adpressed to the stem; stem fistulose, ringless, cartilaginous,
fragile, confluent with but heterogeneous from the hymenophore.
H ab. On the ground or rotten wood. {PI. V .,f. 81.)
All are slender and hygrophanous, with fugitive colouring, and closely
allied to the fragile species of the last subgenus. Psathyra agrees with
Mycena, Nolanea, Qalera, Psathyrella.
4 2 2 .
Sect. 1. Conopili.
A g a r icu s (Psa thy ra ) c o n o p ilu s .
Psathyra.”
P. “ Silvery
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, even, smooth, growing
pale ; stem tall, attenuated upwards, smooth, silvery-shining
; gills slightly adnexed, crowded, brownish purple.—Fr.
Epicr. p. 231. Jungh. L in n .y .t.6, f . l l .
In gardens. Rare.
Stem 4-6 in. long, 1-2 lines thick. Pileus dirty white at first, 2 in.
broad.
4 2 3 . A g a r icu s (P sathyra) m a stig e r .
Psathyra.”
Berk. 4 Br. “ Peaked
Pileus conico-campanulate, repand, dark brown, tben tan-
coloured ; stem straight, attenuated upwards; gills ascending,
fixed, umber.—B. 4 Br. Ann. N.H . no. 921, i. x iv ,/. 6.
On tbe roadside, amongst grass. Sept. Apethorpe.
Pileus about 1 in. across, at first nearly cylindrical, ohtuse, then conico-
campanulate, with a strong mammiform umbo, repand, dark rich brown when
moist, umber tan when dry, somewhat fleshy, not s tria te ; margin s tra ig h t;
stem 3 in. or more high, lJ-2 lines thick, attenuated upwards, white, smooth’
or fibrillose and furfuraeeous, fistulose, pale umber within, and as the plant
dries, acquiring the tin t of the pileus, but pale ; veil none; gills umber,
paler on the edge, rather narrow, aflixed, ascending.—A. A Br.
4 2 4 . A g a r icu s (Psa thy ra ) co r ru g is. P. “ Wrinkled
Psathyra.”
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, umbonate, somewhat
wrinkled, smooth, growing p a le ; stem elongated, equal, smooth,
white; gills sinuate, fixed, ventricose, violet, black.—Fr. Epicr.
p. 231. Holms.Ü. t . 32. Eng. F I.y . p . 115.
In pastures.
var. /3. g ia c i l is . Fr.— B u l l . t . 561, f . l . B. 4 B r.Ann. N .H .
(1866), «0.1126*.
On the ground. Aug. Woodnewton.
Pileus lin. or more broad, turning pale, when dry corrugated; gills broad;
stem 2-4 in. high, 1-2 lines thick, smooth, hairy at the base.-Dries. Spores
■0005 X -0003 in. (p^. y.fig. 31.)
4 2 5 . A g a r icu s (Psa thy ra ) b ifron s.
Psathyra.”
Berk. “ Changing
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, ochraceous
brown, tinged with red, turning pale-tan ; stem straight, naked;
gills pirikisb-oinereoiis, adnate ; margin wbite.—Berk. Enq. Fl.
y.p. 111. Berk. O u tl.p .173.
In ditches. Sept. Rare.
Pileus I in. broad, furnished at first with a minute fibrillose, very evanescent
veil, rugulose, oehraoeous-brown, more or less tinged with red, margin
thin, transparent; gills adnate, moderately broad, cinereous, shaded with
pink, margin white, composed of minute wavy teeth; stem 2J in. high, 1 line
thick, filiform, thickest at the base, beautifully but very minutely satiny,
not pulverulent, very brittle.—M. J. B.
Sect. 2. Ohtusati.
4 2 6 . A g a iic u s (Psa thy ra ) sp a d ic e o -g r is eu s. Schoeff. “ Baygrey
Psathyra.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conical, then campanulate, expanded,
sub-umbonate, smooth, striate to tbe middle, hygrophanous
; stem firm, attenuated upwards, shining, white, striate
at the apex ; gills adnexed, rather crowded, brown.—Fr. Epicr.
p.232. Schæff.t.237. F l.D a n .t. 1673, f 2. A.stipatus, Eng. FL
y.p. 113.p a rtly .
On cbips, &c.
Subcæspitose. Pileus bright brown, 2 in. and more broad. Gills pale
nmber at first. Stem umber within, about 3 in. long, whitish and shining
striate above. ’
4 2 7 . A g a r icu s (P sathyra) o b tu sa tu s. Fr. “ Obtuse
Psathyra.”
Pileus submembranaceous, conical, campanulate, tben expanded,
obtuse, smootb, wrinkled, hygrophanous,rather shining;
stem somewhat rigid, equal, even, nearly naked, pallid ; incurved
at the base ; gills adnate, sub-ventricose, pallid, then nmber.—
Fr.Epicr.p. 232. Schoeff. t. 66,f 1-3. V a i l l .t .l2 ,f . 5,6. Ann.
N.H. no. 918.