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III. Glutinipedes. 



Stem juioeless, distinctly viscid or glutinous. Gills at 

 length with a decurrent tooth. (Some species in the follow- 

 ing section are viscid in wet weather, hut\;^are distinguished 

 by having juice in the stem.) 



IV. Lactipedes. 



Gills and rooting stem dry (not viscid) but giving out 

 juice or milk when broken. 



Y. FlLIPEDES. 



Stem slender, scarcely a line thick, never [jmore, flaccid, 

 rather tough, rooting, not viscid, juiceless, usually very 

 long in proportion to the size of the pileus ; gills becoming 

 slightly coloured, greyish, &c., margin paler, distinct. Very 

 slender, straight ; not caespitose nor hygrophanous. 



Allied to the section Bigidipedes, but smaller, stem flaccid 

 and with a very small cavity up the centre, and gills hardly 

 connected by veins, but as species with a long slender stem 

 occur elsewhere, all the characters must be taken into 

 consideration. 



VI. Pragilipedes. 



Stem fragile, dry, juiceless, base fibrillose, scarcely rooting, 

 not truly dilated at the base, not ending abruptly as in 

 Section I. Gills discoloured, at length slightly connected by 

 veins. 



Slender, fragile, often soft, usually with a distinct smell, 

 normally simple and growing on the ground, a few of the 

 strong-scented ones growing on wood and tufted. 



VII. ElGIDIPEDES. 



Stem firm, rigid, rather tough, juiceless, base more or 

 less strigosely rooting. Gills discoloured, grey or reddish, 

 at length usually connected by veins; pileus not hygro- 

 phanous. 



Tough, persistent, inodorous, normally growing on wood 



