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angular warts. Under birch trees. Plentiful through-
out the shady parts.
Amanita phalloidea. Stinking amanita. Not so large as
the above, with a greenish yellow cap to which adhere
patches of the cuticle of the volva. The stem has a
bulbous base rising out of the remains of a sheath or
volva. Under trees in all shady places. Stinking in
decay.
Amanita pantherina. Resembling in appearance and size
the Amanita rubescens, but duller in colour, with no
tinge of red, and not so common. If not truly poisonous,
it produces disagreeable effects. Under trees, High
Beach and elsewhere.
Entoloma sinuatus. A large species with the cap four
inches across, of a pale mouse colour. The stem, six
inches in length, often contorted. The gills broad, and
of a salmon colour. It grows in company in shady
places near Loughton and Chingford.
Hebeloma fastibilis. The cap two or three inches in
diameter, resembling a cracknel biscuit; of a rather
strong disagreeable odour. About the size of an ordinary
mushroom. Not common in the Lower Forest, and on
the Chingford side.
Stropharia oeruginosus. Often found amongst grass and
dead leaves, sometimes singly and sometimes in small
tufts. The cap averages two inches in diameter, is of a
deep verdigris green and very slimy. The gills are
dark brown. Throughout the shady parts of the Forest.
Stropharia stercorarius.
Stropharia semiglobatus.
These are two similar species found upon dung. The
cap is convex, and less than an inch across, with broad
smoky gills. The stem is four inches long or more,
about the thickness of wheat straw, and the whole plant
is glutinous.
Hypholoma fascicularis. Grows in dense clumps about old
stumps. Its general colour is yellow and the top of the
cap often reddish ; the gills are a dingy olive. It is
intensely bitter to the taste, and too nauseous to be
eaten.
Psilocybe semilanceatus. This little agaric is very common
in open places amongst grass. The pileus about half an
inch across and conical, of a pale ochre. The stem is
long, thin, and flexuous. Several instances are known
in which death has accrued to children through eating
them.
Hygrophorus conicus. Grows singly amongst grass, and is
of a dingy yellow colour, soon turning black. The cap
is conical and pointed, about an inch broad and high,
with a slender fragile stem.
Hygrophorus psittacinus. Grows also amongst grass in
open places, and similar in form and dimensions to the
foregoing, but of a bright pale green colour, turning
yellowish but not black. Both are covered in moist
weather with a sticky gluten.
Lactarius torminosus. This is one of a genus or group
which, when broken, exudes from all parts a white or