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11. C. (Phlegmaeium) scaurus, Fr.; pileus fleshy, equal,smooth, virgate or spotted, viscid, turning pale; margin thin,at length slightly striate; stem solid, marginato-bulbous, at-tenuated, striate, turning pale; gills attenuato-adnate, thin,crowded, purplish, then olive.

In woods. King’s Cliffe. Pileus 3-4 inches across, dingy-tawny. Stem purplish in my specimens, with a red tinge onthe edge of the bulb.

12. C. (Phlegmaeium) prasinus, Fr.; pileus compact, equal,viscid, variegated with scale-like spots; stem solid, short, firm,marginato-bulbous, greenish, as well as the veil; gills rounded,rather distant, yellow-olive.— Schceff. t. 218.

In beech-woods. King’s Cliffe. Pileus 3 inches across,greenish.

Subgenus 2. Mtxa.cium.—U niversal veil, and consequently thestem, viscid and polished when dry.

13. C. (Myxacium) collinitus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, convex,subplicate, flattened, obtuse, even, glutinous, shining; stemfirm, cylindrical, transversely scaly from the splitting of thefloccose glutinous veil; gills adnate, clay-coloured and blue,then cinnamon.— Sow. t. 9.

In woods. Common. Pileus bright tawny, 3-4 inchesacross. Sometimes the veil of the stem does not crack.

14. C. (Myxacium) elatior, Fr.; pileus cylindrical, thenexpanded, viscid ; disc even, fleshy, otherwise membranaceousand plicato-rugose; stem elongated, soft, stout, attenuated ateither end, scaly from the torn veil; gills adnate, very broad,connected by veins, and rugose, brownish-ferruginous.

In woods. Common. Pileus 3-4 inches across, varying incolour, yellowish when dry.

15. C. (Myxacium) livido-ochraceus, B.; pileus plane,