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rigid than in P. mutahilis, fitrillose or slightly striate, never 

 scaly, coloured like the pileus, hut brownish at the base and 

 commonly white and velvety. Eing 1-2 lines from the apex, 

 often curtain-like and fugacious. Pileus rather fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, obtuse, 1 in. and more broad, even, 

 glabrous, hygrophanous, paler than P. mutahilis, honey- 

 colour when moist, when dry tan-colour. Gills adnate, 

 crowded, thin, narrow, at first pallid, then obscure cinnamon. 

 Very variable, and difficult to determine when the veil has 

 disappeared. (Fries.) 



Philiota mustelina. Tr. 



Pileus about ^ in. across, rather fleshy, campanulate then 

 convex, even, glabrous, dry, tawny-yellow ; gills adnate, 

 rather distant, about 1 line broad, tawny-cinnamon ; stem 

 ||-1 in. long, not 1 line thick, slightly thickened and 

 furnished with white down at the base, pallid-whitish, 

 mealy above the reflexed ring. 



Agaricus (Phdliota) mustelinus. Fries, Epicr., p. 169 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 148; Cke., lUustr., pi. 356a. 



On stumps. 



On pine wood, rare and solitary. Pileus yellow, ochraceous, 

 scarcely hygrophanous. (Fries.) 



Pholiota unicolor. Fl. Dan. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, campanulate, then 

 convex, slightly umbonate, glabrous, almost even, at length 

 slightly striate at the margin, hygrophanous, bay, ochraceous 

 when dry ; gills adnate, seceding, broad, almost triangular, 

 ochraceous-cinnamon ; stem 1-1 ^ in. long, about 1 line 

 thick, almost glabrous and equal, coloured like the pileus, 

 stuffed then hollow, often slightly curved at the base; ring- 

 superior, slender, entire; spores 9-10 X 5/4. 



Agaricus unicolor. Flora Danica, t. 1071, fig. 1 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 149 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 366b. 



On trunks, branches, &c. 



Subcaespitose. In Cooke's figure quoted above some of the 

 specimens are 1 in. across, and the gills are adnate with a 

 distinct decurrent tooth. 



Always small, slender, subgregarious. Stem stuffed then 

 hollow, 1^ in. long, 1 line thick, equal,. even, almost glabrous, 



