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smooth, whitish above and below ; mid. ochreous. G. adnate,
cinnamon. Flesh lemon-white.
Amongst twigs and rubbish. Oct. 2 X 4 X A 'n.
740. N. sobria Gill, (from its not being hygrophanous; sobrius,
sober) a c.
P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, honey-colour. V. appendiculate
at marg., fugacious. St. tan above, ferruginous below,
sometimes white spotted with V. G. adnate, paler than P.
Woods, mixed, on the ground. July-Oct. J X i f X J in. Var. dispersa
Sacc. is half the size of type.
741. N. erinaeea Gill, (from the bristly pileus ; erinaceus, a
hedgehog) abc .
P. expanded, depressed or umbilicate, umber or sienna.
St. shaggy, deep sienna, lighter above and below. G. adnate
with a tooth, clay-umber.
Solitary. Taste insipid. Dead branches ; rare. Jan.-Dee. I X J X J in.
Often difficult to see, being exactly the colour of the bark-matrix to which
it is frequently adpressed.
742. N. slparia Gill, (from the covering formed by the veil; siparium,
a small curtain) a. Rufous-ferruginous, upper part of St. and
G. somewhat paler.
P. convex, densely villoso-squamulose. V. appendiculate at
marg. St. villoso-downy, except upper part. G. adnate.
Wood, earth, dead fern-stems, caddis-worm cases, twigs; rare. July-Oct.
è X If X A in- Often differs greatly in length of stem from 741.
743. N. eonspersa Quél, (from the besprinkled scales of the pileus ;
conspersus, besprinkled) abc.
P. convex, hygrophanous, bay-brown or crimson-shaded. St.
fibrillose, cinnamon or ochreous. G. adnate, crowded, dark
cinnamon.
Gregarious. On the ground or amongst dead leaves and Sphagnum in
woods ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. f X J X A
744. N. eseharoides Quél, (from the scurfy pileus ; Gr. eschar a, a
scar, eidos, appearance) a b.
P. campanulate, obtuse, umbonate or umbilicate, tan or whitish ;
mid. ochreous or fuscous, with an evanescent white V.
St. adpressedly fibrillose, then smooth, pallid or pale ochre to
fuscous. G. adnate with a tooth or emarginato-free, somewhat
cinnamon, with a pale edge.
Gregarious, subcæspitose. Bare damp ground, under alders. Aug.-Oct
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745. N. earpophila Quél, (from its growing on fruit, beech-mast, etc. ;
Gr. karpos, imit, phi/os, loving) a.
P. convex, obtuse, furfuraceous, atomate, tan-whitish. St. furfuraceous,
then naked, pallid. G. adnexo-rounded or adnate,
ochreous. ’
Beech-mast, leaves, etc. ; rare. Sept.-Oct. A R î R A in-
Galera AGARICACEÆ 161
746. N.^ graminleola Gill, (from its habitat ; gramen, grass, colo, to
inhabit) a c.
P. convex, sometimes papillate, shaggy-tomentose, fuscous to
fawn-ochraceous. St. hirsute, fuscous. G. slightly adnexed,
pallid ochreous.
Decaying rushes, straw, grass, twigs. Oct. f X i j X A in- The stem is
rarely branched.
XXIX. GALERA Quél.
(From the shape of the pileus; galerus, a cap.)
Veil fibrillose or obsolete. Hymenophore confluent with, but
heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus more or less
membranous, conical or semi-ovate, sometimes expanding; margin
striate, at first straight and adpressed to the stem. Stem central.
Fie:. 38.—A, Galera tenera Quél., entire and in
section. B, G. ra-jida Quél.
One-half natural size.
somewhat cartilaginous and, except 752, fistulose, simple or imperfectly
annulate. Gills adnate or with a decurrent tooth, or adnexed and
becoming almost free. Spores elliptical, smooth, ochreous-ferruginous
or tawny-ochreous. (Fig. 38.)
The species are usually small, slender, tender and fragile; they
grow on the ground or amongst moss. Mostly autumnal.
Galera agrees in structure with Mycena, Nolanea, Psathyra and
Psathyrella. Species 746a—761
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