74 AGARICACE/E Mycencc 



c. Rigidipedes. 



307. M. eohserens Gill, (from the adherent stems ; cohce.ro, to stick 



together) a c. 



P. campanulate, broadly umbonate, pale umber, cinnamon or 



orange-brown ; mid. darker : marg. striate. St. even, smooth, 



shining whitish above, downy and ochreous-whitish to dark 



brown below. G. rounded-free, distant, white to yellowish or 



greyish. Flesh brown. 



Sometimes solitary. Brambles, pine-leaves, etc., on the ground. Oct.-Feb, 

 1 1 x 4 j X § in. Resembles 313 (var. calopus). 



307a. M. Berkeleyi Mass. (after the Rev. M. J. Berkeley) a. 



P. campanulate, expanded, subumbonate, hygrophanous, dull 



brown ; um. darker and brighter, paler when dry ; marg. striate. 



St. with a tapering, rooting base, somewhat striate, dull pale 



brownish with a purple tinge. G. adnato-sinuate with a 



decurrent tooth, subdistant, ventricose, thin, tinged purplish or 



flesh-colour. Flesh pale flesh-colour, tinged purplish. 



Solitary or subcsespitose. Tree-trunks. 3^X5X^in. Rooting base, 2^ in. 

 May be the same as 309. 



308. M. prolifera Gill, (from the stem, sometimes densely pro- 



liferous with small individuals at the base) a b. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, broadly umbonate, pale umber ; marg. 

 sulcate. St. ventricose, splitting, white. G. adnexed or adnate, 

 white. 



Inodorous, at length nauseous. Woods and gardens, on gravel, near bushes. 

 Sept. -Oct. i|x6x T 3 ^ in. There is a white variety. 



309. M. exeisa Gill, (from the cut-out gills) a c. 



P. expanded, umbonate, brown ; mid. darker. St. as in 308, pale 



brown, white above. G. adnexed or sinuato-free, thick, 



distant, hoary, veined, white, pale brown or purplish. 



Woods, trunks, sometimes on the ground. Sept.-Oct. 2§ x 4 X ^ in. 

 "V 'at . fagetorum Karst. Small, amongst beech-leaves. 



310. M. psammieola Sacc. (from its habitat ; Gr. psammos, sand) a. 

 P. hemispherical, sprinkled with minute particles, brown ; marg. 



whitish. St. solid, rooting, white pulverulent on a brownish 

 ground. G. adnate, white. 

 Sandy banks amongst moss. Sept. | X i|x ■£% in. 



311. M. rugosa Quel, (from the wrinkled pileus ; ruga, a wrinkle) a b, 

 P. expanded, subumbonate, pale grey-brown ; mid. brownish. 



St. subventricose, colour as P. G. adnato-toothed, whitish. 

 Tasteless or at length slightly bitter. On and near stumps ; common. 

 July-Dec. ih X 3§ X \ in. Very tough and dry. 



312. M. sudora Gill, (from the viscid pileus; sudor, sweat) a b c. 



P. campanulate, umbonate, whitish, livid-biscuit or brownish. St, 



colour as "P. G. adnate, white, flesh-colour or yellowish-white. 



Usually solitary. Stumps, beech. Aug.-Nov. i§ X 5J X J in. Colour 

 often like 350 or 1228. 



