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179. C. (Hygrocybs) fasciatus, Fr. ; pileus J in., some- 

 what membranaceous, conical then expanded, acute umbo 

 blackish, brick-colour at circumference, smooth, slightly 

 silky, pale when dry; stem straight, elongated, flexuose, 

 fistulose, undulated on surface, smooth, not furnished with 

 a cuticle, fissile into fibrils, pallid-fuscous, then cinnamon- 

 fuscous ; gills adnate, slightly ventricose, thin, distant, 

 cinnamon. 



In pine woods. Dinmore. 



Gexus 6. GOMPHIDIUS, Fr. (p. 196.) 



1. G. glutinosus, Fr. (p. 196) ; 2-5 in. Epping Forest. 

 Var. roseus, Fr. ; pileus rose colour ; stem attenuated, 



rosy flesh colour at base. 



2. G. viscidus, Fr. (p. 196) ; 2-3 in. 



3. G. maeulatus, Scoj}. ; pileus 2 in., fleshy, convex, viscid, 

 white, variegated with black spots when old ; stem firm, 

 cylindrical, yellow, short ; gills decurrent, branched, thick, 

 umber. 



In woods. Epping Forest. 



4. G. gracilis, B. and Br. (p. 196.) 



Genus 7. PAXILLUS, Fr. (p. 195.) 

 Tribe 1. Lepista. — Pileus entire, central. 



1. P. giganteus, Fr.; pileus 4-14 in., tan white, fleshy, 

 thin, depressed, plano-infundibuliform, soft, margin involute, 

 easily splitting, spreading, smooth, sulcate in the form of 

 small channels ; stem solid, obese, smooth ; gills decurrent, 

 crowded, slightly branched and anastomosing, whitish, then 

 tan colour. 



In meadows and woods. Uncommon, 



