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On oak trunks. 



Far. petasatus, Fr. (p. 141); 5-6 in. 



Var. Bullii_, B. ; pileus even, pallid^, darker at the disc, 

 convex then expanded^ smooth ; stem thick, solid, brown, 

 slightly swollen at the base, fibrillose, white and silky 

 above; gills broad, rounded behind, free, flesh colour. 



On rotten wood. 



442. A. (Pluteus) umbrinus, -Fr. (p. 141). Epping Forest. 

 = A. umbrosus. P.; pileus umber ; stem villoso-squamose ; 



gills fuliginous. 



443. A. (Pluteus) ephebeus, Fr. ; pileus 1-2 in., fleshy, 

 convex then flat, obtuse, clad with a bluish tomentum, 

 margin naked; stem stufled, smooth, often curved and turn- 

 ing bluish, minutely striate; gills free, yellowish, then 

 flesh-colour. 



On rotten wood. 



444. A. (Pluteus) salicinus, P. ,- pilevis 1 in., bluish-grey, 

 then cinereous, slightly fleshy, convex, then plane, some- 

 what umbonate, smooth, but flocculoso-rugulose and darker 

 at the disc; stem stufi'ed, equal, fibrillose, fragile, white azure- 

 blue, or sometimes becoming green ; gills free, rose colour. 



In the interior of a hollow willow. South Wootton. 



445. A. (Pluteus) hispidulus, Fr. ; pileus h in., grey, 

 slightly fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, everywhere 

 silky or slightly pilose, even, dry, at length slightly striate 

 at margin ; stem fistulose, equal, curved, round, fragile, 

 smooth, silvery ; gills free, flesh colour. 



On beech stumps. Stapletou Park. 



446. A. (Pluteus) pellitus, Fr. ; white ; pileus 2 in., 

 rather fleshy, convex, then plane, even, dry, silky ; stem 

 stuffed, smooth, even, shining ; gills flesh-coloured. 



On and about trunks. 



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