286 AGARICUS. 



Naucoria. In moist placcs. Scarborough. Aug. 



Name — from combination of colours in Afyosotis. Fr. Mofiogr. i. p. 378. 

 Hytn. Eur. p. 261. Icon. t. t.2^. f. t., C. Illust. PL 494. 



642. A. temulentus Fr.— Pileus 1-2.5 cent, (^-i in.) broad, 

 ferrugvious whe?i moist, ochraceous when drj'', hygrophanous, 

 somewhat me?nbra7iaceous, somewhat fleshy at the disc, campan- 

 ulate then convex, somewhat umbonate, smooth, striate at the cir- 

 cumference when moist, even when dry. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) 

 long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, Jistulose with a pith, tough, equal, _/f<?;r- 

 uous or undulated on the surface, even, polished., sinooth, pulveru- 

 lent at the apex, white-villous at the base. Gills adnate, some- 

 what distant, atte?tuated in front, at Jif'st lurid-ferruginous., at 

 lens'th umber. 



The pileus is never depressed, nor has it a distinct pellicle. Veil none. 

 Slender. Not allied to A. tenax, &c., and inclining towards Galcrce. 



In open wood. Glamis, &c. Aug.-Sept. 



Name — temulefitus, drunken. Full of moisture. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 379. 

 Hy)7t. Eur. p. 262. Icon. t. 125.7; 2. B. fr' Br. fi. 1530. S. Mycol. Scot. 

 71. 339. C. Illust. PI. 459. Batsch t. T-fig. d. 



III. — Lepidoti. (Typical Naucoriae.) Pileus flocculose, &c. 

 ■* Squamules of pileus superficial, separating. 



643. A. sobrius Fr. — Pileus 6-10 mm. (3-5 lin.) broad, honey- 

 colour, disc darker, becoming pale, slightly fleshy, convex, obtuse, 

 well formed, smooth, even, moist, scarcely viscid, very slightly 

 silky, veil pruinose, fugacious. Stem 4 cent, (i^ in.) long, 2 mm. 

 (i lin.) thick, fistulose, slightly firm, moderately tough, straight or 

 slightly bent, equal, pallid w^\v2cc^s., ferruginous-fuscous down- 

 wards, occasionally sprinkled with slightly silky whitish spots 

 (from the veil). Gills broader behind, obtusely adnate, somewhat 

 distant, plane, 3 mm.. {1% lin.) broad, paler than the pileus. 



The pileus is not bibulous and hygrophanous. Its habit is that of A.fur- 

 turaceus, but it differs by many marks, and especially by the veil being so 

 obsoletely squamulose, that traces of it appear 07ily in the younger state (on 

 the margin of the pileus and stem), wherefore it is rather to be looked for 

 among Gy77i7ioti. 



On the ground in mixed woods. Rare. Sept. -Oct. 



In ' Hym. Eur.' Fries describes the gills as crowded, as " saffron-yellow-pal- 

 lid " and "whitish at the edge." In my specimens they were scarcely crowded. 

 The edge is whitish in var. dispersus. Name — sobrius, sober. Not bibulous ; 

 not imbibing moisture. Fr. Mo7iogr. i. p. 382. HyTn. Eur. p. 263. B. &= 

 Br. n. 912. C. Hbk. n. 367. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 340. 



