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II. RIGIDI. Veil absent. Stem rigid. Gills 

 adnexed, very rarely adnate. 



[phoenix, Seer. P. campan. then exp. even, glabrous, hygr. 

 fuscous then pale and shining; g. free; s. stuffed, striate, pallid, 

 subbulbous. 



canobrunnea, Fr. P. 4 7 cm. exp. obtuse, subviscid when 

 moist, hygr. fleshy-brown then pale ; g. nearly free, brownish purple ; 

 s. 4 5 cm. hollow, short, squamulose, whitish or greyish pink, 

 rooting; sp. . 



[Gilletii, Karst. P. campan. -con vex, often obliquely umb. gla- 

 brous, livid grey with olive tinge, umb. tawny, then pale ochre; 

 g. subadnate soon free, grey- then livid-purple ; s. fistulose, straight, 

 equal, glabrous, bay, apex paler and pruinose ; sp. 10 13 x 56. 



[simulans, Karst. P. conico-convex, exp. usually obtusely umb. 

 glabrous, pale rusty with honey-colour tinge, pellucidly striate, edge 

 at first incurved, yellow tawny when dry ; g. greyish with honey or 

 olive tinge ; s. wavy, ascending, rather lubricous, shining, bay, apex 

 paler ; sp. 4 6 x 3. 



spadicea, Fr. Subcaespitose. P. 3 7 cm. glabrous, humid, 

 convex then exp. edge at first incurved, dark bay or bistre-brown 

 then pale ; g. adnate with decur. tooth, crowded, whitish then 

 pinkish, at last purple-brown ; s. fistulose, equal, rigid, silky, whitish ; 

 sp. 10 x 5. 



var. hygrophtia, Fr. Larger. P. fuscous then tan; s. subfusi- 

 formly rooting ; g. emarginate with a long decur. line. 



var. polycephala, Fr. Very densely tufted. P. rigid ; s. slender, 

 slightly flexuous ; g. nearly free, fuscous-umber. 



This is the commonest form in Britain. 



ffypholoma hydrophilum differs in having fuscous-cinnamon, 

 lachrymose gills. 



cernua, Fl. I)an. P. 1/5 2 cm. campan.-convex then exp. 

 glabrous, micaceous, hygr. rugulose and pallid when dry; g. adnate; 

 s. 59 cm. white, apex even, pruinose ; sp. 8 x 5. 



squalens, Fr. P. 25 cm. exp. depr. even, glabrous, hygr. lurid 

 then pale ; g. adnato-decur. tan then brown ; s. 4 5 cm. not rooting, 

 apex striate, colour of p. ; sp. - . 



[murcida, Fr. P. convex, obtuse, slightly striate, hygr. even 

 when dry, bay then tan or rosy ; g. adnate, segmentoid, umber ; 

 s. slender, fragile, straight, naked. 



[hebes, Fr. P. exp. obtuse, glabrous, hygr. edge striate, lurid 

 then pale ; g. adnate, triangular ; s. glabrous, pallid. 



foenisecii, Fr. P. 1-5 2 cm. campan.-exp. obtuse, dingy brown 

 then pale; g. adnate, ventricose, umber; s. 46 cm. not rooting, 

 pale reddish, glabrous ; sp. 10 x 5 6. 



clivensis, B. and Br. P. 23 cm. hemispher. pale brown then 

 pale ochre or whitish ; g. broad, adnate, emarginate, edge pale ; s. 

 3 cm. silky, base subclavate ; sp. 10 x 5. 



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