330 AGARICUS. 



Psilocybe. smooth, whitish, not striate at the apex. Gills romided-adnexed, 

 crowded, arid, whitish, then flesh-colour, at length umber. 



It is most certainly different from A. appendic?datus, which is of the same 

 colour, in the pileiis and stefn beifjg rigid, and in being absolutely destitute of 

 a veil. It departs from all others in this section in the gills h^vagwhitish then 

 flesh-colour, then fuscous. Forming large lax clusters. 



On stumps, the ground, &c. Common. July-Nov. 



Spores eUipsoid, 8-9x4-5 mk. K. ; 8x6 mk. W.G.S. Nsme—spadix, a 

 palm-branch. Date-brown. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 435. Hym. Eur. p. 302. 

 Berk. Out. p. 171. C. Hbk. n. 418. Illust. PL 610. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 400. 

 Schceff' t- 60./. 4-6. 



'^ A. hygrophilus, larger. — Pileus fuscous then tan, bullate. 

 Stem 10-15 cent. (4-6 in.) long, somewhat fusiform-rooted. Gills 

 emarginate., deeply decurrent iii the form of lifies, at length fus- 

 cous-umber. 



On stumps. Oct. Glamis, 1874. Name — vypoi/, moisture ; <^iA.o?, loving. 

 Fr. Hytn. Eur. p. 302. Monogr. \. p. 435. B. 6^ Br. n. 1771. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 400. 



740. A. cernuus Fl. Dan. — Pileus 2.5-6 cent. (i-2>^ in.) broad, 

 livid inclining to pale when vioist, white when dry, hygrophanous, 

 slightly fleshy, fragile, campanulate then flattened, obtuse, 

 smooth (or atomate under a lens), slightly wrinkled when dry. 

 Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) and more long, about 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, 



Jistulose, equal, round, rigid-fragile, smooth, shini7ig white, slight- 

 ly mealy at the apex. Gills adnate, at first linear, then ventricose, 

 scarcely crowded, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) broad, at first white then cin- 

 ereous-blackish . 



Pileus slightly pellucid-striate. Stem is sofnetimes curved, hence the pileus 

 is nodding. The spores do not change to ferruginous. Solitary or gregarious, 

 scarcely caespitose. 



On dead wood, chips, &c. Uncommon. Aug.-Dec. 



Spores 6x8 mk. W.G.S. Name — cernuo, to fall head-foremost. From the 

 nodding pileus. Fl. Da?i. t. 1005. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 436. Hym. Eur. p. 

 302. Berk. Out. p. 171. C. Hbk. ?i. 419. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 401. Schceff. 

 t. 205. Fault, no./". 3. 



741. A. hebes Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, lurid when 

 moist, pale when dry, hygrophanous, slightly fleshy, convex then 

 expanded, obtuse, even, smooth, slightly viscid and slightly striate 

 at the margin when moist, becoming even when dry. Stem 4-5 

 cent. (i/^-2 in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, cartilaginous, rigid, 

 fistulose, equal, even, smooth, naked, becoming pale white. Gills 

 very broad behind, triafigiilar, wholly adnate, crowded, arid, 

 white then becoming fuscous. 



