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533. N. fulvostrlgosa Sacc. (from the tawny strigose stem).
P. hemispherical, subwrinkled, grey. St. furfuraceo-squamulose,
reddish. G. adnate, grey.
Woods. Sept. i X J X XJ in.
534. N. piseiodora Gill, (from its fishy odour ; piscis, a fish, odor,
a smell) abc.
P. campanulate, velvety, umbonate, tawny-cinnamon, salmon-
brownish or dark brown. St. rarely with a rndimentary
A., chestnut-brown or black. G. adnexed, toothed, pale
yellowish-tawny, then flesh-colour or dull salmon. Flesh warm
brown, dark at base of stem.
Odour strong of rotten fish, varying to cucumber. Woods, amongst decayed
leaves, on sticks ; frequent. Oct. i f X 2¿ X J in. This may be only a
form of 709. See 239, 535 and 538. Spores may possibly vary white,
salmon and brown.
535. N. nigripes Gill, (from the black stem ; niger, black, pes, a foot)
a b.
P. hemispherical, floccose, fuscous or umber. St. equal, twisted,
somewhat wavy, hollow. G. adnexed, yellow-flesh-colour or
salmon.
Odour as in 534. Swamps. Nov. i f X 3f X f in. Perhaps a form of
534.
536. N. rufoearnea Sacc. (from its colour; rufus, reddish, caro,
flesh) abc .
P. hemispherical, subumbilicate, red-brown. St. minutely fibrillose,
pale rufous. G. adnate, rose-colour.
Taste somewhat bitter. Grassy heaths ; frequent. Sept. i f X 2 X J in.
537. N. ieterina Quél, (from its colour ; Gr. ikteros, jaundice) a b.
P. hemispherical, sometimes papillate, slightly silky, greenishsulphur
or olive-brassy. St. stuffed, colour as P. or full
ochreous. G. adnexed, adnate or decurrent, salmon-white to
salmon, saffron in decay. Flesh sulphur in P., white with a
buff bark in St.
Woods, gardens. Oct. i f X i f X J in.
538. N. pieea Gill, (from the more or less pitch-black colour ; piceus,
pitch-black) a b.
P. campanulate, papillate, smooth, at first umber ; marg. lighter,
shaded slate. St. pruinose, colour as P., or dull salmon,
blotched and shaded slate. G. ascending, emarginate, flesh-
colour.
Odour of decaying fish and cucumber. Giassy places, gardens, i f X 2¿ x J in.
Perhaps the same as 634, 535 and 709.
539. N. ínfula Gill, (perhaps from the lustrous gills, at first dazzling
white then rose ; ínfula, a fillet or ornament) a b.
P. plane, papillate, fawn or smoky when damp, 'ochreous-tan
when dry. St. smooth, colour as P. or grey-brown. G. varied
in attachment.
Odour none. Lawns, woods, burnt ground. Sept.-Oct. I X 2j x f in.
540. N. vereeunda Gill, (from its appearance ; verecundus, modest) a.
P. convex, umbonate, watery-reddish. St. faintly ochreous.
G. adnate, salmon-white. Spoi-es reddish.
Densely gregarious or in troops. Amongst short grass. Sept. f X f X iV « •
541. N. eoelestina Gill, (from the colour of the pileus, sometimes
azure ; cælum, the sky) a.
P. convex, umbonate, pale slate. St. colour as P. G. adnate,
salmon-grey or hoary-white. Spores faintly rosy.
Woods, pine ; on wood, rotten oak. Oct. i J X 2f x J in.
541a. N. exills Quél, (exilis, small).
P. membranous, conical, expanded, glabrous, striate, livid grey
to lilac ; mid. papillose, darker. St. hollow, glabrous, tough,
apex naked, greyish-green. G. adnexed, subcrowded, whitish
with a tinge of pink.
Amongst grass, leaves, etc., under beeches, pines ; in swamps, f X3X A in.
Allied to 526, but more slender and delicate.
542. N. RUBIDA Sacc. (from its frequent reddish tinge) abc.
P. convex, subumbilicate, greyish or faintly ruddy. St. attenuate
below, colour as P or paler. G. adnate, rose.
Odour of new meal. Amongst grass in a conservatoiy. Mar .-Nov.
f X J X J in.
543. N. RHODOSPORA Sacc. & D. Sacc. (from the rose-coloured
spores) abc .
P. convex, sooty-fibrillose or rufescent-pilose. St. subbulbous,
white. G. sinuate or free, salmon or rose.
On earth and wooden borders in stoves. May-Sept. I X l i X A «■
XIX. ECCILIA Quél.
(From the hollowed out or depressed pileus ; Gr. ekkoiloo,
to hollow out.)
Veil represented by pruina, fibrillæ or dot-like scales. Hymenophore
confluent with but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem.
Fig. 2 8.—A , section o f Eccilia atropuncta Gill.
B , section o f E . acus Sacc. Natu ral size.
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