Il8 AGARIC ACE^: Eccilia 



Pilens somewhat membranous, margin at first incurved, umbilicate, 

 except 548. Stem central, simple, fistulose, stuffed in 550. Gills 

 decurrent, not separating from their attachment to the stem as 

 in Nolanea. Spores smooth or waited, salmon or rose-colour. 

 (Fig. 28.) 



Most of the species grow on the ground, one grows on rotten 

 wood and on walls, another amongst leaves. 



Eccilia agrees in structure with OmphaMa and Tubaria. 



Species 544 552 



544. E. parkensis Quel. (from its being first noted in the King's 



park, Upsala) a c. 

 P. plano-convex, fuscous or blackish, not pale when dry ; marg. 



substriate. St. attenuate downwards, not dotted, fuscous. 



G. dull flesh-colour. 

 Grassy places. July-Aug. f X ij X ^ in. 



545. E. earneogrisea Gill, (from the colour of the pileus ; caro, 



flesh, grisetis, grey) a b. 

 P. plane; marg. striate. St. colour as P. G. distant, rosy, 



edge darker. 

 Gregarious. Amongst fir-leaves, grass. Aug. -Oct. ij X if X in. 



545a. E. Smithii W. G. Sm., Agaricus Smithii Mass, (after 



Worthington George Smith) a b. 



P. soon plane, orbicular, umbilicate, even, atomate, yellowish- or 

 buff-white ; marg. somewhat undulate, becoming salmon-striate. 

 St. equal or slightly attenuate upwards, surface undulate, 

 fibrillose, salmon, paler above, white downy below. G. broadly 

 adnato-decurrent, salmon-rose, flesh somewhat thick except 

 at marg., pale salmon-white. 



On the ground. Oct. if X2jx in. Differs from 512 in the plane pileus, 

 coloured stem, different spores, etc. 



546. E. griseorubella Quel. (from the reddish-grey pileus) a. 



P. hygrophanous, plane, brown or grey-brown ; marg. striate. 

 St. smooth, colour as P. G. subdistant, flesh-colour. 



Gregarious. Suspected poisonous. Inodorous. On earth and wood. 

 Autumn. l X 2 x in. 



547. E. atrides Quel. (ater, black) a. 



P. plane, fuscous, black-streaked, becoming pale ; marg. striate. 

 St. pallid, black-dotted upwards. G. distant, slightly serrulate, 

 pallid with a black edge. 



Gregarious. Woods, moist places. Autumn. i X i X J in. Perhaps 

 a form of 520. 



548. E. atropuneta Gill, (from the black-dotted stem ; ater, black, 



punctiim, a dot) a b c. 



P. convex, pale ashy or dull umber ; marg. lighter. St. umber, 

 dark or pale, black-punctato-scaly. G. distant, ashy flesh-colour. 



Taste disagreeable. On the ground amongst moss. Sept. - Oct. 

 | X if X in. 



