244 AGARICUS. 



Inocybe. Spores irregular, 9 mk., sometimes slightly elongated, B. &> Br. Name — 



Jloccosus, floccose. Clothed with small flocci. Berk. Eng. Fl. v. p. 97. Out. 

 p. 154. B. df Br. n. 1940*. C. Hbk. n. 323. Illust. PL 393. Fr. Hyni. 

 Eur. p. 2.2^. 



538. A. Bongardii Weinm. — Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) broad, 

 becoming- fuscous when moist, becoming pale when dry, fleshy, 

 cai)ipa7iiilate, obtuse, scaly on the disc, torn into fibrils towards 

 the margin, but not cracked ; y^-j^j-/^ thin, reddish. Stem 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) and more long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, solid, rigid, 

 equal or with a little bulb at the base, Jibrillose, pallid-rufescent, 

 reddish silky downwards, white-pulverule7it at the apex. Cortina 

 none. Gills adnexed, ventricose, broad, not much crowded, 

 pallid-reddish the7i cinnaino7i. 



Odour pleasant, exactly that of pears (" Bergamotte" : Weinm.) Solitary. 

 Stature and colour of pileus very variable. 



On sandy ground. Culbin sand-hills, Findhorn, &c. May- 

 Aug. 



Spores bulging to one side as in Eunotia, 12 mk. B. b' Br. Name— after 

 Bongard. VVeinm. p. 190. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 340. Hym. Eur. p. 229. Icon, 

 t. 107. y. I, 2. B. &= Br. n. 1417, 1940*. S. Alycol. Scot. n. 290. C. Illust. 

 PI. 381. Kalchb. t. 20./. 2. 



539. A. muticus Fr. — Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) broad, whit- 

 ish, with fibrils which become fuscous, fleshy, convex then plane, 

 always very obtuse, a7id ai le7igth so77iewhat depressed i7i the ce7itre, 

 somewhat squamulose, dry. Stem 4-5 cent, {\yi-i in.) long, 6-8 

 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, hollow, conspicuously attenuated downwards, 

 fibrillose, white-straw-colour becoming somewhat fuscous. Gills 

 wholly adnate, thin, crowded, white then becoming slightly 

 fuscous. 



Firm, well formed. It holds a doubtful place between Lacei'i and Rimosi. 



In shady woods. Coed Coch, 1880. 



Spores 6x4 mk. W.P. Name— i';/?^/zt7^j, maimed. Meaning not apparent. 

 Fr. Monogr. ii. p. 346. Hym. Eur. p. 230. Icon. t. 109, f. i. B. &■ Br. n. 

 1865. C. Illust. PL 382. 



540. A. carptus Scop. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, dark 

 fuscous, fleshy, convex then flattened, depressed, with woolly 

 filaments. Stem hollow, attenuated downwards, with woolly 

 filaments like the pileus. Gills adfixed, ventricose, broad, brown- 

 fuscous. 



Everywhere fibrillose. Taste bitterish-sweet. 



On naked soil. Coed Coch. 



