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On beech-mast and among chips. West Farleigh, Kent. PsUocybe. 



Name — mix, a nut ; sedeo, to sit. Growing on nuts. Fr. Hym. En?: p. 

 300, Motiogr. i. /. 433. B. &= Br. n. 1539. C. Illnst. PL 609. B. 



*** Gills somewhat linear, asceiiding. 



IZl. A. comptus Fr.— Pileus 2.5-4 cent. {1-1% in.) broad, 

 pallid then ochraceous, somewhat membranaceous, conical then 

 expanded, striate, spritikled with shining spots, somewhat cren- 

 ulated at the margin. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) or 

 little more thick, fistulose, flexuous, even,' silky-shining. Gills 

 adnate, ascending, distant, r^^jry-umber. 



In woods among grass. Rare. Sept. -Oct. 



Name — coino, to ornament. Adorned. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 301. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 398. A. comptulus B. 6^ Br. ?i. 917. t. 14./. 4, not Fr. C. Hb'k. ?i. 



415. Ill24St. PI. 589. A. 



738. A. semilanceatus Fr. — Pileus 12 mm. {Yz in.) high not 

 broad, various in colour, becoming yellow, green, fuscous, some- 

 what membranaceous, aciitely co?iical, almost cuspidate, never 

 expanded, but the margin when young at first bent inwards, 

 covered with a pellicle which is viscous a7id separable in wet 

 weather, slightly striate chiefly round the margin. Stem as 

 much as 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, scarcely 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, 'h'sA.w- 

 \ost 2in<\ contai?ti?tg a pith, equal, more frequently_/7^,a'//^z/'j, smooth, 

 capable of bei?ig twisted ro\i\\(\ the finger, smooth, becoming pale; 

 furnished with a cortina w]ie7i young. Gills ascending into the 

 summit of the cone, adnexed, almost linear, crowded, becoming 

 purple-black. 



Gregarious, very tough. 



Pastures and roadsides, &:c. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores ellipsoid, 9-16x4-9 mk. A'. / 14x9 mk. W.G.S. Name — se7>]j, 

 half; lancea, a spear. Nearly spear-shaped. Fr. Mo?iogr. \. p. 433, Hytii. 

 Etir. p. 301. Berk. Out. p. 172. C. Hbk. n. 417. S. Mycol. Scot. ?/. 399. 

 Sow. t. 440./". 1-3. 



II. — RiGiDi. Veil none. Stem rigid, &c. 



739. A. spadiceus Fr. — Pileus 7-5-io cent. (3-4 in.) broad, 

 date-brow?t-i(}nber, becoming pale when dry, fleshy, convex then 

 plane, obtuse, even, smooth, moist (not viscid) in rainy weather, 

 often broken up in cracks when dry ; margin inflexed when 

 young. Stem 7.5-10 cent. (3-4 in.) long, 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) 

 thick, firm, somewhat cartilaginous, hollow, equal, often curved, 



