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P. ^-1 in., convex, then plane, glabrous, tawny, then 
ochraceous, striate at the margin when old. G. adnate, 
crowded, minutely toothed, honey colour. S. 1-2 in., 
hollow, colour of the pileus, paler at the base, and sprinkled 
with white meal at the apex. A little variable species 
commonly seen on lawns in sum. and aut. 
N. cucumis (from its odour of cucumber). P. 2^ in., 
chestnut-umber; frequent in woods and grassy places, and 
also on wood ; is remarkable in the strong penetrating smell 
of cucumber, or of rotten fish. 
N. escharoides (Gr. eschara, a scar ; eidos, appearance). 
Plate XLI. 14. 
P. in., conico-convex, then expanded, scurfy, tan 
colour, disc becoming brownish. G. adnexed with a de¬ 
current tooth, at length emarginate, broad, pallid tan, then 
approaching cinnamon. S. 1-2J in., slender, fragile, hollow, 
pallid, then fuscous. Gregarious, frequent on naked ground 
under alders. Dingy brown and insignificant, but easily 
known by its habitat. 
HEBELOMA 
(Gr. hehe, youth ; loma , fringe—in allusion to the fringe-like 
veil of some species) 
H. crustuliniforme ( crustulum , a small pie—the shape of 
the pileus), “ Poison-pie.” Plate XL. 5. 
P. 2J-3I- in., convex, then plane, obtuse or slightly um- 
bonate, slightly viscid at first, zoneless, pallid tan colour, 
disc yellowish or brick-red. G. adnexed, rounded behind, 
crowded, narrow, thin, bay, exuding drops of water in wet 
weather. 5 . 2 in., stout, hollow, somewhat bulbous, white. 
Common in meadow and woods in aut., sometimes forming 
large rings. Said to be often mistaken for the “Horse 
Mushroom.” Poisonous. Smell strong, like radishes or 
laurel flowers. H. fastibile differs in the more distant gills 
