On old walls, amongst moss. Not uncommon.
168. A. (Omphalia) umbelliferns, L .; pileus membranaceous,
convexo-plane, obconic, brittle, radiato-striate, when
dry pallid, even, slightly silky; margin at first inflexed, crc-
n ate; stem equal, downy at the base; gills dccurrent, thick,
and very distant, extremely broad behind.
In swamps, exposed pastures, etc. Very common. Varying
extremely in colour. A yellow variety, inclining to orange
when growing on high mountains, is generally diffused in
alpine countries, and is very beautiful. Pileus 2-10 lines
across.
169. A. (Omphalia) Helvelloides, B u ll.; pileus obconic,
umbonate, at length depressed, somewhat funnel-shaped, remotely
radiato-sulcate; stem elongated; gills thick, forked,
decurrentj broad in front.—BitK. t. 601. /. 3.
On the ground. Navigation House, Monmouthshire. Oct.
37, 1847, C. E. Broome. Par more delicate and graceful
than any form of A. umbelliftrus. Fries considers this the
same with his A. setipes.
170. A. (Omphalia) rufulus, Berk, and B r .; pileus umbilicate,
reddish-grey, growing pale, somewhat mealy; stem of
the same colour, shining; gills decurrent, rather thick, forked,
flesh-coloured.—Ann. of Nat. Hist. Oct. 1848, p. 360.
On an exposed common, amongst Polytrichum aloides.
Hanham, near Bristol. This little species has the habit and
nearly the colours of minute A . laccatus.
171. A. (Omphalia) steUatus, Sow.; white; pileus slightly
fleshy or membranaceous, convex, umbilicate, smooth, striate,
diaphanous; stem equal, brittle, stuffed, floccoso-radiate
at the base; gills thin, hroad, dccurrent, very distant.—Sow.
t. 107.
On sticks, decayed stems of herbaceous plants, etc. Not
common. Distinguished by its thin gills from every state of
A. umbelliftrus.
#** Jg ßr.kt campanulate, with the margin straight.
173. A. (Omphalia) Campanella, Batsch; pileus membranaceous,
convex, umbilicate, striate, hygrophanous ; stem
fistulöse, dark-brown, attenuated at the base, and clothed
with tawny spongy down or hair; gills deourrent, arcuate,
connected by veins, yellow.— Sow. t. 163.
In fir-woods. Not uncommon. Often cæspitose. Pileus
ferruginous, yellow. A beautiful species, which occurs also in
tropical America. Tlie form of the cap is variable, but the
dark stem and tawny pubescence at the base readily distinguish
the species.
173. A. (Omphalia) eamptophyllus, B. ; pileus convexo-
plane, deeply striate; stem minutely pubescent, radiato-stri-
gose at the base, minutely fistulöse; gills white, ascending,
then suddenly decurrent.—Eng. FI. I. c. p. 62.
On sticks, etc. Rare. Margate. Pileus brown, with a
grey margin, half an inch across. Stem 2 inches high.
174. A. (Omphalia) grisens, Fr. ; pileus submembranace-
ons, campanulate, then convex, smooth, striate, hygrophanous ;
stem fistulöse, rather firm, smooth, self-coloured whitish-grcy,
as well as the slightly deourrent, arcuate, thickisli, somewhat
distant gills.
In pine-woods. Sherwood Forest, Notts. A small species.
175. A. (Omphalia) Fibula, Bull.; pileus membranaceous,
turbinate, at first convex, at length somewhat umbilicate,
striate, growing pale, even, dry, orange as well as the slender
stem ; gills deeply dccurrent, paler.—Roii;. t. 4 5 .
Amongst moss. Very common. There is a variety with a
brown pileus and white gills. I t is always a neat and pretty
species.
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