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equal, tliin, elongated, violet, then whitish, ringed ; gills adnate, 
broad, distant, serrate, purplish, then cinnamon. — Berk. ^ Br. Ann. 
Nat. Hist., No. 1663. 
In beech woods. Coed Coch. 
Coxtinazius (Hydxocybe) dilutus. Fr. Hym. Enr. p. 
Pileus somewhat fleshy, convexo-plane, rather umbonate, smooth, 
even, opaque, tan-coloured ; stem stuffed, then hollow, soft, pallid, 
thickened at the base ; ring fibrillose ; gills adnexed, emarginate, 
broad, crowded, pallid cinnamon. — Berk. ^ Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., 
No. 1664. 
In moist woods. Coed Coch. 
Coxtinazius (Hydxocybe) exythxinus. Fr, Hym. Eur.p. 396. 
Pileus rather fleshy, conical, then convexo-plane, becoming 
smooth, reddish-bay, umbo rather prominent, darker ; stem stuffed, 
then hollow, equal, rather curved, violet upwards ; gills slightly 
adnexed, ruther distant, ventricose, pallid cinnamon. — Berk. 4' Br. 
Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1665. 
In woods. Coed Coch. 
Paxillus spilomseolus. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 402. 
Pileus spotted, and as well as the slender stem white, then 
yellowish ; gills at length watery ferruginous, horny-grey at the 
base. — Hoffm. Ic. 1. 10,/. 1. Berk. ^ Br. Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1666. 
Amongst fir leaves. Stoke Pogis. 
The spotted pileus and dingy spores at once distinguish it from 
any Tricholomata with which it might be confounded. The stem 
is sometimes incrassate at the base, sometimes quite equal.” — 
B. ^ Br. 
FUNGI EGYPTIACI. 
Collecti per Dr. Georg Schweinfurth. Determinati per F. 
DE Thuemen. 
1. Cystopus candidus. Lh\ 
f. BrassiccB nigrce. 
Ad folia caulesque viva Brassicce nigrce, Koch. Cairo, 3.77. 
2. Helminthospoxium flexuosum. Cda. 
In culmis sub vivis nec non in spicis Oplismeni crus galli, Kuth., 
in campis. Alexandria, 11.76. 
3. Oidium Abelmoschi. Thuem. nov. spec. 
O. csespitulis late effusis, epiphyllis, arachnoideis, tenuibus, 
gregariis, grumulosis, albicantibus, subdetergibilibus ; hyphis 
brevissimis e mycelio reptante erectis, solitariis, simplicibus, non 
septatis, tenuibus, hyalinis; sporis magnis, ovoideis, episporio 
tenuissimi, Isevi, granulosulis, utrinque rotundatis, raro subacutatis, 
24-28 mm. long, 14-18 nim. crass, hyalinis. 
In Abelmoschi moschaii. Medie. {Hibisci esculenti Lin.), foliis 
vivis. Mansura, 7.76 (Etiam e Gr^cia recipi) . 
