Lactipedes-stem yielding an opaque juice.

44 A. SANGUINOLENTUS. Alb. & Schw. 1-3. 1-2 lines. line.

Pileus delicate, tinged with a vinous colour. The stem when broken near the base yields a juice of the colour of port wine. Spores varying in size, legumeniform.

woods.

45 A. GALOPUs. Pers. 2-3. . 1 line.

0004. Common in

Pileus campanulate, semi-oval or semi-fusiform, roughly and somewhat distantly striate, bluish black, opaque, sub-pruinose; gills distant, glancous; stem tough, dark grey. Common in woods, on stumps and amongst grass.

46 A. CHELIDONIUS. Fries. 1-4.

-. line.

Pileus campanulate or obtusely conical, very tender; diaphanous, hence appearing finely striate; apex light brown, margin paler; gills whitish, not distant. On leaves, especially under Pteris aquilina. The stem of this and the preceding species when broken yields a drop of whitish milky juice.

Glutinipedes-stem viscid.

47 A. EPIPTERYGIUS. Scop. 3—4. 1.

line.

Pileus and stem viscid. Pileus very thin, covered with an epidermis which easily peels off when moist, margin dentate; stem yellow, especially at the apex. Spores irregular, narrower at one end, 00035. Very common in heathy woods.

48 A. VULGARIS. Fries. 1—11. 1-4. line.

Pileus and stem viscid. Pileus plane, dusky, striate; gills
decurrent, white; stem tough. Identified by the Rev. A.
Bloxam. Growing in myriads on fir leaves in a wood at
Croxteth.

Basipedes stem adhering by a disc.

49 A. STYLOBATES. Pers. 1-1. 1-2 lines. line.

Pileus bluntly campanulate, striate, slightly hairy, white. Whole plant very delicate. On decayed wood in a very moist place. Rainhill. Dec., 1857.

Insititia-base of stem without a proper root, growing in a vegetable matrix by flocci or a tubercle.

50 A. HIEMALIS. Retz. -1. 1-3 lines.

line.

Pileus hemispherical, striate, brown; stem curved. A. corticola. E.F. On bark, Croxteth.

Sub-genus OMPHALIA.

Collybiaria-pileus erpanded, margin inflexed.

51 A. PYXIDATUS. Bull. 1-2. line.

Pileus infundibuliform, reddish; gills narrow, distant, decur rent. Grassy places on the coast.

52 A. MURALIS. Swartz. 1—1. 1—1. 1 line.

Pileus reddish brown, striate, umbilicate; stem curved; gi broad, distant, decurrent. Spores elliptic. 00033. On walls amongst moss. Bold. Halsnead. Woolton.

53 A. UMBELLIFERUS. L. —1. §—1. 1.

Pileus sub-membranaceous, centre depressed, margin deflexed, striate, pale yellow-brown; gills distant, broad behind. Moist heathy ground. Knowsley. Stourton.

Sub-genus PLEUROTUS.
Excentrici-pileus entire.

54 A. DRYINUS. Pers. 2. 3. 2.

Pileus hard, excentric, almost lateral, dirty white with brown scales. A specimen was in the possession of Mr. F. P. Marrat, said to be gathered by Mr. Fisher from a tree on St. James's Mount, Liverpool.

Pileus fleshy, dry, dirty white, flesh white; gills broad, unequal, white, yellowish when dry; stem curved, ascending. In the hollow of an ash. Croxteth. On ash, Liscard; I. Byerley, Esq. On ash, Runcorn.

56 A. OSTREATUS. Jacq.

Pileus excentric or dimidiate, fleshy, clammy, smooth when dry, deep lead colour, from three to fourteen inches in breadth, margin involute when young; gills white, forked; stem when present stout, firm, downy. Spores oblong, narrow. '0004. Timber yard, Bold, Nov. 1856. Nearly covering a fallen tree, Knowsley, Nov. 1857.

57 A. SALIGNUS. Pers.

Pileus dimidiate, four inches broad, rather thin, firm, grey or pale dun, depressed and downy at the base, margin never involute. Spores oblong, three times longer than broad. 0005. On a willow in a garden at Poolton; I. Byerley, Esq.

Resupinati-pileus resupinate, at length sub-reflexed.

58 A. APPLICATUS. Batsch.

Pileus sub-sessile, dimidiate, half-an-inch broad, dark grey, villous at the centre; gills grey. On rotten wood, Eastham. Rainhill.

SERIES II. Hyporhodii.

Sub-genus VOLVARIA.

59 A. BOMBYCINUS. Schoeff. 3—6. 4-6. .

Pileus fleshy, when young very obtusely campanulate, then expanded and plane, beautifully silky, not viscid, crumb of bread colour; gills ventricose, free, white, then pink, at length brownish; stem firm, attenuated upwards: volva forming a flaccid cup at the bottom of the stem. Growing gregariously on a heap of compost by the road side near Eccleston, June, 1856. The dimensions correspond with those given by Fries in S.M., but A. bombycinus is said to grow upon trees. Schoeffer's plate of A. bombycinus does not indicate the peculiarly beautiful cylindrico-campanulate form of the Eccleston plant when young.

