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rigid than in P. mutabilis, fibrillose or slightly striate, never 

 scaly, coloured like the pileus, but brownish at the base and 

 commonly white and velvety. Ring 1-2 lines from the apex, 

 often curtain-like and fugacious. Pileus rather fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, obtuse, 1 in. and more broad, even, 

 glabrous, hygrophanous, paler than P. mutabilis, honey- 

 colour when moist, when dry tan-colour. Gills adnate, 

 crowded, thin, narrow, at first pallid, then obscure cinnamon. 

 Very variable, and difficult to determine when the veil has 

 disappeared. (Fries.) 



Philiota xmistelina. Fr. 



Pileus about | in. across, rather fleshy, campanulate then 

 convex, even, glabrous, dry, tawny-yellow ; gills adnate, 

 rather distant, about 1 line broad, tawny-cinnamon ; stem 

 3-1 in. long, not 1 line thick, slightly thickened and 

 furnished with white down at the base, pallid-whitish, 

 mealy above the reflexed ring. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) mustelinus, Fries, Epicr., p. 169 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 148 ; Cke., Jllustr., pi. 356A. 



On stumps. 



On pine wood, rare and solitary. Pileus yellow, ochraceous, 

 scarcely hygrophanous. (Fries.) 



Pholiota unicolor. Fl. Dan. 



Pileus about | in. across, flesh thin, campanulate, then 

 convex, slightly umbonate, glabrous, almost even, at length 

 slightly striate at the margin, hygrophanous, bay, ochraceous 

 when dry ; gills adnate, seceding, broad, almost triangular, 

 ochraceous-cinnamon ; stem 1-1 \ in. long, about 1 line 

 thick, almost glabrous and equal, coloured like the pileus, 

 stuffed then hollow, often slightly curved at the base; ring 

 superior, slender, entire; spores 910 X 5:/x,. 



Agaricus unicolor, Flora Danica, t. 1071, fig. 1 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 149 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 356s. 



On trunks, branches, &c. 



Subcaespitose. In Cooke's figure quoted above some of the 

 specimens are 1 in. across, and the gills are adnate with a 

 distinct decurrent tooth. 



Always small, slender, subgregarious. Stem st.ufied then 

 hollow, H in. long, 1 line thick, equal, even, almost glabrous, 



