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but not broadly so, ventricose, margin white. Spores ferruginous, 

 elliptical, 8-10 x 4-5/z. Cystidia 45-60 x lQ-12fi, abundant. Smell 

 of new meal, but nauseous. Bare soil, and amongst grass. Sept. 

 Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



f fGills tinged olive. 



569. I. dulcamara (A. & S.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 408, t. 582, fig. B. 



Dulcis, sweet; amara, bitter. 



P. 3-6 cm., olivaceous-fuscous, becoming paler, campanulato-convex,. 

 then expanded and umbonate, ^occoso-scaZ?/, silky towards the margin. 

 St. 4-6 cm. x 4 mm., paler than the pileus, equal, cortinato-fibrillose, 

 adpressedly squamulose, apex mealy. Gills pallid, then olivaceous, 

 arcuato-adfixed, ventricose, crowded. Flesh becoming yellowish white, 

 thin. Spores brown, almost colourless under the microscope, ellip- 

 tical, 7-9 x 4-5/i. Cystidia ventricose, 55-65 x 15-18/x, fairly 

 abundant, "on edge of gill only " Rick. Taste slightly bitter. Pine, 

 and mixed woods. Aug. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



570. I. relicina Fr. (= Astrosporina relicina (Fr.) Schroet.) 



Relicina, curled backwards. 



P. 1-5-3 cm., fuliginous, fleshy, thin, conical, then expanded, obtuse, 

 everywhere scaly-squarrose with fasciculate down. St. 45 cm. x 4- 

 6 mm., fuliginous, apex paler, soft, equal, fioccoso-scaly, fibrillose. 

 Gills yellow, then olivaceous, adnexed, crowded. Spores olive brown, 

 pip-shaped, 10-12 x 7ju. Cystidia ventricose, 70-85 x 14-16/x, 

 scattered, "only on edge of gill " Rick. Damp pine woods amongst 

 Sphagnum, and in bogs. July Oct. Uncommon. 



571. I. Bongardii (Weinm.) Massee. 



H. G. Bongard, a Russian botanist. 



P. 3-7 cm., whitish with a rufescent, or yellowish tinge, covered with 

 darker fibrillose squamules, fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, ob- 

 tusely umbonate. St. 5-8 cm. x 5-12 mm., concolorous, or slightly 

 paler, equal, straight, or curved, tough, apex white-mealy. Gills 

 whitish, then olive-cinnamon, arcuato-adnate, crowded, ventricose, 

 edge white, eroded. Flesh, reddish. Spores cinnamon brown, yellow 

 under the microscope, elliptical, 9 x 6/z, 1-guttulate. Cystidia ventri- 

 cose, 50-65 x 12-16/4, scattered, "only on edge of gill, basidia with 

 olive granular contents" Rick. Smell pleasant, like ripe pears. Woods 

 and pastures. May Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



tttGiUs tinged violet. 



572. I. cincinnata Fr. Bres. Fung. Trid. t. 51, fig. 2. 



Cincinnata, with curled hair. 



P. 1-5-3-5 cm., mouse colour, or brownish chestnut, somewhat 

 fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, or obsoletely umbonate, disc 



