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897. P. leueophanes Sacc. (from its white appearance ; Gr. leukos, 



white, phainot to appear) a b. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, innato-silky, white or faintly ochreous; 



marg. appendiculate with V. St. mealy, fibrillose, white. 



G. adnato-ascending, black with white edge. 

 Pastures, grassy places, manure-heaps. Aug. -Nov. i| X 3f X $ in. 



898. P. egregius Sacc. (egregius, distinguished) a b. 



P. slightly agglutinato-downy, watery, virgate when dry, bright 

 orange-brown; mid. darker. St. solid, attenuate upwards, 

 fibrous, fibrillose, splitting longitudinally, warm umber, base 

 white-cottony. G. adnexo-ascending, ventricose, crowded, 

 brownish- or purple-black. Flesh ochreous. 



Solitary. Odour none. On the ground, on horse-dung in fields. Jan. 

 2% X 4f X | in. 



899. P. phalsenarum Que'l. (from the variegated gills, like the wings 

 of certain moths ; Gr. phallaina, a moth) a b c. 



P. obtuse, clay-white; marg. appendiculate with fugacious V. 

 St. subnaked, tan-rufescent. G. adnexo-ascending, broad, 

 ventricose, ashy-black. 

 Rich pastures, on dung. Sept.-Oct. if x 4& X J in. 



900. P. retirugis Gill, (from the net-like wrinkles on the pileus ; 



rete, a net, ruga, a wrinkle) a b c. 



P. obtuse, atomate, fleshy-tan ; mid. ochreous-tan or dark umber 

 with paler marg., appendiculate with V. St. pruinose, flesh- 

 colour, then purplish, rufescent or cinereous. G. adfixo- 

 ascending, cinereous-blackish. 



Sometimes fasciculate. Dung, cow, manure-heaps, woods ; uncommon. 

 Feb.-Nov. i x 4! X \ in. 



901. P. sphinetrinus Que'l. (from the pileus, contracted, never 



expanded ; Gr. sphigkter, a muscle naturally contracted) a b c. 



P. opaque, silky or fibrillose when dry, fuliginous or greyish- 

 shaded, livid when dry; marg. appendiculate with V. St. 

 smooth, pruinose above, fuliginous-grey. G. adnato-ascending, 

 crowded, cinereous-blackish. 



Pastures, on dung and on garden soil. April-Nov. I X 3^ X ^ in. 



902. P. papilionaeeus Que'l. (from the speckled pileus, as in some 



butterflies ; papilio, a butterfly) a b c. 

 P. rimoso-scaly when dry, dull tan whitish or greyish; mid. 



faintly ochreous. St. white pulverulent above, whitish or 



faintly ochreous. G. adnato- or adnexo-ascending, broad, 



ventricose, blackish. 

 Pastures, lawns, manured ground, dung; common. July-Nov. if X 4^ X &in. 



903. P. eampanulatus Quel. (from the bell-shaped pileus ; campanula, 



a little bell) a b c. 



P. sometimes umbonate, not cracked, fuliginous-fuscous, or 

 somewhat umber-slate with umber mid., sienna and umber or 

 grey when dry. St. smooth, pruinose and grey above, rufescent 



