LEUCOSPORI. 105 



In woods. Uncommon. Aug. Coliybia. 



Differs principally from A. confluens in the gills not leaving a free space 

 round the top of the stem. M.J.B. Name — ingratus, unpleasant. From 

 the odour. Schum. p. 304. Fr. Mofwgr. \. p. 156. Hyni. Eur. p. 118. Icon. 

 t. 64./; I. Berk. Out. p. 116. var. pileus convex, obtuse ; stem villoso-pulver- 

 ulent. C. Hbk. n. 146. Illust. PL 283. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 118. 



212. A. conigenus Pers. — Pileus about 1-2.5 cent. (>^-i in.) 

 broad, brick -livid or pale yellowish -livid then becoming pale, 

 slightly fleshy, slightly firm, convex then rather plane, some- 

 what u77ibo7iate, unequal, often angular, also depressed, smooth, 

 slightly striate at the margin when moist. Stem sometimes 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) long, sometimes elongated to 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.), deli- 

 cately fisUilose, cartilaginous, tough, 'wh.oWy Jilif or 7n, of the same 

 colour as the pileus, at the Jirst white-pulver7ile7tt XhroMghoui, when 

 larger at length somewhat naked, rooted at the strigose tail-shaped 

 base. Gills at first slightly adnexed, soon separating, yr^^, very 

 crowded, plane, linear, quaternate, white, becoming pale. 



For the most part gregarious. Variable in stature and form. There is a 

 variety at the first, pale nay white, smaller. Alb. 6f Schw. Var. porci?ia be- 

 coming dingy yellow^, pileus slightly striate, stem elongated, filiform. 



On fir-cones. Common. Sept.-Dec. 



Spores sphaeroid-ellipsoid or subellipsoid, 3-4X2mk, K. ; 3x4 mk. W.G.S.; 

 4-6 X 2-3 mk. B. Name — cofuis, a cone ; gigno, to bear. Growing on cones. 

 Pers. Syn. p. 388. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 158. Hy7n. Eur. p. T18. Icon. t. 6j.f. 

 3. Berk. Out. p. 117. C. Hbk. n. 148. Illust. PL 130. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 119. Buxb. C. i. t. S7-f- 2. 



213. A. cirrhatus Schum. — Pileus from the size of a pin's head 

 to 10-12 mm. (5-6 lin.) broad, white, opaque, slightly fleshy, 

 conico-convex then plane, then at the middle iwibilicato-depressed 

 and rufescent often with a small central protuberance, slightly 

 silky, at length very delicately and often concentrically rivulose. 

 Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, delicately Jistztlose, Jilifor77i, fitx- 

 uous, pallid, wJiite-piilverulent^ rooted with 2.fibrillose twisted tail. 

 Gills adnate, at length however occasionally separating, crowded.^ 

 Ii7iear, very narrow, very unequal, white. 



It is often difficult to detect the interior tube of the stem. Very variable in 

 size and stature, but always very small, tough. It never has a radical tuber. 

 Growing in troops. Intimately related to A. conigetius and A. tuberosus, but 

 widely distant from A. ocellatus, which is like it. 



Among leaves, &c., and on blackened fungi. Common. Aug.- 

 Nov. 



Spores sphaeroid-ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 4-2x3 mk. A'./ 3-6x2-3 mk. B. 

 Name — cirrus, a curl. From the root. Schum. 71. 1773. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 



