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** Pileus even, very smooth. 



l:l. p. Rostkovii, Fr. (p. 238) ; 6 in. 



13. P. picipes, Fr. (p. 238); 6 iu. 



14. P. varius, Fr. (p. 238) ; i— 4 in. Epping Forest. 



15. P. elegans, Fr. (p. 238) ; 2-4 in. Epping Forest. 

 Var. uummularius, Fr. ; pileus 1 in., smaller, thinner, 



somewhat regular ; stem equal, excentric. 

 On trunks. 



16. P. petaloides, Fr. ; pileus chestnut-fuscous, some- 

 what membranaceous, spathulate, rugose, smooth, zoneless, 

 flaccid when moist ; stem lateral, compressed, smooth, not 

 rooting, whitish, adnate at the dilated shield-like base ; 

 pores decurrent, short, small, white. 



On old stumps. Sibbertoft. 



B. SuBEROSi-LiGNOsi. — PUeus thick, hard, zoneless ; stem stout, 

 vertical, same colour at base ; pores elongated. 



\7. P. lueidus, Fr. (p. 240); 2-6 in. Epping Forest. 



III. 3iERiSMA. — Many pileoli proceeding frmn a common trunk or 

 tubercle, arising from subdivision of primary pileus; the 

 largest of all fungi. 



A. Carnosi. — Pileus fleshy, firm, floccoso- fibrous, zoneless, not 

 coriaceo-indurated ; tufts central, sti2ntate, sjrringing from a 

 common base ; in slender forms resembling a central, simple, 

 lobed pileus ; pores separating from pileus; white spored ; 

 2)«'rtially grouping on the ground; all said to be edible. 



18. P. umbellatus, Fr. ; very much branched, fibrous- 

 fleshy, toughish ; pileoli very numerous, ^-1^ in., fuligi- 

 nous, rufous or pallid light-yellow, entire, umbilicate; 

 stems elongated, separate, united at base, white; pores 

 minute, white. — Kromb. t. 52, /. 3-9; Lenz. f. 44; Trat- 



