.. HEBELOMA. 169 



when dry, minutely scurfy with shining atoms ; not pilose, 

 rarely squamulose ; stem about ^ in. long, thin, scurfy then 

 naked, pallid, imperfectly hollow; gills rounded behind and 

 almost free, broad, rather distant, ventricose, crenulate, pallid 

 then ochraceous. 



Agaricus {Naucoria) carpophilus. Fries, Epicr., p. 202 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 182 ; Cke., Illustr., 513a. 



On beech pericarps and leaves. 



Distinguished by its habitat and minute size. 



Naucoria graminicola. Nees. 



Pileus 2-4 lines broad, somewhat membranaceous, convex, 

 papillate, fuscous then pale tan, coarsely tomentose ; stem 

 about ^ in. long, |^ line thick, tough, hairy, becoming 

 brownish ; gills slightly adnexed, rather distant, pale 

 ochraceous. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) graminicola, Nees, Syst., fig. 186 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 182; Cke., Illustr., pi. 513b. 



On grass, twigs, &c. 



Pileus about 3 lines broad, seen to be covered with strigoso 

 hairs under a lens, brown, becoming ochraceous- fawn colour. 

 (Fjies.) 



HEBELOMA. Fries, (figs. 16, 17, p. 3.) 



Partial veil fibrillose, often absent. Cuticle of the pileus 

 continuous, not scaly nor fibrillose, smooth, more or less 

 viscid, margin of pileus incurved at first ; stem central, its 

 flesh continuous with that of the pileus, fibrous, apex some- 

 what mealy ; gills sinuate, adnexed, margin usually paler 

 than the rest ; spores dingy tan-colour. 



Heheloma, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 249 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 161. 



The present genus is closely allied to Inocyhe, differing 

 more especially in the cuticle being continuous and more or 

 less viscid, and not becoming torn into scales or longitudinal 

 flbrils. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



* Indusiati. 



Veil evident, often making the margin of the pileus 

 superficially silky. 



