Bolbitius 



AGARICACE^: 



211 



961. C. filiformis B. & Br. (from the thread-like stem ; filum, a 



thread) a. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, grey, white-mealy; mid. sienna. St. 



pallid or white. G. linear, adnate, blackish. 

 On the ground in woods. Sept. \ x -f^ X J% in. 



j. Hemerobice. 



962. C. hemerobius Fr. (from the length of its life one day ; Gr. 



hem era, a day, bios, life) a. 



P. campanulato-expanded, umber. St. smooth, pallid. G. adnate, 

 linear, blackish. 



Damp, shady, rich grassy places, roadsides, etc. ; rare. Sept. -Oct. 

 if X 5 X Jin. 



k. Basipedcs. 



963. C. PLATYPUS Berk, in Cooke (from the basal disc ; Gr. flatus, 



broad, pens, a foot) a. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, white, then ochreous ; mid. umber. 



St. even, whitish. G. free, narrow, distant, white. 

 Palm-stems in conservatories. T 3 ^ X % X 3*2 in. 



XLIII. BOLBITIUS Fr. 



(From a frequent habitat of the species ; Gr. bolbiton, cow-dung.) 



Veil rudimentary, indicated by squamules on the pileus or stem, 

 or obsolete. Hymenophore distinct from the stem. Pileus moist, 



Fig. 52. A, Bolbitius Boltonii Fr. ; B, B.fragilis Fr., entire and in section. 

 One-half natural size. 



mucid or viscid, fleshy-membranous to membranous, at first conical 

 or ovate with the margin adpressed to the stem, usually yellow or 



p 2 



