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** Veil none ; pileus fleshy, moist, scarcely viscid.

9. H. leporinus, Vr.; pileus equally fleshy, convex, gib-bous, equal, fibrilloso-floccose, opaque; stem short, stuffed,firm, attenuated, fibrillose, pallid; gills decurrent, reddish-grey.— Sc/ueff. t. 313.

On downs. Durdham Dowms, C. E. Broome. Kent, Mrs.Hussey. Spores pale umber. Pileus yellowish-red, about 2inches across.

10. H. pratensis, Fr.; pileus convexo-plane, then turbi-nate, smooth, moist; disc compact, gibbous; margin thin;stem stuffed, even, attenuated downwards; gills deeply decur-rcnt, arcuate, thick, distant.— Grev. t. 91. Huss. ii. t. 40.

On downs and short pastures. Very common. Pileustawny or deep buff, sometimes nearly white, as in the next.Probably esculent.

11. H. virgineus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, ob-tuse, moist, at length areolato-rimose; stem stuffed, firm,short, attenuated at the base ; gills decurrent, distant, ratherthick.— Grev. t. 166.

On downs and short pastures. Extremely common. Mostlypure ivory-white.

12. H. niveus, Fr.; pileus submembranaceous, campanu-lato-convex, then umbilicate, smooth, moist, striate, viscid;stem slender, fistulose, equal; gills decurrent, then arcuate,distant.— Kromb. t. 25. /. 1-3.

In mossy pastures. Very common. “White, hygropha-nous. Smaller than the last. Disc not truly fleshy, andhence umbilicate, not rimose.” I am not prepared to saywhether this is truly distinct from the last. Sometimes it isonly a few lines across.

13. H. russo-eoriaceus, B. and Mill.; sweet-scented; pi-leus ivory-white, slightly viscid, convex, fleshy ; stem slender,