282 AGARICUS. 



Naucoria. broader behind (scarcely beyond 2 mm., i lin., broad), whitish- 

 flesh-coloiir theti ferruginous, the flocculose edge ciliated. 



Spores dark ferruginous. 



On moist ground under alders. Powerscourt, Wicklow, 1867. 

 Sept. 



Spores apiculate, 7 x 25 mk. B. b' Br. Name — o-zcwXt;!, a worm. From the 

 curved and flexuous stem. Fr. Monogr. i, /. 374. Hym. Eur. p. 258. B. 

 6^ Br. n. 1247. C. Illust. PI. 491. b. 



632. A. strisepes Cke. — Pileus 2.5-4 cent. (i-iX in-) broad, 

 ochraceous, campanulate, obtuse, then expanded, smooth, even. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, hollow, equal, 

 erect or flexuous, white, lo7igitudmally striate. Gills slightly 

 adnate behind, rather distant, tawny-ferruginous. 



Ccsspitose, or gregarious. 



Among grass on lawn. Kew Gardens. 



Name — stria, a line ; pes, a foot. Striate-stemmed. Cke. Grevillea, vol. 

 xiii. p. 60. Illust. PL 478. 



633. A. sideroides Bull. — Pileus pale yellowish or cinnamon 

 when moist, tan-ochraceous when dry, somewhat shi?ti7ig, slightly 

 fleshy, campanulate (12 mm., Yz in., high and broad) then ex- 

 panded (almost 2.5 cent., i in., broad), itmbonate, smooth, even, 

 very slightly viscid when moist ; the margin when young incurved, 

 entire, then slightly striate. Stem 7.5 cent. (3 in.) long, 2-4 mm. 

 (1-2 lin.) thick, sometimes fistulose, sometimes stuff'ed, slightly 

 firm, equal, sometimes undulated or slightly thickened at the 

 apex, even, smooth or white-pruinose at the apex, pallid then 

 becoming yellow, becoming ferruginous downwards, and at length 

 becoming fuscous at the base. Gills adnate, with a small decur- 

 rent tooth, sometimes sinuate and hence nncinato-adjixed, ascend- 

 ing, crowded, linear, becoming watery yellow - ochraceous, at 

 length somewhat cinnamon. 



A form which grows on the ground departs from the type in the paler colour, 

 honey-coloured. Veil absolutely none. 



On stumps and on ash-trunks. Rare. Oct.-Nov. 



Much thicker than A. hypnorum, which it somewhat resembles. Spores 10- 

 13 mk. , half as much wide, B. 6^ Br. Name — crtfi>jpos, iron. Ferruginous. 

 From the stem. Bull. t. 588. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 373. Hym. Eur. p. 258. 

 B. 6^ Br. n. 1007, 1947. C. Hbk. n. 363. Illust. PI. 458. a. S. Mycol. 

 Scot. n. 336. 



634. A. badipes Fr. — Pileus 8-12 mm. (4-6 lin.) broad, pale 



