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It is best distinguished by the form of the gills. Commonly solitary, slight- Psilocybe. 

 ly rigid. Veil none. 



On grass among leaves near chestnut. Hothorpe, 1881. Nov. 



Pileus at first obtuse, but in drying it becomes spuriously and minutely um- 

 bonate. Spores black purple, 18 mk. B. or' Br. Name — hebes, blunt. Ob- 

 tuse. Fr. Mofiogr. i. /. 437. Hy)n. Eiir. p. 303. Icon. t. 137. /. 3 minor. 

 B. &= Br. 71. 1952. Pers. Myc. Eur. 3. /. 28. /. 5, a little larger. C. Illust. 

 PL 589. B. 



742. A. fcenisecii Pers. — Pileus hro^d, pale fuHorinons fuscotts 

 or browjt, becoming pale, fleshy chiefly at the disc, campanulato- 

 convex, obtuse, dry, smooth, slightly wrinkled in very dry weath- 

 er. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2-4 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, fis- 

 tulose, tense and straight, rigid-fragile, equal, naked, riifesceiit, at 

 the first paler and white-pulverulent, somewhat pubescent. Gills 

 adnate but ventricose in front, hence they appear broadly ejuar- 

 gi7tate, somewhat distant, not thin, inclining to fuscous, livid- 

 fuscous at the sides, at length umber. 



When half dry the disc of the pileus becomes pale. Veil none. In its 

 whole nature it is widely removed from other species in this section ; its habit 

 is quite that of Pajiceolus, but the gills are not variegated and the spores are 

 umber. 



Pastures, roadsides, &c. Common. April- Sept. 



Gregarious. Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) broad, banded with various tints 

 when losing its moisture. Attention must be paid to the colour of the spores, 

 or it will be sought for amongst the PancEoli, M.J.B. Spores 11x7 mk. 

 IV.G.S. ^dixnG.— fee /lis icia, hay-harvest. From its occurring among meadow- 

 grass, and from the season when first gathered. Pers. Ic. descr. t. ii.f.i. 

 Fr. Monogr. i. p. 437. Hym. Eur. p. 303. Berk. E?7g. Fl. v, p. 112. Out. 

 p. 171, t. 11. f. 5. Hussey i. t. 39. C. Hbk. n. 421. Illust. PI. 590. S. 

 Mycol. Scot. 71. 402. Buxb. C. 4. t. 38. f. 1. 



743. A. clivensis B. & Br.— Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, at 

 first pallid brown, then pallid ochre inclining to white, somewhat 

 hemispherical, even, sprinkled with shining particles; margin 

 striated, not straight. Stem 4 cent, (i^ in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) 

 thick, fistulose, nearly equal, except at the very base where it 

 is slightly clavate, somewhat silky. Gills broad, adnate, widely 

 emarginate, ventricose in front, rather distant, umber, margin 

 white. 



Spores umber. Intermediate between A. hebes and A./cc/iisecii, with the 

 habit of the former. 



On the ground. King's Cliffe, i860. Oct. 



Name — clivus, a slope, hill-side. B. 6^ Br. n. 916. /. 14. /. 3. C. Hbk. 11. 

 420. Fr. Hyt7i. Eur. p. 303. 



