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colour as P., sienna at base. G. adnexed, ventricose, pale
purplish-brown.
Dung, sawdust, earth. Sept. x 2 j X J in. Not unlike 818.
812. S. merdaria Quél, (from its habitat ; merda, dung) a i e .
P. convexo-plane, smooth, hygrophanous, yellow or brownish
then straw-colour ; marg. appendiculate with white V. St. stuffed,
fioccose, dry, straw-white or brownish, base white-villous.’
G. adnato-rounded or subdecurrent, purplish-fuscous.
Gregarious, subcæspitose. Dry dung, road scrapings. Aug.-Oct.
l i X i j X J in. 817 is perhaps form major Fr. of this species. Easily
overlooked, colour of pileus exactly that of dry horse-dung.
813. S. Stercoraria Quél, (from the habitat ; stcrcus, dung) abc .
P. hemispherical, smooth, yellow ; mid. darker ; marg. substriate.
St. stuffed, yellowish. A. viscid. G. very broad, subdistant,
purple-slate.
Dry dung in pastures. May-Nov. iJ X 3j X J in.
814. S. semiglobata Quél, (from the half-globose pileus) abc.
P. yellowish. St. fistulose, smooth, colour as P., thickly covered
with transparent gluten below the glutinous A. G. very broad,
pale purplish, clouded purple-black.
Gregarious. Dung, rabbit, horse, in pastures; common. April-Nov
' i X 54 X i in. Usually smaller than 813, but sometimes twice the size
of type.
b. Spintrigeroe.
815. S. eaput-medusæ Karst, (from a fancied resemblance in the
pileus to the head of Medusa ; caput, a head) abc .
P . expanded, obtusely umbonate, scaly-squarrose, soon naked,
pale white umber ; mid. umber ; sc. sepia. St. hollow, white
above, squarrose and white umber below superior A., if present.
G. ventricose, at length separating free, pallid umber or olive-
shaded, spotted ferruginous, edges white.
Subcæspitose. Woods, pine, about fir-stumps, base of elm ; rare. Sept.-
Oct. 3 X 3^ X J in. Becoming darker when dry.
816. S. serobinaeea Sacc. (from the appearance of the pileus as if
sprinkled with sawdust, scrobis) a b.
P . expanded, obtuse, tan ; mid. ochreous-tan, or grey or brown
shaded, clad with minute, fugitive sepia squamules. St. hollow,
fibrillose, whitish, squamulose below the fugitive A. G. crowded
purple. ’
Subcæspitose. On or near stumps, ash ; rare. Aug.-Oct. l i X 3# X 4 in
Thinner and more graceful than 816.
817. S. ventrieosa Mass. (from the ventricose gills) a.
P. expanded, broadly gibbous, even, smooth, subviscid in wet
weather, tawny-ochreous, becoming paler. St. hollow, ventricose
below with a rooting base, minutely squamulose, pale yellow.
A. large, persistent. G. slightly adnexed, ventricose, subcrowded,
purplish-brown.
Cæspitose. On the ground, i j X 3 X J in. Perhaps only a form of 812
form major Fr.
818. S. Jerdonii Sacc. (after Archibald Jerdon) a.
P. expanded, obtusely umbonate, minutely rivulose, pale ochreous ;
mid. slightly darker ; sc. white. St. hollow, attenuate upwards,
white above A., subscaly, tan-ochreous and brownish below.
G. transversely striate, purple-brownish.
Stumps, fir ; rare. Sept.-Nov. 2 X 2j X J in.
819. S. spintrigera Sacc. (from the annulus ; spinther, a bracelet,
gero, to carry) a.
P. flat, obtuse, even, smooth, faintly ochreous or brownish.
St. hollow, attenuate upwards, floccoso-fibrillose below A.,
white. A. distant, fugacious. G. crowded, fuscous-brown.
Cæspitose. Stumps, beech. Sept. 3J X 3j X A in.
820. S. hypsipus Karst, (from the long stem ; Gr. hupsipous, highfooted)
a b .
P . plane, subobtuse, even, smooth, hygrophanous, pallid, pale
brownish, or shaded dull flesh-colour ; marg. striate.
St. hollow, smooth, white. A. distant. G. subdistant, brown
or dull purplish-slate.
Swampy places, amongst grass, sometimes on moss and sticks Oct
3 i X 64 X A in-
XXXVI. HYPHOLOMA Quél.
(From the web- or fringe-like veil ; Gr. huphe, a web, loma, a fringe.)
_ Veil fringe-like, adhering to the margin of the pileus, sometimes
forming a fibrillose annulus. .Hymenophore confluent and
One-third natural sizi
homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus more or less fleshy
the margin at first incurved. Stem central, simple, or slightly
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