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Nolanea
L. ehloFopolia Gill, (from the pale green-grey pileus ; Gr.
chloros, greenish-yellow, polios, hoary) a.
P. flat, slightly subumbonate, livid or sulphur-livid ; mid. black-
squamulose. St. fistulose, colour as P. above, pale grey-bluish
below. G. adnate, salmon-white.
Grassy places, woods. Oct. i | X 2§ X f in.
527. L. asprella Quél, {asper, rough) abc.
P. expanded, broadly umbilicate, striate, smoky or mouse-colour ;
mid. villous-squamulose. St. fistulose, grey-white. G. adnato-
rounded, at length grey-salmon.
Open pastures, grassy places ; uncommon. Oct. i f X i f X J in.
528. L. nefrens Quél, (from the edge of the gills being without teeth,
contrasted with 520; ne, x\ot, prendo, to bite) a.
P. flat, depressed, smoky, yellowish-umber or olivaceous. St.
fistulose, lighter than P., or fuscous-livid. G. adnexed or
adnate, at length light red with a blackish edge.
Grassy places. Autumn, i f X i f X A « •
XVIII. NOLANEA Quél.
(From a fancied resemblance in the pileus to a little bell, noia)
Veil indicated by fibrils, squamules, silkiness or flock ; Mr. George
Massee has observed a rudimentary annulus in 534. Hymenophore
confluent with but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem.
Pileus submembranaceous, more or less campanulate, subpapillate or
subumbonate, not umbilicate, except 536 and 542, striate, even or
floccose, margin straight, at first adpressed to the stem, not involute.
Stem central, simple, fistulose or stuffed, cartilaginous. Gills free
or adfixed, not decurrent, usually whitish at first, then salmon or
rose. Spores rose-coloured or salrnon. (Fig. 27.)
The species are thin, slender, and usually brittle, some are tough.
They are terrestrial except 541, and appear in summer and autumn
on grassy hills and in damp places in woods. The group generally
is suspected to be poisonous.
Nolanea agrees in structure with Mycena, Galera, Psathyra, and
Psathyrella. Species 529—543
Pilesis dark-coloured, hygrophanous. Gills grey or fuscous.
529—533
Gills becoming yellow or rufescent. 534—537
Pileus hygrophanous. Gills shining white then rosy. 538, 539
Pileus not hygrophanous. Gills whitish. 540—543
529. N. paseua Quél, (from its habitat, pastures) abc .
P. flat or subumbonate, silky, grey- or pinkish-brown. St. striate,
faintly brownish or ochreous, or almost white. G. adnato-
adnexed, pale salmon.
Odour none. Fields, open woods ; common. May-Nov. i f X 2f X A « •
530. N. Babingtonii Sacc. (after Prof. C. C. Babington) a.
P. conico-campanulate, ashy-grey; mid. dark-brown-squamulose.
St. equal, downy, dark brown. G. adnato-ascending, ashy-grey.
Woods ; rare. Oct.-Nov. ^ X X in.
531. N. mammosa Quél, (from the shape of the pileus ; mamma, a
breast) abc.
P. umber or smoky. St. smoky white-brown. G. adnexed,
grey then salmon.
Lawns, woods. Feb. 2§ X 3j X A Often grows in company with
1238.
531a. N. papillata Bres. (from the papillate pileus).
P. submembranaceous, subcampanulate, convex, expanded, striate,
fuscous-bay becoming cinnamon. St. glabrous, shining, obso-
letely white-mealy at apex, white-tomentose at base. G.
sinuato-adnate, somewhat crowded, livid white becoming
fuscous flesh-colour. Flesh colour as P. but paler.
Odour pleasant, sometimes absent. In grassy or woody piaces. Sept.
I f X 2f X A in-
532. N. juneea Quél, (from its usual habitat, rushy places ; juncus, a
rush) a b.
P. hemispherical, papillate or subumbilicate, smoky or umber.
St. smooth, reddish-brown. G. adnato-ascending, grey- or
brownish-salmon.
Odour none. Woods, commons. Oct. iJ X 2f x f in.
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