behind, adnexed, dry, crowded, whitish, then ros?/-brown.—Fr.
Uym. Eur. 302. Coolce Illus. CIO.
On dead stumps, ground, &c., in woods. Common.
var. A. hy g roph ilu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 302.
Hygro'philus = - loving moisture ; ¿ypos = moist.
I ’ilous tawny, then clay-colour ; stem 4-6 inches long, rather
fusiform, rooting; gills emarginate, with a deeply decurrent line ;
a t length umber-brown.
A t the roots of ash.
var. B. po ly c ep h a lu s. Fr.
Densely crowded, stem thinner, flexuous, gills nearly free, at
length tawny umber.
' About trunks.
7 7 6 . A g a iicu s (P silo cyb e ) c ern u u s. MiiU. in FI, Ban. 1.1008.
Cern'uus= stooping, nodding.
Pileus somewhat fleshy, campanulate, convex, then expanded,
smooth, hygrophanous, wrinkled when dry ; stem fistulose, flexuose,
smooth, white, apex even, pruinose ; gills adnate, subventricose,
scarcely crowded, whitish-cinereous, then brownish-black.—F r .
Hym. Eur. p . 303. Cooke Illus. t. 574.
On chips, decayed wood, &c. Dec.
7 7 7 . A g a iicu s (P silo cybe ) h eb e s. Fers.Myc. Fur. iip j t .2 8 , f . 5.
Ileb'es = b lu n t; obtuse.
Pileus rath er fleshy, convex, then expanded, obtuse, smooth,
hygrophanous, margin finely striate, stem fistulose, smooth, equal,
becoming pallid ; gills adnate, triangular, crowded, whitish-tawny.
—Fr. Ilym. Eur. 803. Cooke Illus. t. 589 B.
On trunks, leaves, &c.
7 7 8 . A g a iicu s (P silo cybe ) fc en isec ii. Fers. Ic: 4 Fes. t. 11 ,/ . 1-
Fcenisec'ii, from fcenvm = h a j, and seco = l cut. From its ^
occurring on garden lawns.
Pileus somewhat fleshy, campanulate, then expanded, obtuse,
dry, becoming d ry ; stem fistulose, not rooting, pallid-rufous, even,
smooth; gills adnate, ventricose (as if broadly emarginate), scarcely
crowded, brownish umber.—-Berk. Outl. t. 1 1 ,/. 5. IIuss i., t. 39.
F r. Hym. Eur. p. 303. Cooke Illus. t. 590.
Amongst grass in fields and gardens.
7 7 9 . A g a iicu s (P silo cybe ) c liv e n s is , B. 4 Br. Ann. N.H. No. 916,
t. XIV.,/ 3.
OZifieiisis, because discovered a t K in g ’s Cliffe, iu Northamptonshire.
Pileus subhemispherical, pallid brown, then whitish ochre, even
atomate, margin s tria te ; stem equal, somewhat silky below; gills
adnate, broadly emarginate, horizontal, umber.—Fr. Ilym. Eur.
p. 303. Cooke Illu s. suppl.
On the ground. Oct.
Sub.-Gen. 36. P SA TH Y RA . F r, Epicr. p. 231.
Psath'yra, from ij/oí9vpóí = friable, falling to pieces.
Veil none, or only universal, floccose-fibrillose. Stem rather
cartilaginous, fistulose, polished, fragile. Pileus conical or campanulate,
membranaceous. Margin at first straigiit, adpressed to
the stem. Gills purplish or brownish. Slender, fragile, hygrophanous.
Spores dark purple-brown, approaching slate-colour.
H ab. On the ground or rotten wood.
All are slender and hygrophanons, with fugitive colouring, and closely
allied to the fragile species of the last sub-geims. Fsathyra agrees with
Mycena, Nolanea, Qalera, Fsaihyrella.
* CoNOPiLEi. Pileus conic-campanulate. Gills ascending, adnexed,
often free. Stem stiff. Veil none.
7 8 0 . A g a iicu s (P sa thy ia ) c cn o p ileu s . Fr. Hym. Fur. p. 304.
Cono-piVeus, from conus a cone, and pileus a felt cap
shaped like the half of an egg. From the conical pileus.
Pileus submembranaceous, campanulate, even, smooth, growing
p a le ; stem tall, attenuated upwards, smooth, silvery-shining;
gills slightly adnexed, crowded, brownish purple.— Cooke Illus. t,
575.
In gardens. Eare.
7 8 1 . A g a iicu s (P sa th y ia ) m a stig e i. 3 . 4 Br, Ann. Nat. Hist.
No. 921, i. 14, / . 6.
Mast'i-ger, from paaros = the breast, and gero = I bear. Prom
the mammiform pileus.
Pileus conico-campanulate, repand, dark brown, then tan -
*coloured, hygrophanous, with a prominent teat-like umbo; stem
straight, attenuated upwards ; gills ascending, fixed, umber. Fr.
Hym. Eur. p. 304. Cooke Illu s. t. 591 A.
On the roadside, amongst grass. Sept.
7 8 2 . A g a iicu s (Psathyra) g la r e c su s. B. 4 Br. Ann. Nat. Hist.
(1833), p. 372.
GZargo’siis = gravelly. From its habitat.
Pileus campanulate, obtuse or umbonate, grey, apex pallid
chestnut, striate floccose, with shining atoms ; stem fistulose, invested
with white fibrils, brown, gills broadly adnate, umber.—
Cooke Illu s. t. 591 B.