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1339. P. semivestita B. & Br. (= Hypholoma semivestitum (B. & Br.) 

 Quel.) Cke. Illus. no. 617, t. 578. Semi-, half; vestita, clothed. 



P. 1-2 cm., dark brown, becoming pale, ovate, obtuse, sprinkled with 

 little snow-white fibrils more than half way up. St. 57 cm. x 3 mm., 

 snow-white, with a pale under tinge of brown, nearly straight, fibril- 

 loso-silky, the walls within white with down. Gills umber brown, 

 tinged with the dark spores, adnate, ascending, broad behind. Flesh 

 white, thick at the disc. Spores brownish purple, elliptical, 10-12 x 

 5(j.. Cystidia "fusiform, 45-60 x 10-13//," Eick. Caespitose, or soli- 

 tary. Amongst grass. Rich pastures, and woods. Aug. Oct. Un- 

 common, (v.v.) 



1340. P. fibrfflosa (Pers.) Fr. (= Hypholoma fibrillosum (Pers.) 

 Quel.) Cke. Illus. no. 618, t. 595, fig. B. 



Fibrillosa, full of fibrils. 



P. 2-3 cm., livid, or becoming white, submembranaceous, fragile, 

 campanulate, then convex, at length flattened, obtuse, striate, covered 

 with long, white, fugacious fibrils, soon smooth. St. 6-10 cm. x 4 

 6 mm., white, equal, fragile, clothed throughout with fibrilloso-fascicu- 

 late, spreading, fugacious, white squamules, then smooth. Gills cinereous, 

 then becoming black purple, adnate, broader behind, 6-10 mm. broad, 

 at length plane, edge often white. Flesh greyish, becoming white, thin 

 at the margin. Spores black purple, pip-shaped, 6 x 3/x. Cystidia 

 " on edge of gill, vesiculose-clavate " Rick. Solitary. Woods. Sept. 

 Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1341. P. Gordonii B. & Br. (= Hypholoma Gordonii (B. & Br.) Big. 



& Guillem.) Cke. Illus. no. 620, t. 580, fig. A. 



Marchioness of Huntly. 



P. 2-4 cm., pale cinereous, then white, membranaceous, campanu- 

 late, sulcato-striate, sprinkled with white floccose scales. St. 4-5 cm. x 

 3 mm., white, equal, brittle, transversely undulated, white pruinose 

 above, floccose below, becoming at length smooth and shining. Gills 

 cinereous, narrowly adnate, ascending, moderately broad, distant. 

 Flesh yellowish, somewhat thick at the disc. Spores "broad, ellip- 

 tical, 11-13 x 7-8 ii, smooth, subopaque" Rick. Smell faint, nauseous. 

 Densely caespitose. Stumps, and amongst chips. Oct. Rare. 



1342. P. glareosa B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 610, t. 591, fig. B. 



Glareosa, belonging to gravel. -' 



P. 1215 mm., grey, disc pale chestnut, campanulate, obtuse, or 

 umbonate, striate, withfiocci like little crumbs. St. 2-5-5 cm. x 2 mm., 

 brown, clothed with white fibrils. Gills umber, adnate, broad behind. 

 Flesh brown, especially close to the gills. Spores black. On gravelly 

 soil after wet weather. June. Rare. 



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