Eccilia 



AGARICACE.*: 



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540. N. vereeunda Gill, (from its appearance ; verecundus, modest) a. 

 P. convex, umbonate, watery-reddish. St. faintly ochreous. 



G. adnate, salmon-white. Spores reddish. 

 Densely gregarious or in troops. Amongst short grass. Sept. fx^X^in. 



541. N. ecelestina Gill, (from the colour of the pileus, sometimes 



azure ; caelum, the sky) a. 

 P. convex, umbonate, pale slate. St. colour as P. G. adnate, 



salmon-grey or hoary-white. Spores faintly rosy. 

 Woods, pine ; on wood, rotten oak. Oct. \\ X 2\ x \ in. 



541a. N. exilis Quel, (exilis, small). 



P. membranous, conical, expanded, glabrous, striate, livid grey 

 to lilac ; mid. papillose, darker. St. hollow, glabrous, tough, 

 apex naked, greyish-green. G. adnexed, subcrowded, whitish 

 with a tinge of pink. 



Amongst grass, leaves, etc., under beeches, pines ; in swamps. §X3X^ l i in. 

 Allied to 526, but more slender and delicate. 



542. N. rubida Sacc. (from its frequent reddish tinge) a b c. 



P. convex, subumbilicate, greyish or faintly ruddy. St. attenuate 

 below, colour as P or paler. G. adnate, rose. 



Odour of new meal. Amongst grass in a conservatory. Mar.-Nov. 

 I X h X j in. 



543. N. rhodospora Sacc. & D. Sacc. (from the rose-coloured 



spores) a b c. 

 P. convex, sooty-fibrillose or rufescent-pilose. St. subbulbous, 



white. G. sinuate or free, salmon or rose. 

 On earth and wooden borders in stoves. May-Sept. I x \\ X ^ in. 



XIX. ECCILIA Quel. 



(From the hollowed out or depressed pileus ; Gr. ekkoiloo, 



to hollow out.) 



Veil represented by pruina, fibrillar or dot-like scales. Hymeno- 

 phore confluent with but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. 



B 



Fig. 28. — a, section of Eccilia atropuvcta Gill. 

 B, section of E. acus Sacc. Natural size. 



