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4. H. penarius, Fr. ; pileus tan-colour, opaque, fleshy, 

 umbonate, then obtuse, hemispherical, at length flattened 

 and undulated, even, smooth, dry ; margin at first involute, 

 exceeding gills ; flesh thick, hard, white, unchangeable ; 

 stem solid, compact, hard, attenuated above and below, fusi- 

 form and rooting at base, pale white, smeared with tenacious 

 slime, scabrous, firm, cuticle somewhat fragile ; veil not 

 conspicuous; gills adnato-decurrent, acute behind, distant, 

 thick, veined, pale tan. 



In mixed woorls. Stoke Poges. Epping Forest. 



5. H. pulverulentus, B. and Br. ; pileus ^ in,, shining- 

 white, pulvinate, viscous ; margin involute, tomentose ; 

 stem stufi'ed, nearly equal, attenuated at base, wholly pow- 

 dered with rose-coloured meal ; gills decurrent, thick, 

 obtuse at edge, whitish. 



Among pine leaves. Glamis. 



** Reddish. 



6. H. erubescens, Fr. ; growing in troops or circles ; 

 pileus 2-4 in., white, becoming red, fleshy, gibbous, then 

 convexo-plane, viscid, adpressedly dotted with squamules or 

 becoming smooth, compact, thin towards naked margin; flesh 

 firm, white ; stem sometimes short and robust, long and 

 attenuated upwards, or elongated, equal, or attenuated at 

 base, solid, flexuose, clad with red fibrils, dotted with red 

 upwards; gills decurrent, distant, soft, white, red-spotted. 



In pine woods. Hereford. 



7. H. pudorinus, Fr. ; pileus 2 in., fleshy, convex, then 

 depressed, even, smooth, viscid, flesh-colour; stem solid, 

 firm, white, contracted at apex, rough with white dots ; 

 gills thick, distant, white. 



In fir woods. 



