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28. P. fumosus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, then rather corky, firm, 

 zonclcss, silky, at length smooth, nudulatcdj dingy, pale nmbcr, 

 dilated and adnate behind ; fibrous within and zoned ; pores 

 short, round, minute, dirty-white, darker when bruised. 



On stumps of trees. Very common. Smell oppressive. 



29. P. adustus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, tough, firm, thin, villous, 

 cinereous, pallid ; margin straight, at length black, cff'uso- 

 rcflexed behind ; pores short, minute, round, obtuse, dirty- 

 white and pruinose, then cinereous-brown. — Sow. t. 231. 



On stumps of trees. Not uncommon. P. carpineus is a 

 thin, yellowish variety. 



30. P. crispus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, coriaceous, 

 rugose, cinereous, effuso-reflexed behind ; margin thin, crisped, 

 at length black ; pores rather large, unequal, at length laby- 

 rinthiform, silvery-cinereous. — Batsch, f. 227. 



On stumps. Less common than the last. Very nearly 

 allied to it. 



31. P. adiposus, B. and Br.; white, here and there acquiring 

 a foxy tinge; pileus soft, waxy, shortly reflexed, obscurely 

 tomentose ; hymenium rather thick ; pores small ; edge ob- 

 tuse. «^, 



On the ground. Warwickshire, Rev. A. Bloxam. Coed 

 Coch. Turns brownish in drying. Pores not stratose. 



32. P. amorphus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, but tough, thin, ge- 

 nerally eff'uso-reflexed ; pores minute, unequal, golden-yellow, 

 at first dusted with white. — Sow. t. 423. 



On the ground, amongst pine-leaves. A most beautiful, but 

 small species. Sowerby's plant is not so bright in colour as 

 the more usual form. 



33. P. hispidus, Fr. ; pileus compact, fleshy, but spongy, 

 dimidiate, pulvinate, hispid, ferruginous, fibrous within, the 

 fibres diverging ; pores minute, rounded, inclined to scpa- 



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