ECCILIA. 241 



lu pastures. 



United oy Fries with Eccilia atrkles, but considered distinct 

 by Berkeley and Broome. 



This appears to be quite distinct from E. atrides ; the 

 stem is not nigro-pnnctato above, nor are the gills nigro- 

 denticulate. (B. & Br.) 



Eccilia rhodocylix. Lasch. 



Pileus about h in. across, very thin, deeply umbilicate 

 or even infundibuliform, margin reflexed, hygrophanous, 

 brownish and remotely striate when moist, minutely floccu- 

 lose and grey when dry ; gills deeply decurrent, very distant, 

 broad, few, with shorter ones alternating, whitish then 

 flesh-colour ; stem up to 1 in. long, h line thick, thickened 

 upwards, tough, glabrous, grey, stuffed ; spores subglobose, 

 warted, 10 /x diameter. 



Agaricus (Eccilia) rhodocylix^ Lasch, no. 567; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 137; Cke., Illustr., pi. 343a. 



On rotten trunks, &c. 



Distinguished by its habit, and very distant gills. 



A remarkable and very distinct species. Stem carti- 

 laginous, tough, stuffed with soft pith, up to 1 in. long, 

 -^- line thick, thickened upwards, glabrous, grey; pileus 

 membranaceous, deeply umbilicate, or almost infundibuli- 

 form, margin reflexed, about h in. across, hygrophanous, 

 brownish and remotely striate when moist, flocculose and 

 grey or w4iitish when dry. Gills broad, few, the alternate 

 ones shorter. 



Analogous wdth Omphalia umhellifera, but readily dis- 

 tinguished by the rosy spores. (Fries.) 



Eccilia atropuncta. Pers. 



Pileus ^-| in. across, rather fleshy, soft, hemispherical, 

 sometimes slightly umbilicate, smooth, even, pale grey ; gills 

 decurrent, distant, arcuate, the alternate ones shorter, greyish 

 flesh-colour; stem about Ij in. long, attenuated downwards, 

 or sometimes almost equal, rather tough, pallid, shining, 

 sprinkled wdth black, point-like squamules, solid ; spores 

 angularly globose, apiculate, 5-6 fx diameter. 



Agaricus atro-punctus, Persoon, Syn., p. 353 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 343a; Cke., Hdbk., p. 137. 



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