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rivulosc, opaque, minutely grauulatcd and silky, pallid-tan ; 

 stem stout, firm, somewhat eonieal, even, pallid, white, as well 

 as the minute, elongated, equal tubes. — Huss. ii. /. 25. 



In woodland pastures. King's Cliffe. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. 

 A large species. The flesh, I believe, never becomes blue. 



2. Spores suhfernic/inous. 



25. B. viscidus, L. ; pileus pulvinate, soft, smooth, viscid, 

 dirty-yellow ; veil subannulatc, torn, white, appeudiculate ; 

 stem reticulate above ; tubes wide, adnate, unequal, livid. 



In woods. Rare. Bristol, Dr. Stephens. 



26. B. voi'sipellis, Fr.; pileus pulvinate, dry, at first closely 

 toraentose, then scaly, and smooth in the interstices; veil 

 membranaceous, annular, inflexed, appeudiculate ; stem solid, 

 attenuated upwards, rugoso-squaraose ; tubes free, plane, mi- 

 nute, dirty-white. — Soio. t. 110. 



In Avoods. Not uncommon. Pileus of a beautiful orange. 

 Too nearly, perhaps, allied to the next. 



27. B. scaber, Fr. ; pileus pulvinate, smooth, viscid when 

 moist, at length rugulose or rivulose ; margin veiled ; stem 

 solid, attenuated upwards, rough Avith fibrous scales; tubes 

 free, convex, round, minute, white, then dingy. — Vitt. t. 28. 

 Huss. i. t. 57. 



In woods. Extremely common. Generally smaller than 

 the last. 



3. Spores rose-coloured. 



28. B. alutarius, Fr. ; pileus pulvinate, expanded, soft, 

 velvety, then smooth, brownish-tan ; flesh white ; stem solid, 

 bulbous, nearly even, white, together with the pitted apex' 

 and round plane short tubes, Avhich are depressed round the 

 stem, and become broAvn Avhen bruised. — Kronib. t. 71. f. 8, 9. 



In Avoodland pastures. Rare. Kent, Mrs. Hussey. 



