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II. P. smooth, at the first with no cortina. 



768. H. sinapizans (Paul.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 455, t. 413. 



aLvairi, mustard. 



P. 7-5-20 cm., clay colour, disc sometimes pale yellowish, fleshy, con- 

 vex, then plane, very obtuse, for the most part repand, often excentric, 

 smooth, slightly viscid when fresh. St. 7-5-12-5 x 2-5 cm., white, 

 rigid, equal, or fusiform rooted, fibrilloso-striate, apex white squamu- 

 lose. Gills clay cinnamon, opaque, deeply emarginate, sometimes 

 arcuato-decurrent, 610 mm. broad, crowded, fragile, arid. Flesh 

 white, compact. Spores ferruginous, almond-shaped, 10-11 x 6/z. 

 Smell strong, of radish. Woods, and under trees. Sept. Oct. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



769. H. crustuliniforme (Bull.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 456, t. 507. 



Crustulum, a small cake ; forma, shape. 



P. 5-10 cm., pale whitish tan, pale yellowish, or brick colour, disc 

 deeper coloured, fleshy, convexo-plane, obtuse, or slightly gibbous, 

 rarely repand, smooth, at first viscid. St. 47 x 1-2-5 cm., whitish, 

 equal, or subbulbous, firm, apex white squamulose. Gills whitish, 

 then clay colour, at length date brown, rounded-adnexed, almost adnate, 

 narrow, linear, 2-4 mm. broad, crowded; edge unequal, guttate, dis- 

 tilling watery drops in wet weather, spotted when dry. Flesh whitish, 

 watery, thick. Spores ferruginous, elliptical, 10-12 x 5-6ju, rough. 

 Cystidia " only on the edge of the gill, filamentous-capitate, sometimes 

 also subventricose, 50-60 x 7-10/t, thin walled" Eick. Smell strong 

 of radish, or like the flowers of the common laurel. Taste acrid. 

 Poisonous. Woods, heaths, andpastures. Aug. Nov. Common, (v.v.) 

 var. minus Cke. (= Hebeloma hiemale Bres. sec. Big. & Guill.) Cke. 

 Illus. no. 457, t. 414. Minus, smaller. 



Differs from the type in its smaller size, in the floccose edge of the 

 gill and in its faint smell. Woods, and heaths. Oct. Nov. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



770. H. subsaponaceum Karst. Karst. Icon. t. 44. 



Sub, somewhat; sapo, soap. 



P. 3 cm., gilvous, then pallid, darker when dry, expanded, obtuse, 

 naked, dry. St. 2-3 cm. x 3-4 mm., pale, becoming umber below when 

 touched, equal, rather wavy, adpressedly fibrillose, apex rather mealy. 

 Gills pale alutaceous, then ferruginous, adnate, 2mm. broad, crowded, 

 dry. Spores oval oblong, 6-10 x 4-6/A. Smell strong, of soap. Fir, 

 and mixed woods. Aug. Uncommon. 



771. H. elatum (Batsch) Fr. Cke. IUus.no. 1165, t. 962. Elatum,tall. 

 P. 2-5-8 cm., tan colour, becoming pale tan when dry, fleshy, convex, 



then flattened, obtuse, smooth, slightly viscid, opaque, margin very 

 thin. St. 8-10 cm. x 8-12 mm., whitish, equal, cylindrical, tense and 



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