1 62 AGARIC ACE^E Galera 



a. Conocephalce. Veil obsolete. Pileus usually conico-cam- 



panulate, hygrophanous, somewhat even, when dry dotted 

 with soft particles. Stem tense and straight. Gills ascend- 

 ing, inserted at the top of the cone, somewhat crowded. 



746a— 754 



b. BryogencB. Veil cortinate, fugacious. Pileus membranous, 



campanulate, striate, smooth, hygrophanous, even when 

 dry, opaque, very slightly silky. Stem thin, lax, flexile, 

 slender. Gills broadly and planely adnate, broad, some- 

 what denticulate. Habitat amongst moss except 758. 



755—759 



c. Eriodermecz. Veil manifest, superficial, separating, at first 



chiefly round the margin, silky and squamulose. Pileus 

 somewhat membranous. 760, 761 



a. Conocephalce. 



746a. G. apala Quel, (from its habitat, rich pastures, not marshes as 



in some allied plants ; a without, pains, a marsh) a c. 



P. obtusely campanulate, submembranous, smooth, hygrophanous, 



somewhat pale warm brown, or pallid-livid to white. St 



hollow, attenuate upwards, fragile, velvety, white. G. almost 



free, somewhat narrow, ventricose, pale whitish-ochre. 



In rich grassy places. Sept. 7J X 2| X T 3 5 in. The form Sphccrobasis has 

 a smooth stem and bulbous base. 



747. G. lateritia Quel, (from its reddish-brick-colour ; later, a brick) 



a b c. 

 P. conico-cylindrical, membranous, pale yellowish to ochreous- 

 brown ; marg. striate when moist. St. shining-whitish or paler 

 than P., white-pruinose. G. adnexo-ascending, cinnamon. 



Rich pastures, grassy places ; rare. June-Oct. 1 x 4! X £ in. 



748. G. tenera, Quel, (tener, tender) a b c. 



P. submembranous, deep buff or ferruginous to whitish ; marg. 

 striate when moist. St. shining, striate above, colour as P. 

 G. adnato-ascending, cinnamon. 



Pastures, gardens, flower-pots, roadsides, grassy places in woods ; common. 

 April-Dec. I J X 4J X £ in. Var. pilosella Karst. P. pubescent ; rotten 

 wood. 



749. G. siliginea Quel, (from the colour, like bread ; siligineus, 



wheaten) a b. 

 P. campanulate, smooth, membranous, whitish to sienna-bay ; 

 when dry whitish and atomate-sparkling ; mid. sometimes 

 brown. St. subpruinose, tan-whitish, lilac or purplish, darker 

 below. G. adnato-ascending, subdistant, ochreous then bright 

 cinnamon. 



Taste none ; odour strong. Amongst short grass, road scrapings. Oct. 

 I x i\ X j£ in. G. campanulata Mass. is a form of this. 



