158 AGARIC ACEiE Naucoria 



726. N. sideroides Gill, (from the colour of the stem, like oxide of 



iron ; Gr. sideros, iron, eidos, appearance) a c. 



P. subumbonate, subviscid, pale yellowish to cinnamon ■ marg. 

 slightly striate. St. slightly attenuate downwards, white above, 

 becoming yellowish or ferruginous. G. with a tooth, some- 

 what cinnamon. 



Stumps, trunks, chips, ash ; rare. Oct. -Nov. \\ X 2§ x T ^ in. 



727. N. badipes Sacc. (from the brown stem ; badins, bay-brown, 



pes, a foot) a b. 

 P. umbonate, tan to cinnamon ; mid. darker ; marg. striate. 



St. ferruginous, fuscous-blackish below, base white-floccose. 



G. ventricose, pale yellowish-ferruginous. 

 Under larches. Oct.-Nov. i£ x 3 X ^g in. 



728. N. nasuta Sacc. (from the shape of the umbo ; 7iasutus, with a 



conspicuous nose) a b. 



P. acutely umbonate, ochreous to citron- or greenish-ochreous ; 



marg. striate ; mid. orange or sienna. St. equal, flexuous, 



smooth, even, yellow, ferruginous below. G. broadly adnate, 



then rounded adnate, subcrowded, pallid, then brownish. 



Flesh thin, citron-lemon, ferruginous in St. 



Gregarious. Swampy places under trees. Autumn. 1^ x if X ^ in. 

 Massee regards the British form as a distinct species, N. hydrophila. 



b. Phesotee. 



729. N. vervaeti Quel, (from its habitat ; vervaetum, fallow ground) a c. 

 P. plane, subviscid, light yellow ; mid. darker. St. smooth, 



whitish. G. adnate, toothed, ferruginous-fuscous. Flesh white. 

 Pastures, gardens ; uncommon. May-Nov. i£ x if X J in. 



730. N. triseopus Sacc. (from the hair-like stem; Gr. thrix, a hair, 



pons, a foot) a. 

 P. convexo-plane, umbonate, bay-brown to ochreous. St. flexuous, 



ferruginous. G. adnate or adnexed, subcrowded, dark 



ferruginous. 

 Copses, rotten wood, old wood in cellars. Autumn. \ X \\ X -^ in. 



731. N. pediades Quel, (from its frequent habitat ; Gr. pedion, a 



plain) a b c. 

 P. plane, obtuse, rimoso-rivulose, yellow or somewhat buff. 



St. with a small basal bulb, colour as P., paler above and below. 

 G. adnexed or adnate, subdistant, dull cinnamon. Flesh whitish. 

 Pastures, lawns, roadsides, etc. ; frequent. July-Nov. \\ X 2§ X ^ in. 



732. N. arvalis Quel, (from its habitat ; arvum, a cultivated field) a be. 

 P. plane, subviscid, subrugose, tan-buff. St. enlarged downwards, 



rooting, or branched-rooting, colour as P., furnished with an 

 arachnoid A., when young. G. adnexo-sinuate, subdistant, 

 warm-umber. 

 Taste disagreeable. On the ground, sea-sands. July. i£ x if X £ in. 

 Rooting base ij in. 



