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sprinkled rosy-pulverulent. Vo. reduced to whitish spreading
sq. G. free, sublanceolate, reddish-brown, then black.
Cæspitose. On the ground, on dead and on partially buried hawthorn sticks
Nov. f X 2 | X A in. Allied to 936a. Differing from 925 in very
rndimentary volva and generally smaller size.
947. C. Hendersonii Fr. (after J. L. Henderson) abc .
P . campanulato-expanded, minutely granular, tan ; mid. sienna ;
marg. grey. St. tan. A. inferior, erect. G. subdistant!
black, edge white.
Hotbeds, in fields on dung, horse, cow ; rare. Feb.-Sept. J X I X A « •
947a. C. Bresadolæ Schulz, (after J. Bresadola).
P. subcylindrical, membranous, greyish-white, faintly brownish at
mid. St. hollow, attenuate upwards, glabrous, white.
A. deciduous. G. narrow, crowded, black, with a white edge.
Gregarious. Odour none. On wood, squared wood, near woods. | X 4j X J in.
Not unlike a small 926, but whiter in colour.
948. C. volvaeeominimus Crossl. (from its volva and small size) a.
P. campanulate, ashy-grey, white-squamulose ; mid. darker.
St. hyaline. G. adnexo-free, linear, blackish-purple.
D eca y ing straw on dunghills. X f X A iU'
h. Lanatulce.
949. C. lagopus Fr. (from the woolly stem, like a hare’s foot, Gr.
lagopous) a b.
P. campanulato-expanded, whitish or greyish; mid. sienna.
St. densely white-woolly. G. remote, linear, black.
Sometimes cæspitose. Inodorous,
places in woods, rooting in rotten
Rich soil, dung, rotten wood, shady
sawdust; rare. July-Oct. 2 j x 5J X J in.
950. C. nareotieus Fr. (from the opium-like odour) a b.
P . campanulato-expanded, then revolute, villous-scaly, then
naked, white or greyish; mid. pale sienna. St. villous, then
smooth, faintly ochreous-white. G. lanceolate, blackish.
Odour very powerful, like opium, but fetid, or narcotic-alkaline, like 1211.
Manure-heaps. Oct. i X l | X A « •
951. C. tuherosus Quél. (from the tuber at the base of the stem) a.
P. campanulato-expanded, then revolute, striate, white-pulverulent.
St. attenuate above and below, villous-white, springing from a
comparatively large sclerotium. G. linear, violet-black.
Dung, cow, decaying vegetable matter. Oct.-Dec. f X 2 | X xV in.
952. C. maeroeephalus Berk, (from the long-headed young state;
Gr. makros, long, kephale, the head) a.
P. campanulate, slate; mid. brown, white-scaly. St. downy,
sprinkled with fine spreading fibres, dull white. G. linear,
black.
Subcæspitose. Putrid dung ; rare. March-Sept. I X 2 X xV
953. C. nyethemerus Fr. (from its length of life, a night and day,
Gr. nuchthemeron) a b.
P. at length flat, then revolute, furfuraceo-flocculose, then naked,
grey; mid. sienna. St. flaccid, smooth, white. G. linear,
blackish.
Subcæspitose. Dung, manured ground, decayed straw, tan ; rare,
July-Oct.
i j X 3 X A 'R- iSometimes very small.
953a. C. eordisporus Gibbs (from the heart-shaped spores ; cor, the
heart, Gr. sporos, a seed) a.
P . cylindrico-ovate, then expanded and upturned, very thin,
plicato-sulcate ; marg. crenate, whitish or pallid ochraceous,
furfuraceo-papillose and tawny at mid. St. filiform, glabrous,
except at the densely strigoso-squamulose base, whitish hyaline.
G. free, somewhat narrow. Spores heart-shaped, compressed.
Dung, horse, sheep, rabbit. April. x°ff R ' R A « •
954. C. radiatus Pers. (from the radiating striæ or furrows of the
pileus) abc.
P. at length flat, downy, then naked, whitish, soon translucent ;
mid. pinkish-sienna. St. minutely pruinate or smooth, hyaline.
G. few, pallid-blackish.
In troops. In fields on dung, horse, cow ; common. May-Nov. f X 3 X A
Often minute.
954a. C. Gibbsii Mass. & Crossl. (after Thomas Gibbs of Sheffield,
the first observer) a.
P. hemispherical, then expanded, striate, glabrous, minutely
atomate, pale ochreous or very pale buff ; mid. darker.
St. very slender, glabrous, pellucid shining white, attached by
a few white strands of mycelium. G. adnate, 5-7 in number.
Dung, sheep, horse. Nov. Jin. high. Probably the smallest agaric known ;
differs from 954 in its smaller size, glabrous pileus and stem, and in its
circular, compressed spores.
955. C. Spraguei Berk. & Curt, (after Charles J. Sprague) a.
P . campanulato-expanded, tomentose, grey ; mid. sienna.
St. pale cinnamon. G. few, narrow, grey-black.
Gardens. July. | X 2J x A
i. Furfurelloe.
956. C. domestieus Fr. (from its usual habitat ; domus, a house) a b c.
P. campanulato-expanded, furfuraceous, whitish, greyish o t
brownish ; mid. sienna. Si. adpressedly silky, white.
G. adnexed, linear, reddish to fuscous-blackish.
Often cæspitose. In and near human habitations, greenhouses, gardens,
cellars, cupboards, ceilings, under floors, on burnt ground, matting, damp
carpets, rubbish, etc. ; frequent. April-Dee. 3 X 3J X J in. Sometimes
very light in colour.
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