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February 26-1839. In an open grassy flatness. but at length shallow.
Plants little more than 3 inches in height, and not quite so high;
at length membranaceous.
sub-carnose, of a waxy, dark-brown when fresh, ochraceous or
near white when dry, and thin of a velvety lustre. The stem, somewhat
a cumbulate, the margin entire when young; hands bell-shaped,
and to some extent simple at the edges, mucronate, with a fine
papillae.
Then 1 inch high minutely pustulose, elevate-strict in the surface,
sub-puberulent, very pale mid-lines below, and immedicately under
slight bulbous at the base.
The pileus, jacob in the intermediate part. [illegible]. Gills thin
and sub-carnose, not fixed to the stem, about 16 principal ones, one
or two of which terminate, fimbriate near the pileus; under
folds interwoven, and still darker in the interiority, of a pale
whitish-brown; the margin somewhat paler and sub-
sub-puberulent. Spores elliptic, densely coloured, covering
the surface of the gills. In the substance of the pileus
and top of the stem are minute, interlacing, variously
scented, fibriliform bodies imbedded in a gelatinous
Substance. The substance of the stem has a shade of yellow.
The Pileus seen in transmitted light is pallid. The remains
of a silver to be seen around the base of the stem.