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A. porphyria (A. and S.) Fr. (Gr., purple, dark, in allusion to the ring). 



B., L. In woods. Poisonous. Akin to A. phalloides and A. 

 mappa, but much smaller; ring brownish. 



A. recutita Fr. (Lat., circumcised, from the volva). 



B., L., R. Chiefly in pine woods. Poisonous. The volva is very 

 distinctly cut round close to the base of the stem. 



A. strobiliformis Vitt. (Lat., shaped like a pine-cone, from the scales). 



Costicles. In grass ride. Edible and delicious. Known by its large 

 persistent, angular warts. Colour usually pale tan or greyish. 

 Massive. 



A. excelsa Fr. (Lat. lofty; it is long-stemmed). 



B., E. Grassy places in woods. Reputed poisonous. Brownish- 

 grey, centre darker. Warts irregular, evanescent. Comparatively 

 slender. 



Amanitopsis nivalis (Grey.) Rea. (Lat., snowy). 



Generally distributed. Entirely white. Usually regarded as a 

 variety of A. vaginata. 



Lepiota holosericea Fr. (Gr. and Lat., wholly silky, from the surface 

 of the pileus). 



Brockenhurst Park. Cultivated ground, etc. Edible. Cream colour. 



Armillaria mellea (Vahl.) Fr. var. tabescens (Scop.) Rea & Ramsb. 

 (Lat., wasting away). 

 L. " This is the ringless form of A. mellea, and by some authors 

 referred to a distinct species as Clitocybe tabescens." (Rea). 



Tricholoma ustale Fr. (Lat., of the colour of burnt cinnabar). 



B. Under pines. Resembles T, flavobrunneum, but slenderer, no 

 smell, etc. 



[T. immundiim Berk. (Lat., dirty, from the stained pileus). 



L. In short grass. Small, dingy white; gills greyish. "Un- 

 doubtedly Clitocybe fumosa (Pers.) Bres." (Rea); already recorded 

 under this name..] 



T. murinaceum (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., of mice, perhaps from the smell). 



Hawkhill. Under trees. Grey. Pileus cracking; stem with small 

 dark scales. 



T. lixivium Fr. (Lat., of lye, from its colour). 



Busketts. Under trees. Small. Brownish, umbonate ; gills grey- 

 tan. 



Collybia lancipes Fr. (Lat., spear-foot, from the shape of the stem.) 



C. On the ground. Allied to C. fusipes, but differing in the 

 radiately rugose pileus, and in being solitary. 



C. distorta Fr. (Lat., twisted, from the .stem). 



R. On rotten pine-trunks, etc. Allied to C. fusipes, but closely 

 resembling C. butyracea. Known by the broad pileus, thin, contorted 

 stem, and gills becoming spotted. 



A. leucomyosotis Cke. & W.G.S. (Gr., white Myositis, because it re- 

 sembles Naucoria Myosotis, but is white-spored). 



L. On bog-moss. Strong scented ; gills adnate, sinuate. 

 C. confluens (Pers.) Fr. (Lat., flowing together, from the habit. 



C. > Marlborough Deeps. Among leaves. Near C. hariolorum, but 

 grows in troops ; stems wholly covered with white down ■ pileus thin, 

 flaccid. r l 



C. tuberosa (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., tuber, a tumour, referring to the 

 sclerotium.) 



Mark Ash, C, L. Among moss, etc. 

 C. aquosa (Bull.) Fr. (Lat., humid, from its hydrophagnous pileus). 



C L. Damp Woods, etc. Edible. Near C. dryophila, but everv 

 part honey-colour. J 



