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cerned, I am quite in harmony with Dr. Cooke's views ; but 

 at the same time it will, I believe, be conceded that there 

 are certain specific features that cannot be clearly expressed 

 in writing, more especially when the points noted are (with 

 the exception of the spores) what may be termed superficial; 

 possibly a closer examination, including presence or absence 

 of cystidia, form of basidia, existence of laticiferous cells or 

 otherwise, may aid in elucidating this point. 



Nolanea nigripes. Trog. 



Pileus about 1^ in. across, almost membranaceous, rather 

 tough, campanulate, obtuse, even, glabrous, 1| in. broad, 

 brown, covered with yellowish flocculent particles; gills 

 adnexed then free, ascending, thin, somewhat crowded, 

 ventricose, yellow then flesh-colour; stem 45 in. long, 

 1 line thick, equal, twisted, rather wavy, glabrous, black, 

 hollow. 



Agaricus nigripes, Trog, in Flora, 1834, p. 527 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 372; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1170A; Fries, Icon., t. 99, 



In swampy places. 



Odour resembling that of stinking fish. 



Nolanea rufo-carnea. Berk. 



Pileus up to 1 in. across, flesh very thin, hemispherical, 

 umbilicate, slightly fibrillose, reddish-brown, margin slightly 

 striate, gills adnexed, 1| line broad, ventricose, veined, pale 

 salmon-colour; stem ab"out 2 in. long, 1 line thick, equal, 

 slightly thickened at the base, pale reddish-brown, paler 

 above, hollow; spores elliptic-oblong, apiculate, smooth, 

 9-10 x 6 p. ; no cystidia. 



Agaricus (Nolanea) rufo-carneus, Berk., Eng. Flor., vol. v. 

 p. 81 ; Cke, Hdbk., p. 134 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 378B. 



On heaths, &c. 



Pileus 1 in. broad, umbilicate, membranaceous, indistinctly 

 fibrilloso-squamulose, margin striate, dark red-brown ; gills 

 adnate, ventricose, waved, rose-coloured, slightly connected 

 and traversed by veins ; sporules elliptic, rose-coloured. 

 Stem 2|- in. high, 1 line thick, curved at the base, where it 

 is slightly thickened, pale rufescent, nearly white above, 

 fistulose, smooth, under a lens minutely fibrillose. Taste 

 rather bitter. (Berk.) 



