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588. P. dissimulans Sacc. (from its appearing like, but differing
from, 560 ; dissimulo, to dissemble) a c.
P . convex, subumbonate, buff-brown, becoming whitish. St.
fistulose with transverse dissepiments, attenuate upwards, white.
A. fragile. G. adnexed or adnate with a tooth, clay-brown.
Sticks, hawthorn, slo e. O c t.-N o v . i | X i f X A «■
589. P. Cookei Sacc. (after Dr. M. C. Cooke) abc .
P. convex, obtuse, viscid, dull yellowish ; sc. adpressed, faintly
brownish. St. solid, whitish above, fibrillose and yellowish-
brown at base. A. narrow. G. adnate.
Damp places, amongst grass, stumps. S e p t.-O c t. 2j x 2j x i i n . Perhaps
the same as 559.
590. P. sublutea Karst, {subluteus, yellowish) a c.
P. flat, subumbonate, squamulose, dull brownish-yellow ; sc.
darker. St. stuffed, smooth, attenuate upwards, paler than P.
A. narrow, spreading. G. decurrent, crowded.
Subcæspitose. Grassy ground. Oct. 2j X 4| X J in.
591. P. eonfragosa Karst, {confragosus, rough) a b.
P. convexo-plane, obtuse, densely furfuraceous, red, cinnamon-
rufous or umber, tawny when dry; flocci fugitive, white.
St. hollow, shining pale warm-umber ; flocci fugitive. G. adnate
or subdecurrent.
Somewhat cæspitose. F a llen elm. Oct. i f X 2 X A Resembles 917.
592. P. mutabilis Quél, {mutabilis, changeable) abc .
P. convex, obtusely umbonate, cinnamon, pale when dry, or mid.
deep cinnamon, with marg. straw-colour; sometimes appendiculate
with V. St. pale above, cinnamon below, sub-
squarrose below A. A. narrow, spreading, fugitive. G. adnato-
decurrent, crowded.
Sometimes eaten, taste of gingerbread. Stumps, lime, ash, sawdust. A p r il-
D ee. 2 X 3Î X Ì in.
593. P. marginata Quél, (from the striate margin of the pileus) abc.
P. expanded, subumbonate, honey-colour, tan when dry. St.
fistulose, fibrillose, paler than P. A. spreading, fugitive.
G. adnate or somewhat rounded.
Solitary, gregarious, cæspitose. W oods, fir, beech, pine, chips ; frequent.
S e p t.-D e e . i f X 2 x f in.
594. P. mustelina Quél, (from its colour ; mustella, a weasel) a.
P. convex, dry, yellow or reddish. St. fistulose, whitish. A.
superior, reflexed. G. adnate.
Solitary, subgregarious. Woods, pine, stumps. Sept. f x f x A in -
595. P. unieolor Gill, (from its being wholly of one colour) a c.
Bay-brown then ochreous.
P. convex, subumbonate. St. fistulose, somewhat smooth. G.
adnexed, adnate or subdecurrent.
Subgregarious, subcæspitose. Trunks, branches, larch. S e p t . -N o v .
I f X 2f X f in .
M u s c i g e n æ .
596. P. pumila Gill, (jpumilus, diminutive) abc.
P. hemispherical, smooth, ochreous ; marg. substriate. St. fistulose,
smooth, colour as P. or paler; base often darker.
A. floccose. G. adnate with a tooth, subdistant, pallid-
brownish.
Solitary, gregarious. Moss, walls, earth, sticks, sawdust, firs ; common.
Aug.-Jan. I X 2| X f in.
597. P. myeenoides Quél, (from its resemblance in stature to a
Mycena) abc.
P. hemispherical, ferruginous, tawny pale or medium; marg.
striate. St. fistulose, smooth, colour as P. A. persistent,
white. G. adnate with a decurrent tooth.
Amongst moss in damp places, lawns. Sept.-Oct. f X i f X A Often
accompanied by 283.
XXV. INOCYBE Quél.
(From the fibrous pileus ; Gr. is, inos, a fibre, kube, a head.)
Veil concrete with the cuticle of the pileus, fibrillose or somewhat
arachnoid, often appendiculate at the margin of the pileus and
sometimes forming an indefinite annulus. Hymenophore confluent
Fig. 34.-—A, section o f Inocybe scabra
Gill. ; B , ditto I . fa s t ig ia ta Quél.
One-half natural size.
and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus squarrose, fibrillose
or velvety ; in a few species becoming smooth or viscid. Stem central,
scaly, fibrillose or smooth, simple or imperfectly squarroso-annulate.