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957. C. stereorarius Fr. (from the habitat; stercus, dung) abc.
P. campanulato-expanded, then revolute, clad with dense white
micaceous meal ; mid. pale sienna ; marg. faint greyish or
brownish. St. pruinate, white. G. adnexed, narrow, black.
Rich soil, dung, roadsides. iJ X 4j X J in. Brefeld illustrates this plant
as growing from a sclerotium. Must not be confused with 938, which
IS usually much smaller and with a white floccose pileus.
•957a. C. stellaris Quél, (from the pileus splitting in a star-like
manner) a.
P . ovoid then campanulate, striate, afterwards split in star-shape
and crowned with points formed of minute diaphanous vescicles,
white, becoming grey. 57 filiform, fistulose, hyaline, velvety
with long silky hairs, white. G. narrow, adnexed, attenuate,
greyish then sooty-brown.
Dung, fox, man. Spring and Summer. A R t X A ¡n.
958. C. ephemeras Fr. (from its length of life ; Gr. ephcmcros, lasting
for a day) abc.
P. campanulato-expanded, delicately scurfy, white; mid. prominent
faint sienna; marg. greyish. 57 smooth, whitish. G. adnexed,
linear, fuscous then black.
Dunghills, manuredground, roadsides; common. May-Oct. l i X zS x ri in
Must not be confounded with 960, which has a depressed disc to the pileus.'
958a. C. velox Godey in Gill, (from its rapid growth ; vdox, swift) a.
P. obovate, striate then plicato-sulcate, scurfy between the
furrows and on the mid., grey. St. white-floccose. G. narrow
grey then black. ’
Dung, ox, horse. § X 2 | x A Must not be mistaken for 9S4a.
958h. C. aquatilis Peck (from its habitat, watery places • aqua
water) a. ’
P. ovate, then campanulate, coarsely sulcate to mid,, at first
somewhat furfuraceous, when young pale orange, then red-
brown; mid. darker. 57 somewhat swollen at base, hollow
smooth below, pulverulent above, dull white. G. adnexed’
grey then black. Flesh in P. pale orange.
Decaying twigs, moss, Luzula sylvatka, etc., partly submerged in shaded
swamps. June. I X 2 j x A in-
959. C. soeiatus Fr. (from its habit, growing in groups; socio, to
associate) a.
P. at length expanded, slightly scurfy, umbilicate, fuscous • mid
brown, becoming pale. St. white. G. adnexed, ashy-black.
Damp, loose soil, gardens, wails. Oct. iJ X 2 in.
960. C. plieatilis Fr. (from the folds or furrows of the pileus • -plico
to fold) abc. r , r ,
ri. expanded, grey and livid-umber; mid. depressed, sienna.
St. smooth, pallid to ochreous. G. remote, linear, slate.
Pastures, gardens, roadsides, under trees, woods; common. Anril-Oct
I f X 4 X in . Sometimes very small.
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961. C. flliformis B. & Br. (from the thread-like stem; filum, a
thread) a.
P. campanulato-expanded, grey, white-mealy; mid. sienna. St.
pallid or white. G. linear, adnate, blackish.
On the ground in woods. Sept. J X fV X A
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962. C. hemerobius Fr. (from the length of its life—one day; Gr.
hemera, a day, bios, life) a.
P. campanulato-expanded, umber. St. smooth, pallid. G. adnate,
linear, blackish.
Damp, shady, rich grassy places, roadsides, etc. ; rare. Sept.-Oct.
I j X S X I in.
k. Basipedes.
963. C. P LA TY PU S Berk, in Cooke (from the basal disc; Gr. platus,
broad, pous, a foot) a.
P. campanulato-expanded, white, then ochreous; mid. umber.
St. even, whitish. G. free, narrow, distant, white.
Palm-stems in conservatories. A X A X A « •
XLIII. BOLBITIUS Fr.
(From a frequent habitat of the species; Gr. bolbiton, cow-dung.)
Veil rudimentary, indicated by squamules on the pileus or stem,
or obsolete. Hymenophore distinct from the stem. Pileus moist.
Fig. 52.—A , B olbitius B o lto n ii F r. ; b , B .fr a gU is F r ., entire and in section.
One-half n atural size.
mucid or viscid, fleshy-membranous to membranous, at first conical
or ovate with the margin adpressed to the stem, usually yellow or
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