. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. LEUCOSPORI. 33 more or less radiato-wriJikled, smeared over with a thick tenacious Armillaria. gluten; margin striate when thinner. Stem cent. (iX~3 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick at the apex, thickened at the base, 8 mm. (4 lin.), stuffed, thin, rigid, curved-ascending, smooth, white, but fuliginous-scaly at the base when most perfectly developed. Ring i7iserted at the apex of the stem, bent downwards and glued close to the stein, silicate; the white border again erect, with a swollefi a7id entire margi?i which sometimes beco
. British fungi (Hymenomycetes). Fungi -- Great Britain. LEUCOSPORI. 33 more or less radiato-wriJikled, smeared over with a thick tenacious Armillaria. gluten; margin striate when thinner. Stem cent. (iX~3 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick at the apex, thickened at the base, 8 mm. (4 lin.), stuffed, thin, rigid, curved-ascending, smooth, white, but fuliginous-scaly at the base when most perfectly developed. Ring i7iserted at the apex of the stem, bent downwards and glued close to the stein, silicate; the white border again erect, with a swollefi a7id entire margi?i which sometimes becomes fuscous. Gills rounded behijtd, obtuse, adhering to the stem and striato- decurrent, distant, broad, lax, mucid, always shining white. Very variable in stature, from cent, (i in.) (when of this size the stem is almost equal) to as much as 15 cent. (6 in.) broad. The colour of the pileus varies grey, fuliginous, olivaceous. The gills sometimes become yellow, but only from disease. Sometimes solitary, sometimes a few are joined in a caes- pitose manner at the base. On beech. Frequent. Very beautiful, of an exquisite pellucid white. Tough and very sticky, Spores 14x17 mk. Name—mucus, slime. Schrad. Spic. p. 116, Fr. Mo?iogr. \. p. 46. Hym. Eur. p. 46. Berk. Out. p. 96, C. Hbk. n. 37 Illust. PI. 16. S. Mycol. Scot. ?t. 34. Sataid. fir" Sm. /, 5. Price t. 14 f. 91. Paul t. 139, bis. A. nitidus Ft. Dan Austr. t. 27. A. splendens Fl. Dan. t. 1130. Hartz. t. 35. ceous fuscous pileus=A. olivaceo-fuscus FL Dan. t. 1372. Quel. t. I. t. 773. Tratt. Var. with oliva- Subgeinis IV. TRICHOLOMA (0pi|, a hair, Xw^a, a fringe). Tricholoma. Fr. Syst. Myc. i. p. 36. Veil obsolete or only consisting of flocci or fibrils which adhere to the margin of the pileus. Stem fleshy, not fur- nished with a bark. Hymenophore continuous with the stem, gills sin- uate behind. All growing 07t the ground, fleshy, 7iever obconic or truly timbilicate. Fr. Hym. Etir. p. 47. The si
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