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stillatitius, Fr. P. 3 5 cm. exp. subumb. even, smeared at first 

 with blue gluten, then livid fuscous, finally greyish-white ; g. emar- 

 ginate, broad ; s. 57 cm. hollow, very soft, with blue mucus ; sp. 

 8x4. 



Somewhat resembling C. elatior but smaller, and veil not 

 floccose. 



vibratilis, Fr. P. 4 5 cm. thin, almost plane, subgibbous, hygr. 

 yellow or tawny, golden and shining when dry ; g. adnato-decur. 

 crowded ; s. soft, conical, snow-white, glutinous veil fugacious ; sp. 

 8x5. 



Habit of C. armeniacus and C. caustics. Differs from both in 

 very soft, snow-white stem, and glutinous veil. 



pluvius, Fr. P. 1-5 2 '5 cm. globose, then convex, viscid, hygr. 

 yellowish tawny, tan and opaque when dry ; g. decur. then seceding, 

 white then ochre; s. 5 6 cm. slender, subequal, soft, white then 

 pallid ; sp. 10 x 8. 



[oliveus, Q. P. fibrilloso-virgate, viscid, olive green, flesh 

 yellowish-olive ; s. silky, citrin, base clavate ; g. reddish amethyst 



III. INOLOMA. 



Pileus equally fleshy, dry, at first scaly, fJbrillose or 

 innately silky, not hygrophanous. Veil simple. Stem 

 fleshy, subbulbous. 



* Gills at first white or pallid. 



opimus, Fr. P. 6 9 cm. hard, exp. unequal, dry, with adpressed 

 tan tomentum, rimoso-rivulose ; g. emarginate, white then tan ; s. 

 2-5 3 cm. hard, stout, pallid, with white fibrils ; sp. - . 



var. fulvobrunneus, Fr. P. glabrous then rivulose; g. very 

 broad. 



[argutus, Fr. P. conical then exp. subgibbous, silky-fibrillose, 

 pchraceous ; g. adnate ; s. solid, ventricose, fibroso-squamose, yellow- 

 ish white. 



turgidus, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. exp. atomate then glabrous, whitish 

 tan, shining, edge at first silky ; g. emarginate, crowded, edge entire ; 

 s. 4 6 cm. bulbous, rimosely-striate, glabrous, silvery shining ; 

 sp. - . 



Differs from C. argentatus in very obtuse p. and entire edge of 

 gills. 



[praestans, Cord. P. convex, orbicular, silky-shining, brownish 

 violet ; g. hyaline then grey ; s. fibrous inside, solid, whitish, cylin- 

 drical, sometimes wavy, rather bulbous. Esculent. 



argentatus, Krombh. P. 6 9 cm. convex, almost glabrous, 

 silvery grey, shining, disc subgibbous, pallid, near the edge at first 

 silky-lilac ; g. emarginate, crowded, serrate ; s. 7 9 cm. stout, white ; 

 sp. 8x5. 



var. pinetorum, Fr. Smaller. At first lilac and silky. 



