266 HKITISH KUNCI 



ft Stem coloured. 



/. bucknaUi. — Cap campanulato-convex, iibrillose with a few 

 squamules near the disc, brownisli, i-§ in. diam. ; gills thick, 

 rather distant, rusty .brown, edge minutely fimbriate ; stem slender, 

 fibrillose, brownish, i-ii- in. long (spores coarsely warted, 15-17 x 

 8-9 yx. The basidia are exceptionally large, 70-80 x 16-18 j>). 



A little insignificant-looking brown fungus without any pro- 

 nounced external features, but known at once by the size of the 

 basidia, which are more than twice the size of any other known 

 species. The spores and paraphyses are also exceptionally large. 



On the ground under bushes. 



B. Spores smooth. 



* Cyst id ia present. 



t Stem whitish or very pale. 



/. scabra. — Cap broadly conical, often subgibbous, dusky or pale 

 yellowish tan, variegated with fibrous, adpressed darker scales, 

 s-^h in. across ; gills adnexed, somewhat crowded, pale, then 

 dusky ; stem stout, short, whitish, silky-fibrillose, about i in. long 

 (spores pip-shaped, 9-11x5-6 //. ; cystidia slightly ventricose). 



On the ground in coniferous and mixed woods. 



/. pyriodora. — Cap ovate, then campanulate, at length expanded 

 and umbonate, pale ochre, sometimes reddish when young, 2-3 in, 

 across ; gills adnate, thin, crowded, brownish, edge whitish ; stem 

 nearly equal, often curved near the base, fibrillose, pallid, apex 

 with white meal, flesh reddish when cut, 2-3 in. long (spores pip- 

 shaped, 9-10x5-6 /x ; cystidia variable, ventricose or clavate). 



Smell strong, resembling rotten pears, or that of the hyacinth. 



On the ground in woods. 



/. rimosa (PI. XXIV, fig. 8). — Cap bell-shaped, sometimes sub- 

 umbonate, silky-fibrous and becoming much cracked from the disc 

 to the margin, yellowish brown, 1-2 in. across ; gills almost free, 

 somewhat cro\\ded, dingy tan ; stem equal, nearly smooth, whitish, 

 apex mealy, 2-3 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 12-15x7 fi ; cystidia 

 ventricose, scattered). 



Differs from /. asterospora and /. fastigiata in the smooth spores. 

 /. eiitheles differs in having, adnate gihs and an umbonate cap. 

 /, pyriodora is separated by the strong smell. 



On the ground in woods, 



/, eutheles. — Cap bell-shaped, then expanded and strongly um- 

 bonate, shining, silky, rather squamulose, pale fawn-colour, up to 

 I in, across ; gills broadly adnate, narrowish, pallid, edge whitish 

 and denticulate ; stem fibrous, pallid or whitish, 2-3 in, long 

 (spores elliptical, 9-10 x 5-5*5 /^ ; cystidia stout, ventricose). 



Bears a general resemblance to /. fastigiata, but differs in having 

 smooth spores. 



On the ground among pine leaves. 



