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353. A. fibula Bull. Pileus 4-10 mm. (2-5 lin.) broad, normally Omphalia, 

 orange-yellow, becoming pale when dry, hygrophanous, mem- 

 branaceous, hood-shaped then expanded, commonly umbilicate 



and at length wholly infundibuliform, smooth, striate when moist, 

 even when dry. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in.) and more long, stuffed 

 when young, then fistulose, bristle-like, weak, smooth, but often 

 pubescent under a lens, of the same colour as the pileus. Gills 

 deeply decurrent, distant, distinct, broad, whitish. 



Very delicate but tough. The stem is sometimes firmer, tense and straight. 

 The pileus is sometimes conical and papillate. The colour varies, becoming 

 fuscous and wholly white. Mich. Gen. t. 73. f. 6. In alpine regions it is 

 sometimes firmer (Fl. Dan. t. 1071. f. 2). 



In mossy ground. Common. Aug.-May. 



Fries notes that it is found plentifully in burnt places. Spores 3x2 mk. 

 W.G.S.; 4-5x2 mk. B. Name -fibula, a pin. From its shape. Bull. t. 

 186, 550. f. i. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 192. Hym. Eur. p. 164. Berk. Out. p. 133. 

 C. Hbk. n. 227. Illitst. PI. 274. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 205. Sow. t. 45. Quel. 



t.^.f.5- 



* A. Swartzii Fr. is a singular variation of A. fibula. Firmer ; 

 pileus at length rather plane, whitish, disc fuscous ; stem whitish, 

 somewhat violaceous at the apex. 



It is remarkable, and in its own localities (groves abounding in springs) a 

 constant form. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 193. Hym. Eur. p. 164. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 n. 205. C. Illust. PI. 274. c. 



354. A. directus B. & Br. White; very slender. Pileus nail- 

 shaped, plane at the apex. Stem not 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, thread- 

 like, slightly rufous, ascending, clothed with long hairs towards 

 the base. Grills deeply decurrent. 



On dead leaves. Chiselhurst, 1865, c. May-Nov. 



Name directus, straight. Straight -stemmed. B. & Br. n. 1931. C. 

 Illust. PL 21. a. 



355. A. Belliae Johnst. Pileus 12 mm. (K in-) broad, of a pale 

 wood-brown hue, membranaceous, inverted, deeply cyathiform, 

 smooth, \vaved and furrowed at the edge. Stem 4 cent. (i> i n -) 

 long, about 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, erect, stiff and elastic, 

 smooth, pale above, brownish below. Gills decurrent, 2 mm. (i 

 lin.) broad, rather distant, thick, more or less undulated, wrinkled 

 on the sides and in the interstices with flexuous veins, once or 

 twice divided near the edge, of a dull chalky white. 



Pileus becoming paler when dry. Stem white or very pale wood-brown 

 above, towards the base of a dirty dark brown, becoming paler when dry, then 

 apparently mealy ; root slightly incrassated, bent, fixed by a dense cottony 

 web. Spores oblong, colourless, pellucid. 



