412 ENUMERATION OF FUNGI. 
lamellis distantibus ascendentibus subangustis adnatis non 
ventricosis 2 sporidiis laterinis Zeyher, n. 109. 
On the bare ground. Uitenhage. January. 
Pileus + of an inch broad, campanulate, snbhemispheri- 
cal, with a minute umbo, rugose when dry, dull red brown. 
Stem 1} inch high, fistulose, rather curved at the base, 
nearly equal, very slender, smooth. Gills ascending, narrow, 
very slightly if at all ventricose, adnate, covered with elliptic, 
bright red rust-coloured spores, which when seen by trans- 
mitted light, are of a beautiful golden hue. 
This species belongs to the same group as 24g. sparteus, 
like which it resembles the bryogenous section. Scheeffer’s 
figures of Ag. mniophilus, with the exception of 4-6, exactly 
express the habit. From 4g. sparteus it differs in its nar- 
row, ascending distant, not close and plain, gills. The colour 
of the spores is very beautiful, when seen by transmitted 
light. When lying on the gill they are of a rich red brown, 
like that of peroxide of iron. 
9. Ag. (Psalliota) pratensis, L. Zeyher, n. 93. 
Var. australis, Berk. stipitibus connatis, pileo verrucoso- 
rimoso ; annulo appendiculato. 
On the ground. Uitenhage. January. 
A very splendid variety, if indeed it be merely a variety. 
The pileus is cracked into large polygonal warts. The stems 
are more or less fasciculate, and the ring attached in frag- 
ments to the edge of the pileus. The spores are larger than 
in the specimen referred to Ag. arvensis, and darker. 
10. Ag. (Psalliota) arvensis, Scheff. Zeyher, n. 95. 
Var. grossus, Berk. stipite brevi obeso; annulo erecto; 
pileo glabro valde. carnoso ; lamellis angustis attenuatis sub- 
remotis. 
On the ground. Uitenhage. February. 
The flesh in the only specimen contained in the collection 
is remarkably thick; the gills very narrow and quite free, 
almost as in dg. eretaceus, the stem short and blunt; the 
ring erect towards the top of the stem. A doubt again may - 
be expressed as to the propriety of referring this to Ag. ar- 
