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263. c. aquosa Gill. (from its watery substance ; aqua, water) abc .
F. piane to subdepressed, tan-ochreous to ochreous. St. fibrillose
at base, ochreous-brown. G. adnexo-free, pale yellowish.
Woods, damp places, amongst moss. Autumn, i f x 2f x J in.
264. C. extuberans Quél, (from the broad umbo : extuberaus swelling)
abc.
P. ohve-brownish. St. attenuate downwards, pale grey-brownish.
G. adnexo-toothed, white.
Usually solitary when on the ground, cæspitose and smaller when on trunks
Udournone. Amongst grass, hillsides. May-Sept. i f X 3Ì X i | i n .
265. C. exseulpta Gill, (from the cut-out,sinuato-rounded gills) abc.
P. plane, subumbilicate, dull ochreous-orange or umber, pale
whitish-buff when dry ; mid. darker. St. equal or subbulbous
ochreous or sulphur, darker below. G. adnato- or adnexo-
toothed, subdecurrent, sulphury.
Gregarious Taste and odour strong, mushroom-like, but with a suggestion
ol tar. Trunks, dead wood, on the ground. May-Oct. i j x 2 x i in
Dry, tough, reviving with moisture after the manner of a Marasmius.
266. C. macilenta Gill, (incuies, leanness) a.
P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, deep yellow. St. yellow G
adnexo-free, bright yellow. Flesh pallid yellowish
‘i X 2 4 x (Q n . Resembles some of
267. C. elavus Quél, (from the nail-like shape, clavus) a c.
P. hemispherical, orange-vermilion. St. substrigose at base
whitish, brownish below. G. adnexed, whitish.
On fir, twigs, leaves, moss ; rare. Oct. 4 X J X in.
268. C. ocellata Quél, (from the eye-like umbonate umbilicus • ocellus
a little eye) abc . ’ ’
P. white ; mid. pale sienna. St. attenuate downwards, rooting
fibrillose, brownish-white, or buff above and white below. G
adnate, white.
Pine-woods, amongst leaves, grassy places, on Jungermannia ; uncommon
Sept.-Oct. f X 2 X rs m.
269. C. museigena Quél, (from its habitat ; nniscus, moss, gimo to
bear) a. White. ’
P. hemispherical, pellucid, thin. G. adnate.
Amongst moss and grass, near trunks. Aug. f x iJ X ^ in.
270. C. leucomyosotis Sacc. (from its resemblance to a pale form of
736, Naucoria Myosotis ; Gr. leukos, white) a b.
P. convex, broadly umbonate, pale translucent ' umber ; maro-
striate. St. brittle, subpruinose above, colour as P. G
adnato-sinuate, thick, somewhat distant, whitish.
Strong-scented, somewhat fragrant. On Sphagnum in wet places in bons
May. i f X 34 X 4 in. Whitish when dry.
d. Tephrophance.
271. C. naneida Quél, (from its rancid odour) abc.
P. convex, umbonate, sometimes viscid, dark umber, slate or
slate-grey, or slate with mid. umber. St. subfusiform, rooting,
sometimes deeply, colour as P. G. adnexo-free, slaty flesh-
colour, grey-white or almost white.
Taste disagreeable ; odour strong and offensive when cut or broken, like rancid
meal. Woods, amongst trunks. Oct.-Nov. l | X 4 X 4 in.
272. C. eustygia Sacc. (Stygian, from its becoming black) a.
P. convexo-plane, subdepressed, white or white-brownish. St.
attenuate downwards, rooting, white above, grey and punctato-
scaly below. G. adnexo-rounded, dark grey.
Odour of rancid meal. Ontheground. Oct. 2j x 34x-fj in- BLckwhen dry.
273. C. eoraeina Gill, (from its colour ; Gr. korax, a raven) a c.
P. convexo-expanded, black to dark- or grey-umber. St. attenuate
upwards, not rooting, white above, brown below. G. adnate,
greyish or yellowish.
Odour strong of new meal. Grassy places, fir-plantations. Nov.
i | X 14 X ig in.
274. C. ozes Karst. (Gr. ozo, to smell) a.
P. convexo-plane, subumbonate, grey- or clay-brown. St. slightly
attenuate upwards, white above, sooty-grey below. G. adnate,
smoky-olivaceous.
Odour of new meal. On the ground and on pine-leaves. Feb. 14 x 34x 4 in.
274a. C. mephitiea Karst, (from the offensive mephitic odour, sometimes,
however, like new meal) a.
P. fleshy, convex, subumbonate, hygrophanous, smooth, dry,
silky, greyish-ochre, becoming whitish. St. equal, enlarged
below, stuffed, grey, white-floccose or pruinose-velvety. G.
obtusely adnate, separating from stem, attenuate in front,
crowded, grey. Flesh yellowish.
Amongst fir-needles. Oct. i | x 2f X A in.
275. C. inolens Quél, {itiolens, scentless) a.
P. convexo-plane, umbonate, tan, greyish or rufous. Si. attenuate
upwards, slightly rooting at the white, strigose base. G. adfixed,
almost free, whitish- or ochreous-grey.
Woods, chiefly pine. Sept.-Nov. 2^ x 2§ x ^ in.
276. C. plexipes Gill, (from the twisted stem ; plecfo, to twist, pes, a
foot) abc.
P. hemispherical, umbonate, pale umber or greyish ; mid. darker.
St. attenuate downwards, rooting, pale umber. G. narrowly
adnate, whitish-grey. Flesh pale umber.
Odour none. Woods, beech, amongst grass; uncommon. Sept.-Nov.
14 X U X 4 in.
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