INOCYBE. 199 



Inocybe sindonia. Fr. 

 Pileus 1^-2 in. across, flesh thin, white, carapaniilato- 

 convex, gibbous silky-velvety, even, when young having the 

 fibrils of the veil appendiculate from the margin, dingy 

 white or at length yellowish ; gills narrowly adnexed, linear- 

 lanceolate, 1 line broad, brownish-white ; stem soft, filled 

 with a distinct pith when young, then hollow, 2-3 in. long, 

 3 lines thick, equal, at first slightly fibiillose from the veil, 

 then becoming glabrous, white; spores elliptical, smooth, 



7 X 4 a. 



Agaricus (Inoajbe) sindoniiis, Fries, Epicr., p. 176; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 159 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 400. 



In damp, shady places. 



Allied to /. fjeoplujlla^ but known by the hollow stem and 

 larger size. Pileus not fibrillose. 



Inocybe Clarkii. B. & Br. 



Pileus |—1^ in. across, flesh very thin except at the umbo, 

 white ; campanulate, obtuse, whitish, silky ; gills adnexed, 

 rather distant, 1^-2 lines broad, thin, pallid, margin white; 

 stem l|-2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal or slightly 

 thickened at the base, white, solid ; spores pale, elliptical, 

 smooth, 8-10 X Q IX. 



Agaricus (Inocyhe) ClarJcii, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., n. 

 1345; Cke., Hdbk., p. 159 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 429b. 



On the ground in shady places. 



Distinguished by the white, silky, campanulate pileus. 

 Allied to I. sindonia, but distinguished by the hollow stem 

 and persistently pale gills. 



Inocybe geophylla. Fr. 



Pileus ^-1 in. across, flesh thin, white, conical then ex- 

 panded, umbonate, dry, silky, the cuticle breaking up into 

 longitudinal silky fibrils, white, lilac, or violet ; white or 

 yellowish when old ; gills almost free, rather broad, ven- 

 tricose, crowded, white then brownish-tan, at length brown: 

 stem stuffed, rather firm, 2-3 in. long, 3 lines tJiick, equal, 

 commonly straight, glabrous, white or coloured like the 

 pileus, apex with white meal; spores elliptical, smooth, 

 7-8 X 4 /a. 



Agaricus (Inocyhe) geophjllus, Fries, Epicr., p. 176 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 159 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 401. 



