86 AGARICACE^E Omphalia 



381. 0. glaueophylla Gill, (from the olive-grey gills ; Gr. glaukos, the 



bluish-grey of the olive, pJnillon, a leaf) a c. 



P. plano-umbilicate, mouse-colour ; marg. striate. St. colour 

 as P. 



Woods, mossy places. Sept. i X X T V in. Pileus sometimes in. in 

 diameter. 



382. 0. rustiea Quel. (from its habitat ; nts, the country) a b. 



P. plano-umbilicate, fuscous to grey, or whitish-umber, shaded 

 lavender; marg. striate. St. colour as P., or dull rather pale 

 lavender. G. thick, olivaceous or olive-grey. 



Woods, grassy avenues, heathy ground, charcoal heaps. Aug.-Sept. 

 J X | X T V in - 



382a. 0. alutaeea Sacc. (from its colour ; ahtta, tanned leather) a b. 



Tan-colour, or dull pale ochreous. 



P. membranous, convex, then umbilicate, smooth ; marg. incurved, 

 even. St. hollow, smooth, paler than P. G. somewhat 

 narrow, crowded, arcuate, colour as St. 

 Amongst grass and moss. Sept. f X if X ^ in. 



c. Umbellifera. 



383. 0. demissa Karst. (demissus, drooping) a b. 



P. infundibuliform, fuscous-rufescent to tan-brown. St. liver- 

 rufescent to pale tan-brown. G. becoming purple. 



Waste places, banks in woods, burnt wood ; rare. Aug.-Oct. f X \ X ^ in. 

 Agaricus rufitltis B. & Br. Not unlike some forms of 224. 



384. 0. hepatiea Gill, (from its colour ; Gr. hepar, the liver) a b c. 

 P. infundibuliform, tough, rufous flesh-colour to tawny and tan. 



St. fuscous flesh-colour. G. whitish. 



Lawns, mossy pathsides in woods, etc. ; rare. Nov. -Dec. ij X if X J in. 

 Often in company with 373. 



385. 0. muralis Que'l. (from one of its habitats ; mnrns, a wall) a b c. 

 P. infundibuliform, rufous-brown to tan-umber ; marg. striate. 



St. paler than P. G. brownish-white. 



Old mossy walls, amongst moss in woods, on turf walls, sandy banks, etc. 

 Jan. -Nov. I x f X in. Sometimes only X J in. There is a white 

 var. Several other species of Omplialia occur on old mossy walls. 



386. 0. umbellifera Que'l. (from the umbrella-like pileus ; umbella^ 



an umbel or umbrella, ft'ro, to bear) a b c. 



P. piano-depressed, deep brown to ochreous-whitish : marg. 

 striate. St. slightly attenuate downwards, colour as P. G. 

 grey-whitish, umber or dusky flesh-colour, edge whitish. 



Taste none ; odour at first somewhat disagreeable, evanescent. Boggy 

 ground, stumps, rotten wood, old walls, heathy banks, etc. Mar. -Dec. 

 X & X j 1 ^ in. Var. abiegna Mass, grows on firwood. Var. viridis Sacc. 

 is verdigris-green. There is also a wholly deep yellow variety. 



