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[mulleus, Fr. Mild. P. plane or depr. even, yellow brown then 

 paler ; g. citrin ; s. bay towards fusiform rooting base, with a purplish 

 tomentose ring. 



[Queletii, Schulz. White. P. diaphanous, umb. ; g. free, white; 

 s. stuffed, with grey rooting mycelium. 



( foeniculaceus, Fr. P. tough, convex-umb. then plano-depr. 

 pallid then white; g. broad, thick, adnex. distant, whitish ; s. fibrous, 

 glabrous, base abrupt, with rufous fibres. Used as a condiment. 



** Base of stem naked, often formed of twisted fibres. 



oreades, Fr. P. 2 5 cm. subumb. glabrous, brownish then pale ; 

 g. free, broad, distant, pale ; s. 3 6 cm. pallid, everywhere with a 

 downy surface ; sp. 8 x 5. Edible. 



[globularis, Fr. P. globose campan. umb. hygrophanous, pel- 

 lucidly striate ; g. free, white then dingy ; s. pulverulent, white. 



plancus, Fr. P. 2 cm. pliant, plane or depr. even, rufescent 

 then pale ; g. narrow, tinged ochraceous-brown ; s. 3 5 cm. with 

 white down, base narrowed, naked ; sp. . 



Differs from M. oreades in narrower, darker coloured gills. 



[pyramidalis, Fr. P. umb. shining, dingy brown then pale; 

 g. arcuately adnexed, white then reddish; s. narrowed upwards, 

 flocculose, whitish, rooting, 



scorteus, Fr. P. 1 1'5 cm. pallid, exp. obtuse, even, wrinkled ; 

 g. broad, distant, white ; s. 2 4 cm. obsoletely hollow, equal, tinged 

 fuscous, glabrous, apex slightly mealy ; sp. 8 x 6. 



Resembling M. oreades, but smaller and stem glabrous. 



II. TERGINI. Stem rooting, distinctly tubular, not fibrous, 

 evidently cartilaginous. Gills becoming free. 



* Stem woolly below, glabrous above. 



prasiosmus, Fr. Smell of garlic. P. 1'5 2 cm. pale yellow or 

 whitish disc, often darker, wrinkled, g. adnexed ; s. 4 7 cm. pallid 

 and glabrous above, thickened and subtomentose below and brownish ; 

 sp. 1415 x 7. 



Differs from M. porreus in white gills and estriate pileus. 



varicosus, Fr. P 1'5 3 cm. reddish brown, plane or depr. wavy, 

 subumb. darker when dry; g. closely crowded, very narrow; s. 

 5 8 cm. reddish, with red juice, base with reddish down ; sp. 4 x 3. 



fuscopurpureus, Fr. 2 2'5 cm. exp. often umbilicate, purplish 

 brown then pale ; g. attached to collar then free, tinged reddish ; 

 s. 2'5 7 cm. dry, dingy purple, base with reddish down ; sp. 4 3. 



terginus, Fr. P. l - 5 2'5 cm. exp. obtuse, shining, reddish, then 

 pale, striate at margin ; g. narrow, free ; s. 5 8 cm. glabrous, shining, 

 pallid, reddish below with white down, rooting ; sp. 6 7 x 4. 



Much like M. prasiosmus and M. porreus, differing from both in 

 absence of smell. 



