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gracilis, B. P. 2 3 cm. conical then hemispher. sometimes 

 depr. and subumb. vinous brown or tan with gluten that leaves 

 blackish spots; g. decur. whitish then bistre; s. 35 cm. flexuous, 

 pallid, base yellow ; sp. 16 18 x 5. 



HYPHOLOMA, Fr. 



* FASCICULARES. Pileus tough, glabrous, bright coloured 

 when dry, not hygr. 



silaceum, Pers. P. 68 cm. convex, orange-rufous, edge whitish 

 and silky ; g. adnate, grey then olive ; s. 6 7 cm. bulbous, shining ; 

 sp. . 



Fries says it is solitary, Secretan says caespitose from a common 

 base. 



sublateritium, Schaeff. P. 4 9 cm. convexo-plane, discoid, 

 dry, becoming glabrous, orange brick-red, edge pale, flesh compact, 

 whitish ; g. adnate, white then smoky olive ; s. 6 10 cm. fibrillose, 

 rusty ; sp. 8x4. 



var. Schaeff eri, Fr. P. yellow; s. hollow, equal. 



var. squamosa, Fr. P. brick-red, edge yellow with superficial 

 scales, flesh thick, yellowish. 



[transversum, Gill. P. exp. obtusely umb. glabrous, brick-red, 

 disc darker ; g. yellowish, narrowed at both ends, connected by 

 strong veins ; s. solid, glabrous, pale above, base rusty. 



capnoides, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. convexo-plane, obtuse, very glabrous, 

 yellow or tinged tawny ; g. adnate, grey then purplish ; s. 5 9 cm. 

 pallid, slightly silky ; sp. 8 x 4. 



epixanthum, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. exp. subgibbous, silky then 

 glabrous, pale yellow, disc often tawny, flesh yellow; g. yellowish 

 white then grey; s. 7 10 cm. floccosely fibrillose, whitish, apex 

 mealy ; sp. 7 x 4. 



elaeodes, Fr. P. 2 4 cm. exp. subumb. dry, glabrous, brick-red, 

 flesh yellow; g. green then pure olive; s. 5 9 cm. fibrillose, rusty; 

 sp. 5 6 x 3 4. 



fasciculare, Huds. Fasciculate, taste bitter. P. 25 cm. exp. 

 subumb. tawny, edge pale ; g. adnate, closely crowded, yellow then 

 greenish, subliquescent ; s. 6 9 cm. hollow, fibrillose, flesh like that 

 of p. yellow ; sp. 7 x 4. 



Said to be a parasite on the roots of raspberry. 



instratum, Britz. P. 2 4 cm. convex, broadly umb. dark brown, 

 radially rugose ; g. adnate ; s. 5 7 cm. squamulose and brownish 

 downwards ; sp. 8x4. 



[aelopodium, Fr. P. fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, glabrous, 

 rufescent ; g. adnate, yellowish then brownish-olive ; s. fistulose with 

 a free tube inside, variegated with minute red squamules. 



dispersum, Fr. P. T5 2'5 cm. P. fleshy, exp. obtuse, tawny, 

 honey-colour near the edge and silky; s. 5 9 cm. tough, silky- 



