Tubaria 



AGARICACE^: 



I6 5 



770 striate. Stem central, subcartilaginous, fistulose, simple or 

 imperfectly annulate. Gills subdecurrent, broadest behind and 



Fig. 39. A, Tubaria furfnracea Gill. ; B, T. falndosa Karst. 

 Entire and in section. One- half natural size. 



somewhat triangular. Spores ferruginous or fuscous-ferruginous. 



(Fig. 39-) 



The species are all small ; some grow on the ground, others on 

 mosses, twigs, chips, leaves, etc. 



Tubaria agrees in its chief structural characters with Omphalia 

 and Eccilia. Species 762771 



a. GennliKK. Spores ferruginous. 762 768 



b. Phccota. Spores fuscous-ferruginous. 769 771 



a. Genuincs. 



762. T. eupularis Gill, (from the shape of the pileus ; cupnlaris, cup- 



shaped) a. 



P. piano-depressed, hygrophanous, smooth, rufescent to light 

 yellowish. St. whitish or faintly ochreous. G. serrulate, 

 reddish. 



Mountainous heaths, amongst grass. Aug.-Sept. i & X 2 x 



n. 



763. T. furfuraeea Gill, (from the scurfy pileus ; furfur, bran) a b c. 



P. flat, umbilicate, cinnamon' to tan-whitish; marg. substriate 



when moist, appendiculate with white-squamulose V. St. 



floccose, colour as P., villous at base. G. subdecurrent, 



bright cinnamon or clay. 



Gregarious. Tasteless or pleasant. Thatch, chips, twigs, wood, shavings, ivy, 

 humus. Jan. -Dec. if X if X J in. Polymorphous. Var. trigonophylla 

 Sacc. Smaller than type ; G. triangular. Var. heterosticha Karst. P. 

 depressed, umbonate. 



