GALERA. 149 



Galera hypnorum. Batscli. 



Pileus up to h in. across, membranaceous, campanulato 

 then convex, often with a juipillate nnibo, sometimes obtuse, 

 finely striate except the disc, yellowish-ochre or watery- 

 cinnamon, tan-colour when dry; gills adnate, broad, ven- 

 tricose, distant, usually connected by veins, tawny-cinnamon, 

 margin flocculose ; stem about 2 in. long, flexuous, glabrous 

 but mealy at the apex, sometimes rigid, rather tawnj^ some- 

 times very slender, citron or ochraceous, hollow; spores 

 elliptical, 10 x 6 /x. 



Agariciis hypnorum, Batsch, f. 26; Cke., Ildbk., p. 185; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 4G5a. 



Among moss. 



Small, slender, form variable. 



Var. sphagnorum, Fries, Monogr.,i. p. 394; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 186 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 465b. 



About three times the size of the typical form; stem 

 longer and firmer, fibrillose, tawny ; pileus up to 1 in. across, 

 paler. 



Among sphagnum. 



Var. bryorum, Pers., Syn., p. 385; Cke., Hdbk., p. 185. 

 Larger than the type, watery-cinnamon, pileus papillate. 

 Among moss. 



Galera mniophila. Lasch. 



Pileus about -| in. high and h in. across, campanulate, 

 somewhat papillate, striate, yellowish-fuscous ; gills adnate, 

 ascending, broad, rather distant, yellowish-ochre ; stem 2-3 

 in. long, 1 line or more thick, equal, slightly wavy, yellow, 

 apex mealy ; spores bluntly elliptical, 14 x 6 /x. 



Agaricus mniopliilus, Lasch, n. 410; Cke., Hdbk., p. 186; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 466a. 



Among moss. 



Stem stouter than in allied small species, fibrillose, disc of 

 pileus even, when dry tan-colour. 



Galera minuta. Quelet. 

 Pileus 1-2 lines across, very thin, campanulate, striate, 

 pale tawny-bistre, very tender; gills adnate, arcuate, as 

 broad as long, moderately crowded, yellowish then tan. 



