var. su a v is . Lasch, Cooke Illus. t.
Sna'vis = sweet, agreeable.
Stem becoming bluish.
Amongst Equisetum.
**# Gills grey or glaucous. Hygrophanous. Pileus somewhat
striate.
4 6 9 . Ag aricus (Leptonia) a sp r e llu s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 205.
Asprellus, dimininutive of as/i« r= :ro u g h ; from th e fibrillose
pilens.
Pileus somewhat membranaceons, convex, th e n expanded,
striate, hygrophanous, w ith a d a rk e r umbilicus, sqnamnloso-
fibrillose, dusky, th en liv id g r e y ; stem fistulöse, slender,
smooth ; gills adnate, seceding, r a th e r d is tan t, equally attenuated
from th e stem to th e margin, w h itish grey.
In open pastures.
4 7 0 . A g a r icu s (Leptonia) n e fr en s. Fr. Hym. Fur. 20b.
Ae/Vens = th a t cannot bite, th a t has no te e th ; said of edge of
th e gills.
Pilen s membranaceous, convex, th e n plane, a t le n g th infundi-
huliform, hygrophanous, th e deep umbilions d arker, stem
fistulöse short, smooth, liv id taw n y ; gills adnate, seceding,
broad, pale gi’ey, edge th in , hlackish, quite entire.
In grassy places.
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Suh-Gen. 17. NOLANEA. Fr. S. M. i., p. 204.
Nola nea, from nola = a little bell.
Stem fistulöse, ra re ly w ith a medullate tube, cartilaginous.
Pilens ra th e r membranaceons, campanulate, subpapillate, stria te
or sometimes smooth, clad w ith flocci, m a rg in stra ig h t, a t first
pressed to th e stem, n o t in v o lu te ; gills free or affixed, not
decurrent.
H ab. G en e ra lly te r re s tr ia l, g row in g on gi-assy h ills , and in
w e t p la ce s in woods.
T ie species are thin, slender, inodorous, and brittle (but some very
tenacious), growing in snmmer and autumn. Nolanea corresponds with
Mycena, Qalera, Psathyra, aud Psathyrella.
* Gills grey or dusky. Pileus dark, hygrophanous.
4 7 1 . Agaricus (Nolanea) pascuus. Pers. Comm. i. 229.
P a s 'c u u s ^ of or from pa stu re s ; from its h ab ita t.
Pilen s m embranaceons, conical, th e n expanded, snb-nmbonate,
smooth, s tria te , hygrophanous, when d ry shining like s i lk ;
stem fistulöse, fragile, silky fibrous, stria te ; gills a tten u a ted
behind, n e a rly free, ventricose, crowded, d ir ty greyish.—Fr.
Hym. Fur. 206. Schceff. t. 229. Bolt. t. 35. Gooke Illus. t. 376.
In p a stu re s. Inodorous.
4 7 2 . Ag aricus (Nolanea) B a b in g ton ii. Plox. in Perk. Outl. 148.
Babington'ii, in honour of Prof. C. 0 . Babington, of Cambridge.
Pilens conico-campannlate, cinereous, sh in in g like silk,
adorned w ith dark brown sub-fasciculate fibres, which are free
a t one e n d ; stem equal, fistulöse, clothed w ith dark brown
down, su b -strig o se ; gills ventricose, d is tan t, cinereous, d a rk e r
a t th e base, adnate, g litte rin g w ith little points.—Ann. Nat.
Hist. xiii. Ser. 2, p . 400, p i. xv. / . 1. Gooke Illus. t. 377 a.
On th e ground.
4 7 3 . Ag aricus (Nolanea) mammosus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 207.
Mammo'sus — h av in g la rg e b reasts, mammae.
Pilens somewhat membranaceons, conico-campannlate,
papillate, striate, smooth, hygrophanous ; when d ry isabelline
an d s i lk y ; stem fistulöse, rigid, polished, even, smooth, mealy
at the apex; gills affixed, seceding, ra th e r crowded, grey.—
Gooke Illus. t. 377 h.
In meadows.
P ilen s taw n y brown. Stem elongated, fragile, shining.
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4 7 4 .
Jun'ceus
stem.
A g aricus (Nolanea) ju n c eu s . Fr. Hym. Fur. 207.
= like a ru sh , ju n c u s ; from th e c h a ra c te r of th e
P ileu s membranaceons, conical, th e n expanded, radiato-
striate, shining, hygrophanous, disc umbilicate, sub-squamulose ;
stem fistulöse, slender, smooth, hrown; g ills adnexed, seceding,
ascending, obovate, somewhat d is ta n t, grey-hrown, th e n piu’-
p lish. Fr. Icon. t. 99, / . 2.
I n a wood. Oct.