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On oak trunks and on tlie ground.
Solitary or csspitoso. Stem rooting, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick. Pileua
umber, paler at the margin, 1 iu. and more broad.
4 2 8 . A g a r icu s (Psa thy ra ) fih r illo su s . P.
Psathyra.”
“ Fibrillose
Pilens sub-membranaceons, campanulato-oonyox, tben expanded,
sliglitly striate, at first fibrillose ; stem elongated, very
fragile, wbite, fibrilloso-sqnamose ; gills adnate, plane, very broad
behind, purplish-black.—Dr. Epicr.p. 232. Eng. Fl. y .p . 113.
On the ground, in woods. Rare.
£ Jo®®® 6 " '^ ’ sub-striate ; whan dry white, not striate, often
hbrillosq-squa nose: stem 3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, beset with villous fasciculated
scales.—Dries.
4 2 9 . A g a r icu s (P sathyra) urtscsecoia. B e r li.^ 'B r . “ Nettleroot
P.sathyra.”
Pilens c.ampannlate, margin striate ; stem fistulose, attenuated
upwards, flocculent from the first, wbite ; gills ventricose in
front, attenuated behind, wbite, tben chocolate colour.—B . 4
Br. Ann. N .II. no. 919.
On nettle roots. Aug. King’s Cliffe.
Pileus 2 lines across, campanulate, flocculent, white; margin at length
straight, striate ; stem short, slender, attenuated upwards, floecnleut fistulose,
springing immediately from the matrix ; gills ventricose in front, a ttenuated
behind, adnexed, at first white, then of a rich chocolate.—A. <t-Ar,
4 3 0 . A g a r icu s (Psathyra) p en n a tu s. Dr. “ Scaly Psathyra.”
Pilens submembranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, even, at first
clad with white scales, then naked; stem villous, silvery, pulverulent
above; gills adnexed, crowded, broad, livid, ’ then
brownish-black.—Dr. Epicr. p. 234. Sys. Myc. i. p. 297. B 4
Br. Ann. N .II. (1865), no. 1010.
On naked soil in gardens. King’s Cliffe, occasionally, but
never in any abundance.
Stem 1-1J in. long, 1-2 lin. thick, equal, villous, a t the apex sprinkled with
whitish meal, silvery. 1 ileus J m. high and broad, at length expanded to
an inch in breadth, not striate, at first densely clothed with whitish scales,
at length, naked. ’
4 3 1 . A g a r icu s (Psa thy ra ) g o s s y p in u s . Dr. “ Cottony
Psathyra.”
Pileus submerabranaceons, campanulate, then expanded, tomentose,
becoming smooth ; margin striate; stem tomentose, wbitisb ;
gills adnexed, ventricose, wbite, then brownish-black.—F r. Epicr.
7». 234. B o l t . t . l l J . l .
In woods on tbe ground. Rare.
Subcæspitose, fragile, pale ochraceous ; gills livid, then brown.
4 3 2 . A g a r icu s (P sathyra) s em iv e s t itu s .
clothed Psathyra.”
Berh. 4 B r. “ Half-
Pileus ovate, obtuse, brown, growing pale, even, sprinkled with
short snowy fibrils ; stem fibrillose, silky, white ; gills ascending,
adnate, umber.—B. 4 B r. Ann. N .II. no. 920, t. x iv .,/. 5.
Amongst grass in rich pastures. Oct. King’s Cliffe.
Pileus about J in. across, ovate, ohtuse, dark hrowu, turning pale, sprinkled
with little fibrils more than half-way u p ; not striate ; stem^ nearly straight,
2 in. high, IJ line tbick, fibrilloso-silky, rather strong, wbite, with a pale
under tinge of brown, fistulose, the walls within white with down ; gills ascending,
broad behind, adnate, umber-brown, tinged with the dark spores-
-B .A B r .
4 3 3 . A g a r icu s (P sa th y ra ) Gordoni.
Psathyra.”
Berh. “ Gordon’s
Cæspitose ; pileus campanulate, pallid cinereous, then whitish,
more or less floccoso-squamnlose, sulcato-striate ; stem flexuose,
floccose, becoming smooth, whitish pruinose above ; gills ascending,
narrowly adnate, distant, cinereous.—B. 4 Br. Ann. N.H. no.
922, f. XV./. 7.
On old stumps. Oct. Overton Longueville.
Densely cæspitose. Pileus IJ in. across, campanulate, membranaceous, at
first pale cinereous, then white, sprinkled with white floccose scales, sulcato-
striate; stem 2 in. high, IJ line thiek, transversely undulated, pruinose
above, floccose below, hut becoming at length smooth and shining, brittle,
fistulose ; gills ascending, narrowly adnate, distant, moderately broad,
scarcely ventricose, cinereous. Smell faint, nauseous. When young wholly
covered with white flocci.—B .& Br.
Sub-Gen. 32. D econica, Smith. Seem. Jour. 1870.
{Psilocyhe, Fr. Epicr. partly.)
Pileus tbin, plane, a t first incurved, veil obsolete, or adhering
to tbe margin of the pileus, not forming a ring ; stem cartilaginous,
boilow, confluent with, but heterogeneous from, tbe
hymenophore ; gills decurrent. {PI. V.,fig. 32.)
This sub-genus is analogous with Omphalia, Mccilia, and Tuiaria.
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