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adnexed, crowded at first, then rather distant, brownish, then 

 dingy cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, somewhat wavy, base shghtly 

 thickened, yellowish. 

 In pastures, etc. 



N. hamadryas. — Cap i|-2 in. across, soon expanded and gibbous, 

 rusty bay, yellowish \\'hen old and dry, gills crowded, rusty ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, fragile, smooth, pallid. 



On the ground under trees. Hygrophanous. 



A^. cidaris. — Cap about i in. across, conical, then campanulate, 

 slightly striate, wavy, cinnamon-tan ; gills crowded, honey-colour ; 

 stem about i| in. long, blackish brown. 



Stem often compressed and wavy. 



On the ground in pine woods around trunks. 



N. cucumis. — Cap |-i in. across, broadly campanulate, bay- 

 brown, tan when dry ; gills crowded, becoming saffron-colour ; 

 stem firm, 1-2 in. long, bay or blackish brown. 



Distinguished by the strong smell of cucumber. 



On the ground among fragments of wood, sawdust, etc. 



N. angitinea. — Cap i|-2 in. across, yellowish tan, when young 

 with a silky zone near the edge ; gills crowded, yellow, then rusty ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, wavy, brownish, densely covered with white fibrils. 



On the ground. 



A'', horizontalis. — Every part cinnamon-colour. Cap |-| in. 

 across ; gills broad ; stem |-| in. long, incurved. 



On trunks of elm, etc. Gregarious, growing horizontally. 



A'', semiflexa. — Cap up to h in. across, convexo-plane, chestnut- 

 colour, edge white and silky ; gills brownish ; stem |-| in. long, 

 incurved, pale. 



On wood and on the ground. Gregarious. 



N. glandijormis. — Cap about i in. high and broad, obtusely cam- 

 panulate, nut-brown, smooth ; gills very broad, umber ; stem 3-4 

 in. long, equal, pallid. 



Readily known by the very broad, rusty umber gills and cam- 

 panulate cap. 



On the ground. 



N. stricBpes. — Cap i-i| in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 ochraceous ; gills tawny cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, wavy, 

 whitish, distinctly longitudinally striate. 



Readily known by the ochraceous cap, and white, striate, wavy 

 stem. 



Among grass on lawns, in culti\'ated fields, etc. 



N. latissima. — Cap -|— 1| in. across, hemispherical, deep chestnut- 

 brown ; gills very broad, tawny umber ; stem i|-2 in. long, 



