144 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



f COXOCEPHALI. 



Pileus conico-campanTilate, hygropbanous, almost even, 

 at ornate when dry ; stem straight ; gills ascending, rather 

 crowded ; veil absent. 



•ft Bryogeni. 



Pileus memhranaceons, campannlate, striate, glabrous, 

 bygrophanous, even when dry, opaque, and somewhat silky; 

 stem slender, lax, iiot perfectly stiaight; gills broad, adnate 

 with a small decurrent tooth; slender, growing among moss; 

 veil very fugacious. 



Iff Eriodermei. 



Pileus submembranaceous, veil evident, superficial, dis- 

 appearing, at first silky or squamulose, especially near the 

 margin. 



f COKOCEPHALI. 



Galera lateritia. Fr. 

 '"■ Pileus 1 in. or more high, somewhat cylindrical then cam- 

 pannlate or conical, obtuse, bygrophanous, pale yellowish 

 and the margin faintly striate, even and whitish ecbre when 

 dry, membranaceous ; gills adnexed, nearly free, very narrow, 

 crowded, tawny-ferruginous ; stem 3-4 in. long, 1^ line thick, 

 slightly thinner upwards, straight, fragile, whitish, frosted 

 with white meal, hollow; spores 11-12 X 5-6 /x. 



Agaricus (Galera^ laieritiiis, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 265 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 183; Cke., Illustr., pi. 460. 



In rich pastures, &c. 



Allied to G. ovalis, but clearly distinguished by the narrow, 

 ascending gills. Very fragile. 



Galera tenera. Schaeff. figs. 5, 6, p. 8.) 

 Pileus ^-| in. high and broad, thin, conico-campanulate„ 

 obtuse, bygrophanous, entirely pale ferruginous when moist. 



