146 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



flesli tliin, -wliite when dry; gills adnate, rather crowded^ 

 about 1 line broad, tawny -cinnamon ; stem about 2 in. long, 

 not 1 line thick, equal or slightly incrassated. at the base, 

 ilexuous, almost glabrous, even, pallid, base darker, whitish 

 when dry, minutely hollow; spores elliptical, ends rather 

 acute, 12 x 7 /x. 



Agaricus (^Galera) s{ligineus,YTies, in Cke., Illustr., pi. 1156. 



Smell strong. Gregarious on road scrapings and. in dry 

 places by road sides, &c. 



The pileus and stem become nearly or sometimes quite 

 white when dry. Cooke at one time considered this species 

 as a form of Galera siliginea, and figured it under this name, 

 adding in the Hdbk., p. 376 : The variety figured turns 

 pale when dry, thus differing from the type. 



Galera ovalis. Fr. 



Pileus 1 in. high, 1-1^ in. across, almost membranaceous^ 

 ovate-campanulate, even, hygrophanous, ferruginous when 

 moist, yellowish when dry ; margin straight and adpressed. 

 to the stem ; gills almost free, very ventricose, broad, crowded, 

 ferruginous, somewhat deliquescent ; stem 3-4 in. long. In- 

 line thick, equal, straight, slightly striate, coloured like the 

 pileus, hollow; spores elliptical, 10 X 6 /a. 



Agaricus (Galera) ovalis. Fries, Svst. Myc, i. p. 389; Cke.^ 

 Illustr., pi. 462 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 184. 



On dung and amongst grass. 



Agreeing in colour with G. tenera, but larger in every 

 part, and also differs in the partial veil, which, though very 

 fugacious, often forms an imperfect ring in the young state. 

 Distinguished from G. lateritia in the coloured stem. 



Galera antipoda. Lasch. 



Pileus ^-1 in. across, disc slightly prominent and fleshy, 

 remainder thin, campanulate-convex, even, hygrophanous, 

 deep ochraceous when moist, almost white and atomate when 

 dry; gills almost free, narrowed behind, crowded, narrow, 

 lanceolate, yellowish, ochraceous ; stem about 1 in. long, 

 straight, 1 line thick, rather bulbous at the base, and con- 

 tinued as a long tapering root, -psile ochraceous, mealy, 

 striate; spores elliptical, 15-16 x 8 ^. 



Agaricus antipus, Lasch, n. 401 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 184 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 463a. 



