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twisted, white or tinged ochreous, base thickened, white-downy
G. adnate, then separating, broad, subdistant, purplish-umber
clouded, edge white. ’
On the ground amongst grass. Sept. 14 X 2 | x A inhabitat
; erica, heath) a b.
P. flat, obtuse or subumbonate, tawny-ferruginous or umber,
ochre when dry.^ 5/. smooth, subsilky, tan above, brownish
below, base white-villous. G. adnate, subdistant, blackish
With a light edge.
Gregarious Woods, pastures ; rare. May-Oct. l i X 44 x i in A smaller form occurs in wet places. * a 45 x g m. a
snherieæa Sacc. (from its partial resemblance to 846) a b.
■ Piane, obtuse or subumbonate, tawny or whitish-yellow, paler
blaSis*h yehowish. G. adnato-sinuate,
Taste acid. Fields, under firs. June-Aug. 2j x 2| x A in.
848. P. uda Gill, (from the moist pileus ; udus, moist) abc.
0/ ®™ooth or wrinkled, brick-tawny or yellowish.
St fibrillose, tan above, pale tawny-ferruginous below.
G. adnato-sinuate, broad, fuscous-purple.
Scattered. Swampy places amongst Sphagnum. Oct.-Nov. i4 x 3Î X i in
Gills sometimes remaining pallid and sterile, 5 ^ d-i ^ § m.
849. P. eanofaeiens Mass. (from the hoary appearance; canofaciens,
making hoary) a b. ’ j ,
ri. expanded obtuse, umber; mid. subareolate, sienna; marg.
darker whh feeble traces of a fibrillose or arachnoid V.
S t equal, hollow, brittle, umber-greyish, sooty below, white scaly
G. adnato-ascending, broad, livid-brownish, purple clouded.
Cæspitose. Rotten straw and rubbish. May. i f x 2j X A in-
850. P. areolata Sacc. (from the cracked-areolate pileus) a b c
Not brittle. ’
ri. subexpanded, minutely fibrillose, white, then ochreous or
fuscous S t fibrillose, striate, tan and pulverulent above,
sienna below. V. fibrillose, evanescent. G. adnato-rounded,
dull purple with a white edge.
Densely cæspitose. Gardens, on wood. May-Oct. i f x 24 x 4 in.
851. P. vireseens Mass. (from the green tints ; virescens, green) a b.
ri. epanded, at first minutely silky, cracking, bright dark-brown,
interstices of cracks clear pale verdigris-green, then yellowish.
S t downy apex striate, pale green above, ferruginous below.
G. adnexed, subcrowded, smoky-purple with paler edge
4 x^jln. ft““®" “ ft Autumn.
852. P. agraria Karst, (from the habitat ; ager, a field) «.
ri. flat obtuse or umbonate, white or ashy. Nt". smooth, white.
G. adnate, ashy to fuscous. Flesh white.
Near stumps. Sept.-Oct. i f x 2 | x A in.
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553. P. ehondroderma Sacc. (from the parchment-like pellicle of
the pileus ; Gr. chondros, cartilage, derma, skin) a.
P . conico-campanulate, smooth, cracked, dark date-brown ;
marg. jagged-appendiculate with V. St. fibrillose, pale sienna,
darker below. G. ascending, adfixed, purplish-brown, edge
white.
Woods, fir. Sept. iJ X I5 X A «■ Stains paper etc., yeiiow.
554. P. serobieola Sacc. (from its habitat ; scrobis, sawdust) a.
P. convex, umbilicato-depressed, whitish; marg. undulate.
St. attenuate downwards, fibrillose, colour as P. G. arcuato-
adnate, brown, with a red tinge.
Pine sawdust, branches. Nov. i f X i f X A
855. P. ammophila Gill, (from the habitat; Gr. ammos, sand,
philos, loving) a b.
P . expanded, subumbonate, sienna-buff; marg. striate. St. base
clavate, apex striate, white to pale buff, half buried in sand.
G. adnate or with a decurrent tooth, pale purplish, becoming
slate-pulverulent with spores.
Sea-shores, amongst sand. Aug.-Sept. i f X 2 X J in.
856. P. eoprophila Quél, (from the habitat ; Gr. kopros, dung,
philos, loving) a c.
P . expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, downy, white, then
rufescent. S t shaggy-flocculose, whitish. G. adnate, very
broad, crowded, fuscous.
Amongst grass, rabbits’-dung, on dung-heaps ; rare. Oct.-Jan. i f X i f X Jin.
Sometimes infesting mushroom-beds.
857. P. bullaeea Quél, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus,
when young, to a knob, bulla) abc .
P. expanded, subumbonate, dark tawny, tan when dry ; marg.
appendiculate with V. St. subfibrillose, tawny or yellow, base
fuscous-ferruginous, fibrilloso-annulate when young. G. adnate
with a small sinus, very broad, crowded, fuscous-ferruginous.
Gregarious. Dung, rich soil, amongst Polytrichum. Aprii - Sept.
i j X I X J in.
858. P. physaloides Quél, (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus
to a bladder ; Gr. phusalis, a bladder, eidos, appearance) abc.
P. flat, umbonate, fuscous-purple. St. adpressedly fibrillose,
date-brown below, paler above. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded,
ventricose, pallid ferruginous-fuscous.
Rich grassy piaces, woods, on moss, horse-dung ; oid waiis ; uncommon.
Feb.-Sept. i f X i j X A in. Must not be confounded with 771.
859. P. atrorufa Quél, (from the blackish-red pileus; ater, black,
rufus, red) a.
P . expanded, obtuse, black-rufous or purple-fuscous ; mid.
darker ; marg. striate. St. at first subfibrillose, subpruinate
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