78 AGARICACE^E Myccna 



336. M. amieta Quel. (from the pulverulent pileus and stem ; amicio, 



to clothe) a. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, greenish, pale slate or 

 livid. St. rooting, livid. G. adnexo-free, pale grey with 

 lighter edge. 



Gregarious. Odour none. Amongst moss and leaves, about roots of Nardits 

 stricta. Sept. X 3^ X -^ in. 



336a. M. plumbea Karst. (from the colour of the pileus ; phimbeus, 



leaden). 



P. membranous, convexo-flattened, obtuse, sulcate, sprinkled 

 white-pruinose. St. fragile, ashy-pulverulent, white-hyaline 

 above, strigose below. G. adnate, horizontal, colour as P. 

 Odour none. Mossy pastures. Autumn, f X 4 in. 



336b. M. einerea Mass. & Crossl. (from its colour; finis, ashes). 



Wholly grey. 



P. slightly gibbous or obtuse, then expanded ; marg. striate, paler 

 and silky when dry. Sf. glabrous, base white-downy. G. 

 adnate, subdistant ; edge paler. 



Amongst short g<ass. Odour strong of radishes. I X 2 X ^ in. Differs 

 from 324 in sulcate P. ; from 327 in white G. ; from 336a in absence of 

 odour. 



337. M. debilis Quel. (debilis, weak) a c. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, livid-whitish or brownish- 

 salmon. St. colour as P., fibrillose at rooting base. G. 

 broadly adnate, whitish. 



Gregarious. Woods, chestnut, fir, amongst moss. Oct. | X 2^ X ^ in. 



338. M. vitilis Quel. (from the deep strise of the pileus ; vitilis, 



plaited) a b. 



P. conico-campanulate, sometimes papillate, brownish, becoming 

 whitish. St. shining, livid. G. attenuato-adnate or slightly 

 sinuate, whitish or grey, or dark ashy with a white edge. 



Solitary or gregarious. Odour none. Woods, mixed amongst leaves ; 

 frequent. Sept .-Nov. \ X 4 X ^ in. 



339. M. eollariata Que'l. (from the union of the gills in a minute 



collar at the top of the stem) a c. 

 P. campanulato-convex, subumbonate, greyish-white, rose-tinged; 



mid. fuscous. St. smooth, whitish-brown. G. adnate, hoary 



white or faintly salmon. 

 Woods, amongst grass and oak-bark. Oct. -Nov. f X 2j x ^ in. 



340. M. speirea Gill, (from the twisted base of the stem ; Gr. speira, 



a coil) a. 

 P. plane, umbonate, pallid grey or whitish ; mid. dark fuscous. 



St. attenuato-rooting, fibrillose and brown below, white above. 



G. adnate, thin, deeply decurrent, white. 

 In troops during very rainy weather. Woods, mixed, mossy trunks ; 



uncommon. Aug. -Oct. \ X if X ^ in. 



