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Sect. 1. Pluteotropî—viscid.
3 7 3 . A g a r icu s (Galera) z e t ic u la tu s . P. “ Reticulated Galera.”
Pilens slightly fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, rugoso-
reticulate, viscid ; margin striate ; stem fragile, fibrillose, white ;
gills free, ventricose, crowded, saffron yellow, to ferruginous.—
Fr. Epicr.p. 203. Pers. Ic. 4 E e s c .t.l.f.1 -6 . Berk. Outl. t. 9, f .
5. Ann. N .II. no. 70.
On dead wood. Eare.
In the young state the pileua is of a delicate bistre, and it is only in age
that it assumes a violet tinge, apparently from the colour of the spores being
partly seen through the flesh.—AI. J. B. Stem 2 in. long, white, slightly
mealy above. Pileus 2 in. broad, at first viscid, and reticulated with anastomosing
veins, becoming smooth with age.
3 7 4 . A g a z icu s (Galera) a leu z ia tu s . Fr. “ Striate Galera.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conico-convex, tben plane, viscid,
not wrinkled, striate ; stem slender, pulverulent, ratber incurved,
w h ite; gills free, ventricose, ochraceous saffron-colour.—Fr.
Epicr.p. 203. B. 4 Br. Ann. N .H . (1866), no. 1123.
On rotten sticks. Oct. Coed Coch.
An extremely pretty species. Smaller and more delicate than A. retiai-
latus. Pileus blue-grey, pallid, or roseate; spores pale saffron yellow. Stem
about 1 in. long. Pileus about 1 in. broad, striate, but not rugose.
Sect. 2. Polytropi.
3 7 5 . A g a z icu s (Galeza) o v a lis . Fr. “ Oval Galera.”
Pileus submembranaceous, oval, or campanulate, even, hygrophanous
; stem straight, equal, slightly striate, nearly of the
same colour ; gills almost free, ventricose, very broad, ferruginous.—
Berk. Outl.p. 163. Bull. t. 5 5 2 ./. 1. A. campanulatus.
Fr. E picr.p. 205.
On dung. Rare.
Pilens dnsky-ferruginous, larger than A. tmer. Gills at length somewhat
liquescent. Stem about 3 in. long, straight, of the same colour as the
pileus. Pileus about 1 iu. high and broad, ferruginous when moist, yellowish
when dry.
Sect. 3. Teneri—slender.
3 7 6 . A g a z icu s (Galeza) la t e z it iu s . Fr. “ Brick-red Galera.”
Pileus submembranaceous, acorn-sbaped, then conical, even,
hygrophanous ; stem tall, fragile, straight, attenuated upwards,
frosted with white meal ; gills nearly free, linear, very narrow,
tawny, ferruginous.—Fr. Epicr. p. 204. F l. Dan. t. 1846, / . 2.
Batt. t.2 8 ,T .
In rich pastures. Rare.
Stem white, 3 in. and more long ; pileus pinkish ochre, about 1 in. high ;
when moist the margin is closely striate.
3 7 7 . A g a z icu s (Galeza) t e n e z . Sohceff. “ Slender Galera.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conico-campanulate, obtuse, hygrophanous
; stem straight, fragile, ratber shining, nearly of the
same colour ; gills adnate, crowded, ascending, ratber broad,
cinnamon.—Fr. Epicr. p. 201. Schoeff. t. 10, f . 6-8. Sow. t. 33.
B ull.t. 535. B o lt.t. 66, f .2 . E n g .F I . y . p.lOO.
Rich pastures, dungy ground, &c. Common.
[United States.]
Pilens 1 in. high and broad, snhearnose, campanulate, or conico-campanulate,
smooth, shining, ochraceous when dry; gills pale ferruginous, ascending,
more or less adnate, ventricose, or snhlinear, margin white, subserrulate ;
stem 3-5 iu. high, IJ line thick, striate, pulverulento-fibrillose, not brittle,
bulbous at the base.—iff.J. A. Spores '0U054 X ’0003 in. (P l.IV .,f . 24.)
3 7 8 . A g a z icu s (Galeza) a n tip u s.
Galera.”
Lasch. “ Little pale
Pilens campanulate, tben convex, even, hygrophanous, when
dry sprinkled with atoms, disc slightly fleshy; stem straight,
short, striate, mealy; base bulbous, fusiform, rooting ; gills
almost free, crowded, lanceolate, yellowish ochre.—Lasch. no.
401. Fr. E pic r.p. 205. Smith in Trans. Woolh. Cl. (1870).
On mould in flower pots.
Simple, slightly rig id ; stem 1 in., paler than the pilens. Pilens J-1 in.,
not striate, when moist oohraoeous, when dry paler, almost white. Spores
and then the gills rubiginous.
3 7 9 . A g a z icu s (Galeza) c o n fe z tu s . Bolt. “ Crowded Galera.”
Pileus submembranaceous, acutely conico-campanulate, smootb,
hygrophanous ; stem slender, silky, shining, naked ; base equal,
deeply rooting ; gills slightly adnexed, sulidistant, white, then
brownisb-ochraceous.—Fr. Epicr.p. 206. Bolt. 1. 18.
In stoves. Rare.
^Densely crowded, very fragile; pileus brown, ochraceous when dry,
conical, terminating in an acute point, which point is tinged with yellowish
brown, the rest white, the surface smooth, the substance light and cottony.
In large specimens it is about 1 in. iu diameter ; in decay it withers, and becomes
like soft paper.”—AoftoJi.
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