HYPORHODII. 219 



On the ground. Sibbertoft. Ecdlia. 



Spores rather irregular, 5-7 angled, 10-12x6-8 mk. B. Kame—grzseus, 

 grey ; rubcllus, reddish. Lasch n. 566. Fr. Monogr. ii. /. 298. Hym. Eur. 

 p. 212.. B. &f Br. n. 2004. 



483. A. atrides Lasch. — Pileus black, fuscous, becoming pale, 

 black streaked, somewhat membranaceous, plane, deeply umbili- 

 cate, striate. Stem somewhat fistulose, pallid, black-dotted up- 

 wards. Gills deeply and truly decurrejtt, attenuated behind, some- 

 what crowded, pallid, the black edge slightly toothed. 



It is scarcely to be doubted that it is only a changed state of A. serrvlatus, 

 to which it is very Hke, and from which it does not differ except in its paler 

 colour (stem always pallid), its somewhat streaked (not squamulose), deeply 

 umbilicate and striate pileus, and its gills which are almost whitish and very 

 much attenuated behind. 



On the ground. Hereford. 



Not the plant figured by Quelet. B. df Br. Name — dark -coloured. 

 Lasch n. 560. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 2.12. Moyiogr. i. p. 300, B. &f Br. n. 1858, 



484. A, atro-punctus Pers. — '^S\.Qy\.^ pale-cinereous, somewhat 

 fleshy, soft, hemispherical. Stem somewhat tough, pallid, shin- 

 ing, with black piinctiform sguamules. Gills decurrent, arcuate, 

 distant, alternate, cinereous-flesh-colour. 



Gregarious, small. As A. atrides approaches A. serridatus, this seems to 

 approach A. lappida. 



On the ground. Dinmore, 1882. Oct. 



Name — ater, black ; punctum, dot. From the dotted stem. Pers. Syn. p. 

 353. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 212. C. Ulust. PI. 343. 



485. A. nigrella Pers. — Pileus growing blackish, umbilicate, 

 smooth. Stem short, glaucous. Gills flesh-colour, then some- 

 what cinereous. 



Small, somewhat tufted. 



In pastures. Perth. 



This appears to be quite distinct from A. atrides; the stem is not nigro- 

 punctate above, nor are the gills nigro-denticulate, B. &" Br. Name — niger, 

 black. Blackish, Pers. Syn. 463, B. &r' Br. n. 1651, S. Mycol. Scot. n. 

 266. 



486. A. rhodocylix Lasch.— Pileus 12 mm. {Yz in.) broad, 

 somewhat fuscous when moist, grey when dry, hygrophanous, 

 membranaceous, deeply umbilicate or rather iiifimdibuliforni 

 with the margin reflexed, remotely striate when moist, Jlocculose 

 whcJt dry. Stem 2.5 cent, (i in,) and less long, 12 mm. {Yz in,) 

 thick, stuffed, thickeiied upwards, tough, smooth, cinereous. Gills 



