Galera AGARIC ACE^£ 1 63 



750. G. ovalis Gill, (from the semi-oval pileus) a b c. 



P. ferruginous to dull yellowish. St. colour as P., at first 

 imperfectly annulate. G. adnexo-ascending or free, ferruginous. 

 Amongst grass, on dung ; uncommon. Sept. -Oct. i| x 4J X £ in. 



751. G. antipus Quel, (from the sinuous, rooting base differing from 



the straight stem ; Gr. anti, opposite, pons, a foot) a b c. 



P. expanded, hygrophanous, atomate, deep ochreous to whitish ; 



marg. paler. St. attenuate below, the rooting base long, 



tortuous, tan-ochreous, sometimes with an imperfect A. G. 



adnexo-ascending, cinnamon. Spores rubiginous. 



Single. Gardens, dung, newly made lawn ; rare. Mar. -Aug. if X 2\ x £ s in. 

 Rooting base 2 in. 



752. G. conferta Gill, (from the crowded habit ; confertus, 



crowded) a. 

 P. somewhat acutely pointed, white ; mid. yellowish-brown. St. 

 solid, shining white. V. downy, fugitive. G. ascending, 

 adnexed or free, crowded, pale brownish. Spores fuscous- 

 ferruginous. 



Csespitose. Amongst tan in hothouses. Nov. Withering and becoming 

 like soft paper in decay. Resembles 41 in habit. 



752a. G. spicula Quel, (from the atomate pileus ; spiculum, a little 

 hard point) b. 

 P. membranous, conico-campanulate, then expanded, smooth, 

 hygrophanous, striate when moist, flocculose and atomate when 

 dry, brown-ochre. St. hollow, thickened below, densely white- 

 floccose. G. adnate, ventricose, ochreous then cinnamon. 

 Coco-nut fibre. Nov. | X I X ^ in. 



753. G. spartea Quel, (from the rigid grass-like stem; spartum, 



esparto-grass) a b. 



P. expanded, ferruginous-cinnamon, becoming paler ; marg. 



striate when moist. St. smooth, whitish. G. adnate, darker 



than P. 



Gregarious. Amongst short grass and moss. Sept. \ X 2.\ X £% in. 

 Sometimes wholly whitish-orange. 



754. G. pygmseoaffinis Quel, (from its resembling Naucoria 



pygmeea, but differing in the elongate stem) a b. 



P. flat, reticulato-wrinkled fuscous, honey-colour or tan. St. 



shining-white. G. adnexo-free, ferruginous-ochreous. 



Tree-shaded walks, amongst grass, in a cucumber house, base of trunks. 

 Nov. I§ X i\ X y 1 ^ in. 



b. BryogencB. 



755. G. vittseformis Que'l. (from a fancied resemblance in the striate 



margin to a head-band or chaplet, vitta) a. 

 P. brown ; mid. sometimes paler. St. bright rusty-brownish. V. 



almost obsolete. G. adnato-ascending, colour as St. 

 Amongst moss. Nov. | x 2§ X j^ in. 



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