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except at the disc, smooth. Stem about 5 cent. (2 in.) long, fis- Galera. 

 tu\ose,JZexu0us, lax, smooth, but pruinose at the apex, sometimes 

 rigid and slightly tawny, sometimes filiform, almost capillary 

 and lemon-yellow or ochraceous. Gills adnate, broad, ventricose, 

 distant, commonly connected with veins, cinnamon-tawny, floc- 

 culose at the edge. 



Pileus more fleshy at the disc. Small, thin, assuming many forms. 

 Among moss. Common. July-Nov. 



Requires to be cautiously distinguished from small A. melinoides. Attend 

 to the difference of the margin, M.J.B. In ' Elenchus ' (p. 35) Fries thus 

 defines the differences between A. tener, A. melinoides and A. hypnorum : 



1) A. tener, stem tense and straight, pileus conical, gills linear and ascending ; 



2) A. melinoides, stem somewhat tense and straight, unequal, pruinate, paler, 

 pileus fleshy -membranaceous, gills triangular; 3) A, hypnorum, stem more 

 flexile and pruinate, pileus campanulate and somewhat papillate, gills distant 

 and broader. Name hypnum, a moss. Growing among mosses. Batschf. 

 96. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 394. Hym. Eur. p. 270. Berk. Out. p. 163. C. Hbk. 

 n. 382. Illust. PI. 465. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 351. Sow. t. 282. Bull. t. 560. 



/. i. CE. 



* A. sphagnorum Pers. Twice or thrice as large, yellow- 

 ochraceous; pileus as much as 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, disc broad ; 

 stem longer, 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.), and firmer, fibrillose, tawny. 



In marshes among Sphagna. Name sphagnum, bog-moss. Pers. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 394. Hym. Eur. p. 270. B. & Br. n. 1008. C. Hbk. n. 383. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 351. Bull. t. 560. /. H. 



662. A. mniophilus Lasch. Pileus 12 mm. (% in.) and more 

 broad, fuscous-light-yellowish, almost clay-colour when dry, mem- 

 branaceous, campanulate, almost papillate, striate, disc even. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, equal, flexile, 

 fibrillose, yellow, mealy at the apex, floccose at the base. Gills 

 obtusely adnate, piano-ascending, broad, somewhat distant, light 

 yellowish-QC\).r3.ctQus, in some becoming fuscous-clay-colour. 



Scarcely different in its essential marks from A. hypnorum. 

 Among Mnium. Rannoch, c. Sept.-Oct. 



Name \i.viov t moss ; (|H'A.OS, loving. Lasch n. 410. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 270. 

 Monogr. i. p. 395. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 352. C. Illust. PI. 496. a. Schcsff. t. 63. 

 excluding^j. 4-6. Mich. t. 80. /. 8. " 



663. A. minutus Quel. Pileus 2-3 mm. (\-\ l /2 lin.) broad, 

 chamois-bistre, membranaceous, campanulate, striate. Stem i 

 cent. (y z in.) long, somewhat capillary, smooth, tawny, shining, 

 base webbed-spreading and white. Gills adnato-arcuate, as broad 



