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stuffed, smooth, violet ; gills adnexecl, veiitricose, violet, edge 

 entire, darker. — Pers. Syn. p. 343. 



On alder-trunks. Rare. Mossburnford, A. Jerdon. Gills 

 sraalt-blue when young. Csespitose, not an inch across. 



234. A. (Leptonia) chalybseus, P. ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 convex, subumbonate, not striate, at first flocculose, then squa- 

 mulose; stem stuffed, smooth, blue; gills em arginatc, adncxed, 

 broad, ventricose, at first of a glaucous dirty-v/hite, edge darker. 

 Soiv. t.\Q,\. 



In pastures. Not uncommon, Pileus |-1 inch broad. 



235. A. (Leptonia) incanus, Fr.; pileus submembranaccous, 

 convexo-plane, umbilicate, smooth, with a silky lustre, or vir- 

 gatc, margin striate ; stem fistulose, shining, smooth, brownish- 

 green ; gills adnate, separating from the stem, broad, rather 

 distant, white, then greenish. — Sow. t, 162. 



In pastures. Not uncommon. Smell exactly like that of 

 mice. Stem often with beautiful verdigris- coloured down at 

 the base. — A. Soiverbeii, Eng. Fl. 



236. A. (Leptonia) asprellus, Fr. ; pileus submembranace- 

 ous, convex, flattened, striate, hygrophanous, umbilicus darker, 

 squamuloso-fibrillose ; stem fistulose, slender, smooth ; gills 

 adnate, separating from the stem, rather distant, equally at- 

 tenuated, whitish-grey. 



In open pastures. Rare. Bristol, H. O. Stephens. Wans- 

 ford. 



Subgenus 15. Nolakea. — Stem cartilaginous. Margin of pileus 

 at first straight, pressed to the stem. 



237. A. (Nolanea) pascuus, P. ; pileus membranaceous, co- 

 nical, expanded, subumbonate, smooth, striate, hygrophanous, 

 when dry shining like silk ; stem fistulose, brittle, striate, 



