Sub-genus ARMILLARIA.

11 A. MELLEUS. Vahl.

2-8. 2-7. -1.

Pileus yellowish ferruginous, rough with scales formed of black hairs; gills pale, becoming rusty red, decurrent, "forming streaks on the stem down to the ring, which is large." (Greville.) Densely tufted. Spores unequal, broadly elliptic. 00028. Oct. Nov. One of the most common of the Agarics, growing everywhere on stumps and at the roots of trees. It occurred in a plantation at Eccleston, in 1856, in such profusion as almost to hide the ground with tufts containing from ten to fifty plants. The surrounding vegetation became hoary with the white spores.

Sub-genus TRICHOLOMA. Limacina-pileus viscid when moist. 13 A. ALBO-BRUNNEUS. Pers. 3. 3-4. 1-4.

Pileus when young dome-shaped, then nearly flat, covered with a glutinous slime, at first pale, then chestnut brown; gills cream coloured, with a descending angle. Spores nearly round. 00022. "Allied to the plants of the preceding sub-genus." (Fries). Plantation, Rainhill, Oct. 1857. Loosely tufted.

12 A. FLAVO-BRUNNEUS. Fries. 3-4. 3-8.-1.

Pileus slimy when moist, tawny, with fibrillous scales of a
red cedar colour; gills tawny yellow. A. fulvus. E.F.
Spores broadly elliptic. 00028. Railway bank, Spittal.
Lane, near Eastham. Wood, Woolton.

Genuina-pileus dry, floccose or fibrillose.

14 A. RUTILANS. Schaeff. 2-3. 2-4. 1—†.

Pileus sub-hemispherical, surface like the ripe side of a peach; the down at length becomes more scattered, shewing the yellow flesh; gills deep golden yellow. Very beautiful when in fine condition. On fir stumps. Knowsley and Stourton.

Pileus convex or wavy, centre dilute mouse-colour, shaded off to the involute margin, which when young is white and tomentose; gills close; stem uneven. Gregarious. Open pastures. Halsnead and Knowsley.

16 A. VACCINUS. Schoff. 3. 2-2. 1.

Pileus covered with a thick nap, sordid pale reddish brown, the nap in the centre forming broad scales, that on the margin minute tufts; gills with rusty stains; stem hollow. Spores broadly elliptic. 00025. Woods. Knowsley, Acorn field.

17 A. MULTIFORMIS. Schoeff. 1-3. 1—4. —†.

Pileus bluntly conic, or expanded, often cracked, or irregular,
nap
mouse grey, or slate coloured; stem white, silky.
Spores nearly round. 0002. Under trees, or in woodland
pastures. Common. Gregarious.

Spongiosa-pileus compact, bare.

18 A. PERSONATUS. Fries. 1-3. 2—5. 1.

Pileus convex, smooth, purple or brownish lilac; gills violet; stem tinged with violet. When in fine condition this is a very beautiful plant, every part is neat and compact, and the gills are of a lovely amethystine hue. Gregarious. Esculent. Spores elliptic, yellowish. 00033. Sides of lanes, and pastures; generally distributed.

19 A. NUDUS. Bull. 2. 2-3..

Pileus thin, depressed or wavy. Much resembling the preceding species, but inclined to be watery, and to assume a reddish hue. Spores narrowly elliptic. 00033. Woodland pastures; generally distributed.

Hygrophana-pileus more or less umbonate, hygrophanous. 20 A. GRAMMOPODIUS. Bull. 2-3. 3-5. —.

Pileus compact, convex, then expanded, quite smooth, pale dusky, margin at length raised and wavy; gills dusky-white, slightly decurrent. Gregarious. The description of A. nebularis in the E.F. belongs to this plant. Rev. M. T. Berkeley, in the Annals, No. 61. Excellent for food. Spores elliptical. 0004. Warren, New Brighton. Southport, Rev. T. P. Kirkman.

Sub-genus CLITOCYBE.

SECT. A. Pileus fleshy, colour unchanged in drying.

Disciformes-pileus convex, then plane or depressed.

21 A. NEBULARIS. Batsch. 3-4. 2-4. 1-11.

Pileus convex, very smooth, colour of lead, margin rounded; stem ventricose, hollow, elastic, streaked; gills close, pale yellowish. Spores irregular, narrow. 00028. Gregarious, in an old saw-pit, Bromborough. This plant which is A. canaliculatus, E.F., and A. turgidus, Greville, is represented by Batsch with a sub-cylindrical stem.

22 A. CERUSSATUS. Fries. 2. 2-3. .

Pileus nearly plane, opaque white, often shining as if enamelled; gills not decurrent. Grassy places, Crosby and New Brighton.

Pileus rather thin, opaque white, often depressed, excentric or lobed, margin narrowly involute; gills sometimes pale flesh colour. Common amongst grass under trees, and in woods.

Infundibuliformes—infundibuliform, or deeply umbilicated. 24 A. GIGANTEUS. Sow. 3—4. 4-10. 1-1}.

Pileus infundibuliform, not umbonate; whole plant cream
white; gregarious. Spores nearly round. 00028. Pasture,
Bold Park, three years successively in the same spot.
Plantation, Rock Ferry.

25 A. GEOTRUPUS. Bull. 5-6. 3—4. 3—14.

Pileus infundibuliform, umbonate, cream-coloured; stem stuffed straight, somewhat attenuated upwards. A. infundibuliformis var. B major. E.F. Spores round. 0003. Wood, Ince Blundell, Nov., 1857.

26 A. FLACCIDUS. Sow. 1-2. 2-31.

Pileus at length infundibuliform, thin, margin deflexed, beautiful reddish buff, sometimes paler; stem stuffed, soon hollow. Tufted. Spores nearly round. 00018. Eastham, Nov., 1856. Warren, New Brighton, abundant, Nov., 1857.

