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bulbigenum, B. and Br. ( = E. Persoonianum, Phil, and Plow.) 

 P. 2 3 cm. campan. or hemispher. obtuse, slightly tomentosely scaly, 

 white ; g. adnexed ; s. 5 7 cm. fibrillose, whitish, hollow, base some- 

 what bulbous; sp. rough, 13 15. 



Batschianum, Fr. P. 23 cm. umb.-convex then plane and 

 depr. even, viscid, blackish ; g. grey ; s. 5 7 cm. tough, adpressedly 

 fibrillose, grey, base narrowed ; sp. subgl. rough, 7 9. 



[cudon, Fr. P. tough and cartilaginous, conical, acute, blackish 

 umber, edge incurved ; g. crowded, smoky purple ; s. short, glabrous, 

 pallid. 



Bloxami, Berk. P. 2 3 cm. campan. obtuse, dingy blue, purple, 

 or slate-colour, edge inclined to be lobed ; g. pale rose ; s. 3 4 cm. 

 solid, colour of p.; sp. globose, rough, 9 10. 



ardosiacum, Bull. P. 3 5 cm. campau.-convex, obtuse, deep 

 blue with brown tinge, then greyish; g. free; s. 5 7 cm. hollow, 

 blue, base white ; sp. subgl. rough, 9 10. 



[nitidum, Q. ( = E. ardosiacum, Fr. Ic. t. 94, f. 4, not of Bull.) 

 P. campan. silky-shining, dusky bluish-violet, edge lilac, flesh white ; 

 g. free, broad, white then flesh-colour; s. slender, often twisted, 

 shining, colour of p. ; sp. rough, 8. 



madidum, Fr. Smell strong. P. 3 5 cm. campan. exp. obtuse, 

 viscid, blackish- violet, sooty when old ; g. greyish white ; s. 5 8 cm. 

 hollow, violet, thickened base white ; sp. rough, 8. 



liquescens, Cke. P. 35 cm. exp. broadly umb. ochre, disc 

 darker ; g. free, white then dingy lilac ; s. 5 8 cm. white, hollow ; 

 sp. subgl. rough, 7 8. 



Gills deliquesce when mature. 



[excentricum, Bres. P. campan. exp. mammilate, glabrous, 

 tinged tan ; g. emarginate ; s. cylindrical, colour of p. apex scurfy, 

 always excentric ; sp. rough, 10 18. 



[viridans, Fr. P. conical then exp. viscid, umb. olive-green ; g. 

 nearly free, crowded ; s. hollow, glabrous. 



[rubellum, Scop. P. exp. obtuse, even, viscid, reddish ; g. crenu- 

 late, rosy ; s. hollow, slightly downy, white ; sp. 1 1 x 6. 



ameides, B. and Br. P. 3 5 cm. campan. often irreg. flocculent, 

 soon glabrous and silky, pale reddish-grey ; g. deeply rounded behind, 

 rugulose ; s. 3 cm. whitish ; sp. subgl. rough, 10. 



II. LEPTONIDEI. Pileus flocculose, somewhat scaly, 

 absolutely dry, not hygr. 



Saundersii, Fr. P. 58 cm. campan. exp. wavy and lobed, ad- 

 pressedly tomentose, white, tinged brown when old ; g. broad, distant ; 

 s. 8 12 cm. solid, equal, white ; sp. . 



fertile", B. P. 9 14 cm. convex then plane, dry, pulverulently 

 scaly, pallid reddish or reddish ochre ; g. rounded behind ; s. 

 9 12 cm. equal, base thickened, whitish, fibrilloso-squamulose, solid; 



