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Var. rufescens, B. ; rufous like A. vaccinus ; flesh turn- 

 ing bright red when bruised,, gills at first white. 

 In pastures. 

 Var. exannulatus, Cke. ; ring evanescent or obsolete. 



763. A. (Psaliiota) sylvatieus, Schcpjf. (p. 167) ; 3 in. 

 Epping Forest. 



764. A. (Psaliiota) hsemorrhoidarius, Kalch. ; pileus 

 4 in., rufous-fuscous, fleshy, ovate then expanded, covered 

 with broad adpressed scales ; margin at first bent inwards ; 

 flesh when broken immediately blood-red ; stem soon hollow, 

 fibrillose, adpressedly squamulose below, or mealy ; base 

 solid, somewhat bulbous ; ring superior, large ; gills free, 

 approximate, crowded, rosy-flesh-colour, at length purple 

 umber. 



In woods. Lilleshall, Salop. 



765. A. (Psaliiota) subgibbosus, Fr. ; pileus 2-3 in., 

 rather fleshy, convex, then plane, umbo even, smooth, 

 circumference silky, fibrillose ; stem hollow, thin ; ring 

 fugacious ; gills remote, white, then cinereous brown. 



In woods. 



^ ** MiNORES. — Pileus iliinhj fleshy, not used as food. 



7QQ. A. (Psaliiota) comtulus, Fr. ; pileus 1—1^ in., 

 yellowish-white, slightly fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, 

 adpressedly fibrilloso-silky, becoming even ; flesh thin, soft, 

 same colour as pileus ; stem hollow, stuft'ed with floccules 

 when young, somewhat attenuated, even, smooth, white, 

 becoming somewhat light yellow ; ring median, torn, fuga- 

 cious, same colour; gills rounded-free, crowded, soft, 

 broader in front, flesh-colour, rosy, at length fuscous-flesh- 

 colour. 



In woods. Coed Coch. 



