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277. C. atrata Quél, {ater, black) abc.
P. p la n o -d e p re ss e d , g re a sy feeling, b la ck ish -um b e r. St. fuscous
Within a n d with o u t. G. a d n a to -d e c u r re n t, livid-brownish.
Scattered or in groups. Odour strong, disagreeable. On burnt ground often
m company with 183. 686 and 1374. Sept.-Dee. i 4 v u y i
Must not be confounded with 369. ^ X X ¿ m.
278. C. ambusta Quél, (from its habitat, burnt ground: ambustus,
torn pileus) a. White-grey or
b u rn t) abc.
P. convexo-plane, papillate, umber. A/, paler than P. G. adnate
with a tooth, pale umber. Flesh colour as G.
Odour of meal. July-Nov. | x X A in.
279. C. lacerata Gill, (from the
slightly ochreous-brown.
P. convex, shining, often cracked, sometimes brown-fibrillose.
St. twisted. G. adnexed, thick.
Somewhat cæspitose. Woods, pine ; rare. Autumn. 2 x 3 X J in.
280. C. murina Gill, (from its mouse-colour; mus, a mouse) a
P. convex, subdepressed, brown, becoming paler. G. attenuato
adnexed.
Woods, under oaks. Oct. i j X 2f X J in.
281. C. protraeta Gill, (from the long stem; protractus, drawn
out) a b. ’
p . convexo-plane, slightly umbonato-depressed, grey-brown or
slaty flesh-colour. A/, attenuate downwards, rooting, strieose
colour as P., dark slate-colour below. G. adfixed, ventricose
grey, white-pruinose. ’
Mossy ground, near stumps of pine, etc., amongst dead leaves Aug.-
JNov. I5 X 8 X ^ in.
282. C. tesquorum Gill, (from its growing in waste places, tesqua) a
P. convex or umbonate, fuscous-black or olive-brown. St. white
ohve brow7 ” ashy-fuscous or pale
Scattered. Amongst grass, sunny banks, f X i j X A in.
283. C. elusilis Gill, {clusilis, easily closing, derivation obscure) a b c
P. convexo-plane, depressed, whitish tan or greyish; mid. faintly
ochreous. A/, shining, colour as P., or paler. G. adnato
toothed, colour as St.
Amongst moss, grass, often with 597. Sept.-Oct. i f X 2j x J in
284. C. tylieolor Gill, (from its colour, that of a small worm • Gr
tulos) abc. •’ •
p . piano-umbonate, ashy-grey or brown; mid. darker. wavv
whitish-pulveruIent on a grey-brown ground. G. adnato-free
varying m attachment, livid-brownish or grey. Flesh pale’
^ 7 c t . 7 i 7 2 r x i ° m ° " grass.
285. C. DOROTHEÆ Sacc. (after Lady Dorothy Neville) a.
P. globose, then flat, slightly umbilicate, very thin, dark brown ;
marg. denticulate. St. slightly swollen at base, minutely
velvety, white, yellowish or rufous. G. adnexed, narrow,
white.
On dead fern-stems in hothouses. i | X 3j X A in-
286. C. CALDARii Sacc. (from its habitat, a caldarium or hot-house) a.
P. hemispherical, slightly umbonate, brown. St. paler than P.
G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat ashy.
On Sphagnu?!i in orchid-pot. g X 2j x A ■"-
IX. MYCENA Quél.
(Gr. mukes, a fungus.)
Veil almost obsolete, only seen in fibrillæ, pile, flock, tomentum
or gluten. In Section h, Basipedes, the edge of the pileus is
connected with the circumference of the basal disc in infancy, and
Fig. 18.—A , A , Mycena epipterygia Quél. ;
B, ditto in section. One-half natural size,
c, M . ten errim a Quél., young state showing
basal disc and veil ; D, M. stylobates Quél.,
young state, showing basal disc and veil ;
E , basal disc ; c, d , e , enlarged.
so forms a kind of universal veil. PPyttienophore confluent with but
heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus at first conico-
cylindrical, becoming more or less campanulate, submembranous,
not cartilaginous, never truly umbilicate, margin more or less