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Laxton, which we could not distinguish, though possessing all 

 the characters of Eccilia. Spores angulato-stellate, '0004 inch 

 long, -00028 wide. 



687. A. (Crepidotus) cheimonophilus, n. s. Totus albus pileo 

 convexo crassiusculo villoso ; stipite brevissimo vel obsoleto ; 

 lamellis distantibus postice attenuatis. On small dead branches 

 oi Pyrus torminalis, Benefield, Norths., Dec. 18, 1851. 



Pure white. Pileus \ of an inch across, convex, clothed with 

 villous down ; margin inflexed. Stem extremely short or obsolete; 

 gills few, distant. Spores very pale yellow, brown, oblongo- 

 elliptic, with a distinct lateral nucleus. 



Resembling at first sight young specimens of A. platypus, but 

 differing totally in character. We do not know of anything 

 closely allied. 



688. A. (Psalliota) stercorarius, Fr. Ep. p. 220. In pastures 

 on dung as at Apethorpe, Norths. 



Distinguished from A. semiglobatus by the distinct medullary 

 substance with which the stem is stuffed. It is doubtful whether 

 the Cobham plant is the same species. 



689. A. (Psilocybe) coprophilus, Bull. t. 566. f. 3. On dung, 

 as at Morehay Lawn, Norths. 



Pileus when very young white and downy, subhemispherical, 

 clothed with little white superficial scales, brown, at length smooth 

 and pale umber, darker at the obtuse apex, slightly fleshy. Stem 

 flexuous, slightly attenuated upwards, whitish shining, at first 

 scaly like the pileus, within which it is pruinose. GiUs nearly 

 plane, ventricose, adnato-arcuate or subdecurrent, umber brown. 



690. A. (Psilocybe) Physaloides, Bull. t. 366. f. 1. 

 Abundant on the walls of the sewage filtering apparatus at 



Croydon, Sept. 1852 : see Gard. Chron., Sept. 25, 1852, Mr. 

 W. Marshall. Spores -0005 inch long, "0003 broad. 



691. CortiTiarins (Phlegmacium) caperatus, Fr. Ep. p. 256 ; 

 Johnst. East. Bord. tab. 9. Berwick, Sept. 19, 1845, Dr. Johnston. 



One of the finest of the Hymenomycetes. Pileus, ring and 

 stem presenting deeper or lighter shades of ferruginous orange, 

 dusted with pulverulent particles, which consist of obovate pedi- 

 cellate cells, the sides of which are sometimes proliferous. 

 Spores bright ferruginous, '0004 inch long. 



692. C. (Phlegmacium) anfractus, Fr. Ep. p. 262. In woods. 

 King's Cliffe. 



Our species agrees exactly with a drawing transmitted by 

 Fries, but ihe pileus is completely covered by a close white volva 

 when young, which is not mentioned by authors. 



693. C. (Inoloma) Bulliardi, P. Syn. p. 289. Leigh Woods, 

 Bristol, H. O. Stephens, Esq. 



Remarkable for the brick-red of the base of the stem. 

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