60 A. SPECIOSUS. Fries. 5. 4. above, below.

Pileus obtusely conic, becoming expanded and broadly umbonate, very viscid, greyish white, centre yellowish from the thickened slime; gills broad, ventricose, free, pale, then rose colour, brownish inclining to cinnamon when dry; stem smooth, straight, firm, slightly attenuated upwards; subbulbous; volva not distinctly lobed. Spores elliptic, clouded with pinkish olive. 00063. Basidia almost immersed, apices hemispherical. Solitary, amongst grass watered by a drain, New Brighton.

Sub-genus PLUTEUS.

61∙A. CERVINUS. Fries. Ep. 3-5. 2—4. 1—1.

Pileus fleshy, at first oval, then broadly convex, often silky, when young nearly black, then umber or smoky brown; gills ventricose, free, remote when dry, pale, changing to rose. Spores broadly elliptic. 0004. Basidia conspicuous. Pluteus. E.F. About saw-pits, and rotten stumps; common throughout the year.

Sub-genus ENTOLOMA.

62 A. SERICELLUS. Fries. 2. . 1 line.

A.

Pileus thin, pale, silky but not very smooth; gills delicate rose-colour; stem white. In woodlands, amongst grass. Knowsley. Stourton.

63 A. RHODOPOLIUS. Fries. 2-4. 1—3. —.

Pileus rather fleshy, nearly plane, satiny, very dark brown, paler when dry; gills broad, grey, changing to rose; stem firm, often dusted at the apex with rose-coloured spores; odour nitric. Spores many angled, nucleus round. 0004. Pastures. Flaybrick, Rainhill, &c.

64 A. CLYPEATUS. Fries Ep. var. MAMMOSUS. Bolt. 3-4. 1-3. §.

Pileus fleshy, strongly umbonate, mouse grey, sometimes with a shade of rose; odour mealy. Spores many angled, nucleus round. 0005. Pastures. Rainhill, Knowsley, &c.

65 A. COSTATUS. Fr. Ep.

Pileus thin, somewhat oval or expanded, hygrophanous, dark livid brown; stem hollow, pale, squamulose at the apex; gills slightly adnexed, pale, then rose-coloured; odour none; whole plant very fragile. Common in pastures. Rainhill, &c.

Sub-genus LEPTONIA.

66 A. CHALYBEUS. Pers. 1—1). —. 1 line.

Pileus dark blue, scaly; stem firm, steel-blue, base downy. A small group occurred in a pasture, Rainhill, October, 1857.

Sub-genus NOLANEA.

67 A. PASCUus. Pers. 1—3. 2—17. 1-2 lines.

Pileus campanulate, then expanded, brown and striate when moist, pale when dry; gills dirty flesh-colour; stem slender, fistulose. Spores irregularly globose. 00045. A variable plant, of which, according to Fries, ten distinct varieties may be recognized. Odour always like that of fresh meal. Pastures; very common.

SERIES III. Dermini,

Sub-genus PHOLIOTA.

Humigenei-growing on the ground.

68 A. AUREUS. Mathusk. 4-6. 4-6. -1.

Pileus fleshy, convex, golden tawny with redder adpressed scales or streaks; gills nearly of the same colour; veil forming a ring near the apex of the stem. A conspicuously gay looking species, growing not unfrequently in large tufts on stumps in woods.

69 A. PRÆCOx. Pers. 1—2. 1-2. 1.

Pastures and

Pileus fleshy, convex, then nearly plane, pale buff; gills pale
purplish brown, subdecurrent with a tooth.
sides of lanes. Spittal. Rainhill,

70 A. SPHALEROMORPHUS. Fr. Ep.

1-5.

1-1. 1 line. Pileus thin, convex, then plane or depressed, hygrophanous, yellowish olive; gills clouded, pale purple brown. In dry situations amongst moss it has a ring moderately persistent. It is, however, remarkable for its aquatic habits, often growing upon floating Sphagnum or Hypnum cuspidatum. præcox. E.F. Abundant in the pools on Sutton Moss.

Truncigenei-growing on wood.

71 A. PUDICUS. Fries. Ep. 1-3. 2-3. .

var. A.

Pileus white, with a tinge of yellow; stem curved; ring
reflexed; whole plant remarkably firm and dry; tufted.
A. caperatus. E.F. On an elder stump near the village of
Morton, Cheshire.

72 A. SQUARROSUS. Müll. 2-4.

3-4.-1.

Saffron coloured, rough with large brownish scales, except on the stem above the ring; tufted; very handsome. On stumps. Rainhill. Runcorn.

73 A. ADIPOSUS. Batsch.

Croft. The Rev. Thos. P. Kirkman.

74 A MUTABILIS. Schoff.

2-4.

2-3..

Pileus smooth, centre brownish orange, margin yellow, often watery; gills cinnamon; stem scaly below; tufted. Spores elliptical, annulus dark. 00033. On stumps. Huyton Quarry, Knowsley, &c.

Muscigenei-growing on moss, or on the roots of grass. 75 A. MESODACTYLIUS. Berkeley. 24. 1. 1 line.

Pileus obtusely conic, hygrophanous, apex umber, margin expanded, striate, pale; stem flexuous; ring central, deeply striate within; solitary. No. 329 of the series in the Annals. A few specimens have occurred amongst grass in my own garden, Rainhill.

Sub-genus HEBELOMA.

Inocybe―pileus fibrous or fibrilloso-squamose, dry.

76 A. LANUGINOSUS. Bull. 1-2. 1. 1-2 lines.

Pileus subcarnose, hemispherical, downy, greyish brown; gills pale; stem pruinose at the apex. Woods. Knowsley, Croxteth, &c.