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AGARICACE/E 



Omphalia 



363. M. hiemalis Quel. (from its time of growth ; hiems, winter) a c. 



Whitish or flesh-colour, rarely brownish or slate. 

 P. hemispherical. St. slightly downy below. G. adnato-ascend- 



ing, narrow. 

 Scattered. Trunks, oak, willow ; rare. Sept. -Mar. f X ij X ^V ' n> 



364. M. setosa Gill, (from the hairy stem ; sefa, a bristle) a b. White, 



becoming brownish. 

 P. hemispherical. G. adnate. 

 Densely gregarious. Dead beech-leaves; rare. Oct. -Nov. j^Xf X T ^ S in. 



365. M. eapillaris Quel. (from the hair-like stem ; capillits, a hair) 



a b c. White. 



P. plane, slightly depressed. St. smooth, attenuate downwards. 

 G. adnato-decurrent. 



Woods, on herbaceous stems, moss and dead leaves, chiefly beech, oak. 

 Sept. -Nov. T X f X i^-g in. Chiefly seen in very rainy weather. 



366. M. juncieola Gill, (from its habitat ; jnticus, a rush, colo, to 



inhabit) a. 

 P. acutely conic, rose-colour, rufescent, blood-red or tawny. Sf. 



brownish. G. adnate, white or pale yellowish. 

 Rushes in bogs, twigs ; rare. June-July. -^ X | X T | s in. 



X. OMPHALIA Quel. 

 (From the umbilicus ; Gr. omphalos.} 



Veil almost obsolete, only seen in pruina, squamules or tomentum 

 of the pileus and stem, and rarely in a basal disc to which the edge 



Fig. 19. A, section of Omphalia muralis 

 Quel. X 3. B, O. pseiidodirecta W. G. Sm. : 

 young state seen from above to show volva-like 

 base. 



of the pileus is attached in infancy. Hymcnophore confluent with, 

 but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus somewhat 



