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as well as the elongated stem, which is at first flocculose, and 

 contains a distinct pith ; gills adnatc, broad, white, then 

 umber or olive-black. 



On dung. Northamptonshire. Probably not uncommon. 

 Pileus yellowish. Often confounded with the following, which 

 has a fistulosc stem. 



322. A. (Psalliota) semiglobatus, Batsch ; pileus slightly 

 fleshy, hemispherical, even, glutinous, and yellowish, as Avell 

 as the fistulosc, slender, smooth, straight stem ; gills broad, 

 adnate, plane, clouded with black. — Grev. t. 344; Huss. i. 

 t. 39. 



On dung. Extremely common. Said to be poisonous. 



Subgenus 23. IIvimioloma. — Veil woven into a fugacious web, 

 which adheres to the margin of the pileus. 



3.23. A. (Hypholoma) sublateritius, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, 

 convexo-plane, obtuse, discoid, dry, at length smooth ; flesh 

 compact, dirty- white; stem stuffed, fibrillose, attenuated 

 downwards, ferruginous; gills adnate, crowded, white, then 

 dingy-olive. — Huss. i. t. 60, 



On old stumps, in woods. Common. Pileus 3 inches 

 across, brick-red, variegated with yellow. 



324. A. (Hypholoma) fascicularis, Huds. : pileus fleshy, 

 thin, subumbonate, smooth ; stem holloAv, thin, flexuous, fi- 

 brillose, yellow, as well as the flesh of the pileus ; gills adnate, 

 very crowded, linear, subdeliquescent, sulphur-coloured, then 

 greenish. (Plate 11, fig. 1.) — Huss. ii. t. 15. 



On old stumps, fallen trees, etc. Extremely common. Per- 

 haps confounded occasionally with A. conissans. Taste bitter. 



325. A. (Hypholoma) dispersus, Fr.; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 campanulate, expanded, oljtuse, even, silky near the margin 

 from the veil ; stem thin, tough, subfistulose, silky, brown at the 



