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** Veil none ; pileus ^fleshy, moist, scarcely viscid. 



9. H. leporinus, Fr. ; pilcus equally fleshy, convex, gib- 

 bous, equal, fibrilloso-floccose, opaque; stem short, stuffed, 

 firm, attenuated, fibrillosc, pallid ; gills decurrent, reddish- 

 grey.— -Sc/z^/T. ^.313. 



On downs. Durdham Downs, C. E. Broome. Kent, Mrs. 

 Hussey. Spores pale umber. Pileus yellowish-red, about 2 

 inches across. 



10. H. pratensis, Fr. ; pilcus convexo-plane, then turbi- 

 nate, smooth, moist ; disc compact, gibbous ; margin thin ; 

 stem stuffed, even, attenuated downwards ; gills deeply decur- 

 rent, arcuate, thick, distant. — Grev. t. 91. Huss. ii. t. 40. 



On downs and short pastures. Very common. Pileus 

 tawny or deep buff, sometimes nearly white, as in the next. 

 Probably esculent. 



11. H. virgineus, Fr. ; pilcus fleshy, convexo-plane, ob- 

 tuse, moist, at length areolato-rimose ; stem stuffed, firm, 

 short, attenuated at the base ; gills decurrent, distant, rather 

 thick.— Grev. /. 166. 



On downs and short pastures. Extremely common. Mostly 

 pure ivory-white. 



12. H. niveus, Fr. ; pileus submembranaceous, campanu- 

 lato-convex, then umbilicate, smooth, moist, striate, viscid ; 

 stem slender, fistulose, equal; gills decurrent, then arcuate, 

 distant.— /from*, t. 25. /. 1-3. 



In mossy pastures. Very common. " "White, hygropha- 

 nous. Smaller than the last. Disc not truly fleshy, and 

 hence umbilicate, not rimosc." I am not prepared to say 

 whether this is truly distinct from the last. Sometimes it is 

 only a few lines across. 



13. H. russo-coriaceus, B. and Mill. ; sweet-scented ; pi- 

 leus ivory-white, slightly viscid, convex, fleshy ; stem slender, 



