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***Gills adnate. P. campanulate, then expanded. 



1114. N. nucea (Bolt.) Fr. Bolt. Hist. Fung. t. 70. 



Nucea, belonging to a nut. 



P. 1-2-5 cm., pale chestnut, submembranaceous, globoso-campanu- 

 late, never flattened, umbilicate, smooth, slightly dotted; margin in- 

 curved, somewhat lobed. St. 7-8 cm. x 2 mm., white, tough, equal, 

 silky fibrillose, becoming even, base with a small bulb. Gills cinnamon, 

 adnate, semicircular, 6-8 mm. broad, plane, often undulate. Spores 

 ferruginous, "elliptical, base apiculate, 10-11 x 6jii" Massee. Pine, 

 and fir woods. Oct. Eare. 



1115. N. glandiformis W. G. Sm. Cke. lUus. no. 500, t. 490, fig. B. 



Glans, acorn ; forma, shape. 



P. 2-5 cm., nut brown, disc darJcer, obtusely campanulate, becoming 

 somewhat hemispherical, or filbert- shaped, smooth. St. 7-5-10 cm. x 

 4 mm., pallid, equal, sometimes twisted, splitting. Gills umber, ad- 

 nate, very broad, 12 mm. and more, rounded behind, serrate. Flesh 

 yellowish, thick at the disc. Spores ferruginous, broadly almond- 

 shaped, 10-12 x 6-8/z. On the ground. Oct. Rare. 



1116. N. scolecina Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 124, fig. 1. <7Kta\^, a worm. 

 P. 1-2 cm., bay -brown-ferruginous, becoming pale, opaque, fleshy, 



campanulate, then convex, often umbonate, obtuse, smooth, fragile; 

 margin paler, at length striate. St. 3-7-5 cm. x 1-3 mm., rufous ferru- 

 ginous, base becoming fuscous, equal, often flexuose and curved, white 

 mealy everywhere, then only at the paler apex. Gills whitish flesh colour, 

 then ferruginous, adnate, broader behind, 2-4 mm. broad, edgefloccu- 

 lose, ciliate. Flesh pallid, thin at the margin. Spores ferruginous, 

 subglobose, 4 x 3/i, 1-guttulate. Alder swamps, and damp places. 

 Sept. Oct. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1117. N. striaepes Cke. Cke. Hhis. no. 502, t. 478. 



Stria, a furrow; pes, foot. 



P. 2-5-6 cm., ochraceous, fleshy, campanulate, obtuse, then ex- 

 panded, smooth. St. 4-8 cm. x 4-6 mm., white, equal, straight, or 

 flexuose, longitudinally striate. Gills tawny ferruginous, slightly ad- 

 nate, subdistant, 4-6 mm. broad. Flesh concolorous, then white, thin 

 at the margin. Spores pale ferruginous, elliptical, 7-9 x 4-5 /x,. Caespi- 

 tose, or gregarious. Woods, lawns, pastures, and roadsides. Sept. 

 Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1118. N. amarescens Quel. Boud. Icon. t. 127. 



Amarescens, becoming bitter. 



P. 1-5-4 cm., reddish brown, or cinnamon, becoming pale when dry, 

 campanulate, then expanded, often umbonate, minutely rugose, then 

 torn and cracked, moist. St. 3-7 cm. x 4-6 mm., concolorous, or 



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