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slightly adncxed, vcntricosc^ crowded, pallid, then cinnamon. 

 —Bull. t. 553./ 2. 



In woods. Not uncommon. 



48. C. (Hygroeybe) acutus, Fr. ; pilcus membranaceous, 

 conical, acutely umbonate, striate, light reddish-yellow, at 

 length tan-coloured, shining with a silky lustre; stem fistu- 

 lose, equal, slender, flexuous, pallid ; veil fugacious, white ; 

 gills adnate, rather crowded, slender, narrow, ochraceous, 

 quite entire. 



On moist spots in woods. Not uncommon. jMr. Jerdou 

 has sent me a csespitose, obtuse form, with a slightly viscid 

 pileus, approaching C. pluvius. I have the same form from 

 the United States. The species comes near to Galera. 



5. PAXILLUS, Fr. 



Gills persistent, distinct from and easily separating from 

 the hymenophorum, which is confluent with the stem ; trama 

 obsolete. 



1 . P. involutus, Fr. ; stained when bruised ; pileus com- 

 pact, convexo-planc, then depressed, moist, at length smooth, 

 tomeutose about the involute margin ; stem solid, fleshy, 

 firm, naked, incrassated upwards, paler, as well as the branched 

 broad gills, which are porous, and anastomose behind. (Plate 

 12, fig. 5.) 



On the ground, amongst grass, and on sandy banks. Very 

 common, sometimes attaining a considerable size. Pileus 

 olive-brown, sometimes tinged with purple. 



2. P. atro-tomentosus, Fr. ; pileus convexo-plane, then 

 depressed or funnel-shaped, granulated, rivulose ; margin thin, 

 involute; stem solid, spongy, firm, velvety; gills straight, 

 crowded, branched behind. — Batsch, f. 32. 



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