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On dung. Eare. A larger species than the last. Pileus 

 dusky-ferruginous. 



298. A. (Galera) confertus, Bolt. ; pileus subraembranace- 

 ous, acutely conico-earapanulate, smooth, hygrophanous ; stem 

 slender, silky, shining, naked; base equal, deeply rooting; 

 gills slightly adnexed, rather distant, white, then brownish- 

 ochraceous. — Bolt. ^.18. 



In stoves. Rare. I have not met Avith this species. 

 Densely crowded. 



299. A. (Galera) sparteus, Fr.; pileus membranaceous, 

 campanulato-convex, then expanded, hygrophanous, dry, even, 

 smooth ; stem thin, flexible, smooth ; gills adnate, crowded, 

 plane, cinnamon. — Bolt. t. 51./. 1. 



Amongst moss, in meadows. Kare. Pileus about half an 

 inch across, cinnamon, tan-coloured when dry. 



300. A. (Galera) embolus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, 

 campanulate, obtuse, radiato-striate, hygrophanous; stem quite 

 smooth, shining, thickened upwards ; gills thick, very distant, 

 adnate, triangular. 



Amongst heath. On Moelfre-uchaf, Denbighshire. Pileus 

 tawny when moist, ochraceous when dry. Tufted. 



301. A. (Galera) Hypnorum, Batsch ; pileus membrana- 

 ceous, campanulate, with frequently a central papilla, smooth, 

 striate, hygrophanous ; stem thin, flcxuous, of the same co- 

 lour, pruinose above; gills adnate, rather distant, broad, at 

 length plane, cinnamon-yellow. — Sow. t. 282. 



Amongst moss. Extremely common. Yellowish in every 

 part. Requires to be cautiously distinguished from small A. 

 melinoides. Attend to the difference of the margin. 



Subgenus 21. Ceepidotus. — Pileus exceutric ; spores not wliite. 



302. A. (Crepidotus) alveolus, Laach ; pilous fleshy, soft, 



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