1 88 AGARICACE^ Psilocybe 



above, colour as P., base darker. G. adnate with a small 

 tooth, umber to purple-umber. 

 Woods, mixed. Nov. ij x 2\ X s in. 



860. P. nueiseda Mass, (from the frequent habitat, nuts ; mix, a nut, 



sedeo, to sit) a. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, subsilky when dry, light yellow or 

 shaded sienna; mid. sienna. St. slightly attenuate down- 

 wards, fuscous, or white below. G. adnate, broad, ventricose, 

 fuscous to umber-black. 



Beech and hazel nuts, chips, wood, ij x i X ^ in. Habit of 771. 



861. P. eompta Sacc. (from the adorned pileus, sprinkled with 



minute shining spots ; comptus, ornamented) a. 

 P. expanded, obtuse, pallid to ochreous ; marg. striate, sub- 



crenulate. St. flexuous, silky-shining, tan, faintly rufous below. 



G. adnato-ascending or adnexed, distant, rosy-umber. 

 Woods, amongst grass ; rare. Sept.-Oct. i X 2\ X s in. 



862. P. semilaneeata Que'l. (from a fancied resemblance in the 



pileus, as seen in vertical section to a lance-head ; semi, half, 



lancea, a spear) a b c. 



P. acutely conical, whitish-ochre ; mid. pale ; marg. slightly 

 striate, slate, sometimes fuscous-shaded. St. flexuous, smooth, 

 fibrilloso-annulate when young, colour as P., base pale sienna.. 

 G. adnexo-ascending, crowded, purplish to purple-black. 



Gregarious. Reputed poisonous. Pastures, roadsides ; common. Stem 

 sometimes 6 in. high. Aug. -Nov. x X T V in. Var. c&rtilescens Sacc. 

 P. subobtuse. Sf. more or less distinctly tinged with blue. 



b. Rigida. 



863. P. eanobrunnea Quel. (from the greyish-brown pileus ; canits, 



hoary, bmnnens, brown) a b. 



P. plane, subviscid when moist, flesh-brown, pale clay when dry. 

 St. rooting, squamulose, whitish. G. adnexed, crowded, 

 broad, ventricose, brownish-purple. 



Solitary or laxly gregarious. On the ground in sunny places, on scorched 

 ground. Autumn. 2 x i| X T 3 K in. 



864. P. spadieea Quel. (from the colour of the pileus ; spadicais, 



date-brown) a b c. 



P. plane, usually cracked, dark to ochreous-brown, becoming 

 paler in patches. St. smooth, whitish, base pale sienna. G. 

 adnexo-rounded, adnate or adnate with a tooth, crowded, 

 brown. 



Laxly clustered. Stumps, earth, manure-heaps, amongst short grass ; common. 

 Feb. -Nov. 2g X 4 X ^ in. Var. hygrophila Karst. larger than type. 

 Var. polycephala Gill, densely crowded. 



