. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. LEUCOSPORI. 33 more or less radiato-wrinkled, smeared over with a thick tenacious Armillaria. gluten; margin striate when thinner. Stem cent. (1^-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 inserted at the apex of the stem, dent downwards andghied close to the stem, silicate; the white border again erect, with a swollen and entire margi?i which some
. British fungi (hymenomycetes). Basidiomycetes; Fungi -- Great Britain. LEUCOSPORI. 33 more or less radiato-wrinkled, smeared over with a thick tenacious Armillaria. gluten; margin striate when thinner. Stem cent. (1^-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 inserted at the apex of the stem, dent downwards andghied close to the stem, silicate; the white border again erect, with a swollen and entire margi?i which sometimes becomes fuscous. Gills rounded behind, obtuse, adhering to the stem and striato- decurrent, distant, broad, lax, mucid, always shining wrhite. 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 cees- 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. Monogr. \. p. 46. Hym. E^^r. p. 46. Berk. Out. p. 96. C. Hbk. n. 37. Illust. PL 16. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 34. Saund. & Sm. t. 5. Quel. t. i. Price t. 14 f. 91. Paul t. 139, bis. A. nitidus Fl. Dan. t. 773. Trait. Aiistr. t. 27. A. splendens Fl. Dan. t. 1130. Hartz. t. 35. Var. with oliva- ceous fuscous pileus=A. olivaceo-fuscus Fl. Dan. t. 1372. Subgenus IV. TRICHOLOMA (0pi|, a hair, 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 on the ground, fleshy, never obconic or truly umbilicate. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 47. The sinu
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