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=virgineus=, Wulf. White. P. 3-7 cm. fleshy, exp. obtuse then depr.

becoming cracked and floccose when dry; g. distant, thickish; s. 3-5 cm.

stuffed, firm, short, narrowed downwards; sp. 8-10 5. Edible.

Var. _roseipes_, Ma.s.s. Stem rosy downwards.

=niveus=, Fr. White. P. 1.5-2.5 cm. tough, membranaceous, convex, umbil.

viscid; g. thin, arcuate, distant; s. 4-6 cm. slender, equal; sp. 7-8 4-5.

Differs from _H. virgineus_ in smaller size, thin p. and slender equal s.

=russo-coriaceus=, B. and Br. White, fragrant. P. 1.5-2 cm. convex, disc fleshy, edge thin; g. thick, very distant; s. 1.5-2.5 cm. solid, smooth, base narrowed; sp. 8 5.

Differs from _H. niveus_ in thick disc, and smell resembling Russian leather.

[=helvella=, Boud. P. hygr. glabrous, greyish ochre, obconic-campan.

edge sometimes wavy; g. shortly decur. narrow, grey; s. whitish, equal, scurfy above, base thickened and downy.

[=glaucus=, Karst. P. convexo-plane, umb. then depr. and somewhat wavy, moist, glabrous, s.h.i.+ning, even, glaucous; g. deeply decur. rather branched, glaucous; s. wavy, with white down then glabrous, white; sp.

6-8, glob.

[=clivalis=, Fr. White, fragile. P. campan. exp. s.h.i.+ning, edge at first incurved then spreading, striate; g. narrowed behind, nearly free, ventricose, distant; s. solid, short, fragile, narrowed below; sp. 6-7 4.

=ventricosus=, B. and Br. White. P. 4-7 cm. convex, disc fleshy, edge thin, sometimes irreg.; g. deeply decur. narrow; s. 4-7 cm. ventricose, solid, smooth; sp. 7 4.

Known among white sp. by fleshy p. and stout, ventricose stem.

** _Gills ventricose, sinuato-arcuate or plano-adnate._

=fornicatus=, Fr. P. 2-5 cm. campan. then exp. even, glabrous, viscid, white or livid; g. sinuato-adnexed, thick, white; s. 5-7 cm. firm, equal, tough, glabrous, white; sp. 5-6 3.

Stem solid below, apex hollow. Pileus obsoletely umb. rather wavy; gills sometimes free, with a decurrent tooth, not decurrent as in _H.

virgineus_.

=distans=, B. P. 2-4 cm. exp. or depr. umbil. thin, viscid, white with silky sheen, sometimes stained with brown; g. adnate, very distant, white; s. 3-4 cm. white above, rather narrowed and greyish below; sp. 10 8.

[=streptopus=, Fr. Fragile, splitting. P. campan. exp. greyish white; g.

sinuato-adnate, rather crowded, white; s. hollow, rather twisted, white.

=Clarkii=, B. and Br. P. 3-5 cm. fragile, thin, exp. sub.u.mb. viscid, livid grey; g. adnate with decur. tooth, broad, thick, distant, white; s. 4-7 cm. grey, base white; sp. subgl. 12 10.

_H. distans_ differs in white umbilic. p.

=metapodius=, Fr. P. 3-5 cm. compact, exp. viscid then silky squamulose, brownish; g. arcuato-decur. thick, distant, greyish; s. 3-4 cm.

glabrous, grey, reddish inside; sp. 8 5.

=ovinus=, Bull. P. 3-5 cm. thin, conical then exp. gibbous, viscid then squamulose, fuscous; g. arcuato-adnate, connected by veins, grey then rufescent; s. 4-5 cm. glabrous, often twisted, pallid or dark; sp. 5 3-4.

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