Omphalia AGARICACE^E 85 



376. 0. telmatisea Sacc. (from its habitat ; Gr. telmatiaios, occurring 



in marshy places) a b. 



P. infundibuliform, minutely virgate, dark brown or fuscous to 

 livid. St. slate or tan flesh-colour. G. livid or pale brown. 



On Sphagnum. Aug. 2| x lA X \ in. (Agaricus affricatus B. & Br., 

 not Fr.) 



376a. 0. epiehysium Quel. (from a fancied resemblance to an 



ancient Greek wine- vessel, epichusis). 



P. membranous, plane, umbilicate, livid umber, pale livid-reddish- 

 umber, or mid. slate-lavender and marg. dull salmon, silky 

 floccoso-squamose and pallid when dry ; marg. striate when 

 moist. St. somewhat hollow, glabrous, ashy, grey or slate, 

 dull salmon above and below. G. plano-decurrent, ashy or 

 salmon-brown-white. 



On wet rotten wood, rarely in bogs. Autumn. ij x ij X ^ in. 

 Wholly soft and watery. 



377. 0. sphagnieola Karst. (from its habitat ; sphagnum, bog-moss, 



colo, to inhabit) a b c. 

 P. infundibuliform, substriate, brownish-tan or dull pale ochreous. 



St. tan-white or ashy. G. thick, colour as P. or whitish. 

 In swamps, on Sphagnum acutifoliiim; uncommon. June-Sept. 1} X 



if X \ in. 



378. 0. philonotis Quel. (Gr. philos, loving, no/is, moisture) a. 



Smoky-ashy or brown-white. 

 P. infundibuliform, fragile. St. floccose at base. 



On Sphagnum, swampy places in fir-woods. Aug. \\ x 2 X ^ in. Fries 

 says this is one of the vernal species, with 377 and 380. 



379. 0. onisea Gill, (from its colour, like a codfish ; Gr. oniskos) a b c. 



Dark ashy to pale umber, becoming grey-hoary. 

 P. broadly umbilicate, striate. G. shortly decurrent. 

 Not csespitose. Woods, swampy places ; rare. Dec. l X X J in. 



379a. 0. Luffli Mass, (after Mr. John Luff). 



P. convex, undulate, then depressed, even, glabrous; marg. 

 usually upturned at extreme edge, pallid, white when dry. St. 

 solid, thickened above, cartilaginous, often crooked, glabrous, 

 polished, pallid. G. decurrent, crowded, colour as St. flesh 

 very thin, white. 



Gregarious. Odour fragrant, spicy, like 219. ij x J X ^ in. Allied to 

 379. 



380. 0. esespitosa Sacc. (from its caespitose habit) a b c. 



P. hygrophanous, piano-depressed, livid buff, yellowish-white or 

 olive-shaded, at length white ; marg. crenate, sulcate. St. 

 slightly enlarged below, colour as P. G. very distant, some- 

 times branched, whitish or yellowish-buff. 



Moors, by boggy water-courses under pines, damp peaty soil. May-Oct. 

 i^ X I X | in. Whole plant sometimes becomes bright yellow in drying. 



