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629. A. pusiolus Fr. Pileus 8-12 mm. (4-6 lin.) broad, yellow, Naucoria. 

 not hygrophanous, somewhat membranaceous, hemispherical 



then expanded, obtuse, even, smooth, slightly viscid. Stem 

 scarcely 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, filiform, fistulose, tough, flexile, 

 smooth, slightly viscid, shining light yellow. Gills adnate, broad, 

 crowded, plane, watery cinnamon. 



B. Pileus 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin. ) broad, tawny-yellow, slightly fleshy, campan- 

 ulato-hemispherical, obtuse, even, viscous. Stem 4 cent, (i^ in.) long, almost 

 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, attenuated upwards, flexuous, smooth, somewhat viscous, 

 lemon-yellow, pruinose at the apex. Gills adnate, distant, 2 mm. (i lin.) broad, 

 at first yellow-white. Always readily distinguished from all the preceding 

 species by the pileus and stem being viscid and lemon-yellow. Shining like 

 A. melinoides, not hygrophanous-atomate or slightly silky as in similar species 

 of Galerce. 



On the ground. West of England. 



Name pusus, a little boy. Very small. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 372. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 258. Icon. t. 124. /. 4. B. &> Br. n. 1347. C. lllust. PL 457. b. 

 Pers. t. 25. f. i (an old state). 



*** Gills adnate, pileus campanulate then expanded. 



630. A. nuceus Bolt. Pileus 1-2.5 cent, (^-i in.) broad, pale 

 chestnut, somewhat membranaceous, globoso-campanulate, never 

 flattened, umbilicate, smooth, slightly dotted, the incurved margin 

 somewhat lobed. Stem about 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, slender, 2 mm. 

 (i lin.) thick, but tough, fistulose, equal, with a small bulb at the 

 base, silky-fibrillose, becoming even, white. Veil not conspicuous. 

 Gills adnate, 6-8 mm. (3-4 lin.) broad, semicircular (hence nar- 

 rower behind but not sinuate), plane, often undulated, cinnamon. 



A wholly abnormal species, but the Swedish, Russian, and Scotch specimens 

 agree so exactly that it seems quite typical. 



In pine woods. Rare. Oct. 



Spores ii x 6 mk. W. G.S. Name nux, a nut. From its shape. Bolt. t. 

 70. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 372. Hym. Eur. p. 258. Berk. Out. p. 159. C. Hbk. 

 n. 362. lllust. PL 490. a. after Bolton. S. My col. Scot. n. 335. 



631. A. scolecinus Fr. Pileus scarcely reaching 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 broad, bay-brown-ferruginous, opaque, paler round the margin, 

 slightly fleshy, campanulate then convex, sometimes umbonate, 

 sometimes obtuse, even, smooth, fragile, at length striate round 

 the margin. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, rigid, fistulose, 

 equal, often flexuous and curved, rufous-ferruginous, white-mealy 

 at first everywhere, then at the paler apex, becoming fuscous at 

 the base. Veil none. Gills adnate, somewhat distant, distinct, 



