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AGARICACE/E 



Naucoria 



naked, flocculose, squamulose, silky or atomate; margin at first 

 incurved, not usually striate. Stem normally central, cartilaginous, 

 fistulose or spongy-stuffed, simple or imperfectly annulate. Gills 

 free or adnate, not decurrent. Spores ferruginous. (Fig. 37.) 



Fig. 37. — A, Naucoria Cucumis Gill. ; B, N. porrighiosa Karst. 

 Entire and in section ; one-half natural size. 



The species grow on the ground or are epiphytal, sometimes 

 rooting ; they are mostly small in size and brown in colour. 



Naucoria corresponds in structure with Collybia, Leptoraa, and 

 partially with Psilocybe and Panceolus. Species 703 — 746 



a. Gymnotce. Pileus smooth. Veil obsolete, except 711 and 717. 



Spores ferruginous, not becoming fuscous-ferruginous, 



except 712. 

 Gills usually free or slightly adnexed. 703 — 716 



Pileus convexo-plane. Gills usually adnate. 717 — 721 



Pileus campanulate, then expanded, except 722 and 723. 



Gills usually adnate. 722 — 728 



b. Phceotce. Pileus naked. Veil potential, but rarely manifest ; 



when visible, in the form of a fugacious cortina. Gills 



and spores fuscous-ferruginous. 

 Growing in fields and on plains, except 730. 

 Growing in moist uncultivated woody places. 



c. Lepidotce. Pileus flocculose or squamulose. 



Spores ferruginous, except 744. 

 Pileus with separating, superficial squamules. 

 Pileus with innate squamules. 

 Pileus without scales, silky or atomate. 



729—734 

 735—738 



Veil manifest. 



739, 740 



741—744 



745, 746 