SECT. B. Pileus carnoso-membranaceous, truly hygrophanous.
Cyathiformes-gills descending.

27 A. CYATHIFORMIS. Bull. 1. —1. 1 line.

Pileus depressed, margin narrowly deflexed, liver-coloured, shining, paler when dry; gills narrow, paler than the pileus; stem unequal. Spores broadly elliptic. 00038. On a fallen tree, Knowsley, Nov., 1857.

Orbiformes-gills not truly decurrent.

28 A. METACHROUS. Fries. 2-3. 1-2. 2 lines.

Pileus sub-carnose, neat, smooth, margin plane, centre depressed, colour of putty when moist, white when dry; gills at length descending; inodorous, gregarious. Spores elliptic. 00027. Very common in woods, November.

Versiformes-gills adnate, sub-distant.

29 A. LACCATUS, Scop. 2-6. 1—24. †.

Pileus convex or depressed, varying from flesh-colour to a fine brown-red, often beautifully squamulose; gills distant, of the same colour as the pileus; stem tough, crooked. Spores rough, round. 00035. Woods. Very common.

var. AMETHYSTINUS. Sow.

Extremely beautiful in colour, amethyst, or purple. Woods,
Eastham and Croxteth.

Sub-genus COLLYBIA.

Striæpedes-stem sulcate or fibroso-striate.

30 A. RADICATUS. Relh. 4-6. 2-3.

Pileus nearly plane, wrinkled, viscid, dusky or light brown; stem attenuated upwards; root long, tapering. Spores broadly elliptic. 0006. About the roots of trees. Halsnead, Patrick Wood, &c.

31 A. MACULATUS. Alb. & Schw. 3-4. 3-5. 1-3.

Pileus nearly plane, white, spotted with rusty red; gills narrow; gregarious. Spores sub-globose. 00025. Fir plantations. Bold, Eastham, Rainford, &c.

32 A. BUTYRACEUS. Bull. 2—3. 2—3. 4.

Pileus obtusely convex, slightly umbonate, smooth, centre dark livid brown, towards the margin much paler, substance watery, tough; stem at length hollow, expanded below and sub-bulbous, downy at the base. Spores sub-lanceolate. 0003. Under beech trees. Knowsley, &c., end of Oct. and Nov.

Vestipedes stem velvety, floccose or pruinose.

33 A. VELUTIPES. Curt. 2-8. 1—2. —.

Pileus bright tawny yellow; gills pearly yellow; stem often
curved, the lower part velvety, of a fine rich brown. Tufted.
Spores elliptic. 00033. Common on stumps and rotten wood.
A truly winter Agaric, enduring the sharpest frosts.

34 A. CONFLUENS. Pers. 3. 1. 2 lines.

Pileus irregular, brown, paler when dry; gills remote; stem twisted, villous; densely tufted; stems confluent at the base. Eastham Wood, Aug., 1856.

Pileus nearly plane, minutely umbonate, white, umbo pale, rufescent. Doubtfully referred to this species. Growing (without bulbs) under Polyporus giganteus, Knowsley. Sometimes growing on a Sclerotium; sometimes forming a bulb resembling a Sclerotium. See a full account, given in No. 44 of the series, in the Annals.

Lavipedes-stem fistulose, smooth.

36 A. XANTHOPUS. Fries. 24. 1. 1 line.

Pileus convex, sub-carnose, dry, yellowish-white; gills broad, free; basidia prominent; stem equal, minutely fistulose, very firm and tough, white at the apex, tawny below, strigose at the base; root long, fibrous. Spores small, legumeniform. Fir plantation, Rock Ferry, May, 1858.

37 A. DRYOPHILUS. Bull.

1-3.

1-2. .

Pileus thin, nearly plane, hygrophanous; pileus and gills pale or pinkish; whole plant rather tender. Moist places amongst leaves. Not uncommon.

38 A. CLAVUS. Bull. 1. Very slender.

Pileus campanulate, orange-red. Spores narrow, apiculate at
one end.
00033. On a rotten stick, Bromborough Wood,

Oct., 1857.

Sub-genus MYCÆNA.

Calodontes-gills with the margin of a different colour.

Pileus very tender, apex livid, margin striate, lemon-coloured; gills with the margin yellow. On sticks. Prescot Cars,

Oct. 1856.

Adonidea-somewhat brightly and permanently coloured.

40 A. PURUS. Pers. 3-4. 1. 1 line.

Pileus subcarnose, convex, sub-diaphanous, amethystine
odour like that of radishes. Spores oblong.
Ince Blundell. The Warren, New Brighton.

41 A. LACTEUS. Pers 24. 1. line.

0003. Croxteth,

Pileus sub-umbonate, milky white, finely striate. On a hedge bank. Rainhill.

Rigidipedes gills changing colour; stem firm, rooting. 42 A. GALERICULATUS. Scop. 1—6. 1—21. 1-1.

Pileus campanulate or quite expanded or umbonate, brownish grey, substriate; gills rather distant, in large specimens connected by veins, whitish or pinkish; stem downy at the base. Spores varying in size, subglobose. 0004. "Maxime variabilis," Fries. A plant so variable as almost to discourage the study of the species in affinity with it. Solitary or densely tufted. Very common on the ground or on stumps or fallen

trees.

Fragilipedes-stem scarcely rooting, not dilated; pileus hygrophanous. 43 A. ALCALINUS. Fries.

The only plant hitherto found in this neighbourhood agreeing with the description and possessing the peculiar nitrous odour of A. alcalinus, is a small, campanulate, dark grey, striated Mycæna, not uncommon in grassy places. It may probably be A. ammoniacus, Fries.