem. Spores brownish, ellip- 

 tical, 8-9 x 4jw,. Cystidia ventricose, 65-75 x 12-16/z, abundant. 

 Smell strong, of radishes. Amongst pines, and in woods. July Nov. 

 Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



var. rufa Pat. Rufus, red. 



Differs from the type in the reddish-brown, strongly umbonate p., 

 the violet gills, and spores narrowed towards one end. 



559. I. lacera Fr. Lacera, torn. 

 P. 2-4 cm., brownish, then mouse colour, becoming pale, slightly 



fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, or obtusely umbonate, at first 

 adpressedly fibrillose, then rimosely scaly and squarrose. St. 3-7 cm. 

 x 5-8 mm., paler than the p., covered with brown, fibrillose squamules, 

 tough, equal, or attenuated at the base. Gills white flesh, then mouse 

 colour, attenuato-adnexed, ventricose, broad. Flesh of stem reddish. 

 Spores ferruginous, elliptical, 10-12 x 6-7 fj,. Cystidia ventricose, 56- 

 80 x 13-17jLt, numerous. Pine, and mixed woods. July Oct. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



560. I. carpta (Scop.) Fr. Carpta, torn. 

 P. 3-5 cm., tan colour, or dusky brown, convex, then flattened, 



usually at length more or less depressed at the disc, everywhere densely 

 fibrillose and woolly. St. 3-5 x 1 cm., paler than the pileus, attenuated 

 downwards, covered with a spreading, fibrillose woolliness like the p. 

 Gills ochraceous, then brown fuscous, adnate, then free, ventricose, 

 broad. Flesh pale ochraceous, becoming tinged with brown. Spores 

 elliptical, 910 x 4-5/z,, 1 2-guttulate ; "angular, nearly trapezium 

 shaped, 10-12 x 5-6/u, " Rick. Cystidia often slightly curved, ventri- 

 cose, 60-70 x 13-15/i, abundant. Taste sweet, then bitter. Woods. 

 Aug. Sept. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



561. I. hystrix Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 106, fig. 1. Hystrix, porcupine. 

 P. 4-9 cm., dull brown, or mouse colour, fleshy, firm, convex, then 



flattened, obtuse, or slightly gibbous, orbicular, squarrose with revolute, 

 floccose scales, which are fibrilloso-adpressed towards the margin. 

 St. 5-9 cm. x 6-10 mm., fuscous mouse colour, firm, equal, or attenu- 



