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or less white ; s. apex white, yellow-flocculose below ring, glutinous ; 

 sp. 810 x 6. 



[lucorum, Kalchb. P. plano-depr. suburnb. viscid, whitish, disc 

 bright citrin, altogether yellowish when old ; g. adnato-decur. pallid 

 or citrin, edge white ; s. slender, base subbulbous, colour of p. ; sp. 

 7x4. 



aromaticus, Sow. P. 5 7 cm. exp. very fragile, cinnamon, 

 glutinous ; g. subdecur. white with pink tinge ; s. 3 5 cm. equal, 

 colour of p. 



Smell spicy, taste like peppermint. A fungus of uncertain 

 affinity. 



* * * * Olivaceous-umber. 



limacinus, Fr. P. 3 6 cm. convex, obtuse, umber then smoky 

 olive, edge paler ; g. adnato-decur. greyish white ; s. 5 7 cm. solid, 

 viscid, apex squamulose ; 12 x 8. 



Differs from H. olivaceo-albus in squamulose apex of stem, and 

 from H. agathosmus in viscid stem. 



[yignolius, Paniz. P. obtuse, very glutinous, olive; g. adnate, 

 greyish-purple then rusty, edge white; s. with dark concentric scales 

 or glutinous and fibrillose. 



olivaceo-albus, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. exp. even, with olive gluten 

 which disappears leaving surface pale, umbo brown; g. adnato-decur. 

 white; s. 5 7 cm. viscid, with a floccose ring at first, scaly and 

 spotted brown, apex glabrous ; sp. 7 8 x 4. 



hypothejus, Fr. P. 3 6 cm. exp. and more or less depr. thin, 

 olive gluten disappearing and leaving p. yellowish-olive or brownish, 

 virgate ; g. decur. yellow ; s. 5 9 cm. viscid, paler than p., trace of 

 ring when young; sp. 8 10x4 5. 



H. olivaceo-albus differs in white gills. 



cerasinus, B. Smell strong, like cherry-laurel. P. 23 cm. ob- 

 tusely umb. viscid, pale umber then greyish, margin downy; g. very 

 distant, tinged pink; s. 5 7 cm. white, apex squamulose; sp. 8x4. 



***** Brownish grey or livid. 



fusco-albus, Lasch. P. 4 5 cm. exp. even, viscid, brownish grey; 

 g. decur. broad, snow-white; s. 5 7 cm. equal, dry, apex white- 

 floccose; sp. 12 14x7 8. 



agathosmus, Fr. Smell like aniseed. P. 35 cm. exp. gibbous, 

 viscid, livid grey, disc with crowded pellucid papillae; g. decur. soft, 

 white; s. 5 7 cm. dry, fibrillosely striate, rough with squamules up- 

 wards ; sp. 9 10x5. 



[pustulatus, Fr. P. exp. umb. viscid, livid grey, umbo fuscous, 

 cracked into papillae ; g. adnato-decur. white, often glaucous ; s. equal, 

 white, rough with black points ; sp. 8 10 x 4 5. 



Va.r.terebratus,Fr. P. subumb. glabrous ; g. triquetrous ; s. wavy, 

 pure white, apex with black points. 



