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On the ground, in woods. Not uncommon. Pilcus about 

 an inch across, brownish or olive. 



2. Cuticle smooth, fonninrj a distinct 2^eUiclc. 



274. A. (Hebeloma) testaceus, Batsch ; pilcus fleshy, 

 campanulato-convex, obtuse, even, slightly viscid ; stems hol- 

 low, somewhat bulbous, flocculoso-fibrillose, pale, mealy above; 

 gills attenuated, nearly free, lanceolate, crowded, pale, then 

 ferruginous, ascending. — Batsch, f. 198. 



In Avoods. Coed Coch, Mrs. Wynne. Pileus 2-3 iuclics 

 across, reddish. Smell very strong. This is the only species 

 of the veiled Fastibiles which has occurred in this country. 



275. A. (Hebeloma) crustviliniformis, Bull.; pileus fleshy, 

 convex, at length plane, rather waved, smooth, somewhat 

 viscid ; stem stuffed, firm, somewhat bulbous, dirty-white, 

 clothed more or less with little floccose scales ; gills crowded, 

 thin, annexed, dirty-white, then of a watery cinnamon ; edge 

 crenulate, guttate. (Plate 9, fig. I.)— Bull. t. 308, 546. 



In woods. Extremely common. Forming large rings. 

 Smell like that of the flowers of the common laurel. A. 

 j)lanus, Sow., is apparently a small form of this species. 



27G. A. (Hebeloma) longicaudus, P. ; pileus fleshy, con- 

 vex, expanded, even, smooth, viscid; stem rather hollow, 

 brittle, nearly equal, wliite, mealy above; gills emarginate, 

 crowded, serrulate, dry, of a pale clay-colour. (Plate 9, 

 fig. 2.) 



In woods. Not common. Pileus pale. 



Subgenus 18. Flammula. — Stem fleshy ; gills aduate or 

 decurrent. 



277. A. (Flammula) scambus, Fr. ; pileus rather fleshy, 

 convexo-plane and slightly depressed, floccoso- villous, viscid 



