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On the ground among grass. Guernsey (Marquand). 
Allied to Chitopilus undatus, but differing in the slender, equal, 
white stem, and the absence of a grey tinge in the gills. 
Pholtota sphaleromorpha Bull, Fr. Hym. Eur. 217, Sacc., Syll. vi., n. 
3,057. Pileus convex then expanded, becoming plane or slightly de- 
pressed, margin often slightly wavy, even, yellow, 5-8 cm. across; flesh 
whitish, thickish at the disc, and becoming thin towards the margin. 
Gills slightly arcuately decurrent, rather broad, crowded, dry, pale dingy 
yellow, then yellowish-brown ; spores obliquely elliptical, smooth, 
pale yellowish-brown, 10 x 7; cystidia subcylindrical. Stem 
5-8 cm. long, about 2 cm. thick at the base, thinner upwards, stuffed, 
silky, coloured like the pileus below the distant, white ring, whitish 
above, flesh tawny. 
On the ground. Queen’s Cottage Grounds, Kew (Nicholson). 
With somewhat the habit of Pholiota precox, but altogether stouter, 
and with a yellow pileus and stem. 
Hebeloma strophosum Fries,Fr. Hym, Eur. 240, Sacc., Syll.vi.,n. 3,320. 
Pileus convex then plane, with more or less of a suggestion of an umbo, 
rather viscid, bay, margin white and silky from the veil, 2-3 cm. across. 
Gills adnexed, eventually becoming almost free, crowded, ventricose, 
flesh colour then dingy cinnamon. Spores elliptic-oblong, smooth, 
pale cinnamon, 8-9 x 5u, Stem 3-5 cm. long, 3 mm. thick, 
about equal, usually curved at the base, hollow, silky, whitish, tinged 
brown near the base, furnished with an imperfect, white, silky ring 
very near the apex. 
On naked soil. Kew Gardens (Nicholson). 
_ The only Hebeloma in which the partial veil forms a ring on the 
stem. ’his character at first sight suggests the genus Flammula, but 
the viscid pileus with a silky margin, along with other features, prove 
the plant to be a true Hebeloma belonging to the section Indusiati. 
Agaricus rusiophyllus Lasch, Fr. Hym. Eur. 282.  Pileus rather 
fleshy, convex then plane, slightly umbonate, fibrillose, pale flesh- 
colour, becoming pallid, 2-3 cm. broad ; flesh whitish, unchangeable. 
Gill free, but not far distant from the stem, crowded, thin, dry, rosy 
then brownish. Spores obliquely elliptical, smooth, translucent brown 
with a purple tinge, 5 x 3u. Stem 3-4 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick 
at the incrassated base, thinner upwards, silky fibrillose, .white, 
imperfectly hollow ; ring persistent, drooping. 
On the ground, Kew Gardens (G.M.) 
