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the pileus extended into a distinct, though not sharp 

 point, as the name indicates — thereby being very notice- 

 able. Tricholoma equestre, named by Linnceus, we fonnd 

 only once in late autumn. It has a striking appearance. 

 Its pileus is 3 to 4 inches broad, fleshy, compact, con- 

 vex, later expanded, obtuse, pale-yellow with slight red- 

 dish tinge, its disk scales often darker, the margin wavy. 

 Flesh, white yellow tinged. Gills close, nearly free, sul- 

 phur-yelloAv. Stem stout, pale-yellow, 1 to 2 inches 

 long. The Clitocybe nebidaris of Batsch — Clouded Cli- 

 tocybe, is" recorded as being rare in America. It takes 

 its name from the clouded gray appearance of its cap, 

 which is thick, at first convex, but flat when mature, 2 

 to 4 inches broad. Flesh white. Gills narrow and 

 crowded, white or yellowish. Stem 1 to 2 inches long. 

 It is found in woods in autumn, sometimes in clusters. 

 Its edibility is still disputed. 



Of the genus Collybia, I do not remember to have 

 seen a single species either on the island or about St. 

 Andrews. Also no Mycena nor Omphalia. Of Pleuro- 

 tus, only the ordinary ostreatus. Hygrophorus, how- 

 ever, we have represented by several species, two very 

 interesting ones. The Hygrophorus pudorinus of Fries, 

 or Blushing Hygrophorus, is a very beautiful mushroom. 

 It is found in the late autumn in coniferous woods, 

 some seasons in greatest profusion. Groups containing 

 hundreds of specimens are not unusual. The whole 

 fungus is suffused with a delicate pink or flesh colour. 

 The cap smooth, darker pink towards the centre, viscid, 

 convex, then plane, 2 to 3 inches broad. The gills 

 thick, distant adnato — decurrent. Stem 2 to 3 inches 

 long with white floccose squamulas at the apex. Flesh 

 white. The fungus has a delicious perfume of jasmine. 

 It is edible and has a taste, which seems to be just like 

 its fragrance. We found a few of these mushrooms be- 

 fore 1904. In the summer and autumn of that year 

 fungi of all sorts were extraordinarily abundant and 

 Hni'. A number of unusual species were then noted, 



