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fesccnt, pcronatc and strigosc at tlic base ; gills adncxed, se- 

 ceding, rather thin and crowded, pallid, at length rufous. 

 (Plate 14, fig. 4.) 



In woods, amongst leaves. Common. Rather larger than 

 the last, thinner, and far more wrinkled when old. Stem 

 clothed at the base with dense yellow strigte. 



3. M. porreus, Fr. ; garlic-scented ; pileus coriaeeo-mem- 

 branaceous, eonvexo-cxplanate, striate, flaccid; disc even, of 

 the same colour ; stem stuffed, then hollow, tough, juiceless, 

 thickened at either end, reddish-brown, pubescent ; gills nearly 

 free, distant, firm, yellowish, then pallid. — Sow. t. 81. 



In woods, amongst leaves, generally growing on their mid- 

 ribs. Not common. Smell extremely strong, sometimes 

 persistent for years in dried specimens. Pileus dirty-Avhite, 

 shaded with brown. 



4.M. oreades, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, tough, convexo-plane, 

 then somewhat umbonate, smooth, turning pale ; stem solid, 

 equal, covered with a woven villous coat, pallid, naked at the 

 base ; gills free, broad, distant, cream-coloured. (Plate 14, 

 fig. 5.) 



In exposed pastures, forming rings. Very common. Es- 

 culent. Pileus at first rufous-ochre, nearly cream-coloured 

 when old or dry. 



5. M. fusco-purpureus, F7\; scentless; pileus rather fleshy, 

 convexo-plane, subumbilicate, turning pale ; stem smooth, fis- 

 tulose, juieeless, brown-purple, with rubiginous strigose hairs 

 at the base ; gills annulato-adnexed, at length free, distant, 

 rufescent. — Pers. Ic. et Descr. t. 4./. 1, 3. 



In woods. Common. Pileus at first brown-purple, pallid 

 when dry. 



6. M. Wynnei, B. and Br. ; inodorous, csespitose ; pileus 

 fleshy, convcxo-planc, svdjumbonate, lilac-brown, tardily 



