Psathyra AGARICACE^: 191 



a. ConopilecB. 



872. P. elata Mass. (from its long stem ; elatus, tall) a b. 



P. even, glabrous, atomate, dark brown, pale ochreous when dry. 



St. hollow, silky-shining, white. G. broadly adnate, crowded, 



purplish-brown. 

 Amongst grass, on hedge-banks. Aug. 2 x 7§ X ^ in. 



873. P. eonopilea Que'l. (from the conical pileus) a b c. 



P. even, smooth, whitish, greyish-brown or umber with marg. 



tan. St. attenuate upwards, whitish, silvery-lustrous. G. 



slightly adnexed, subventricose, dark slate or fuscous-purple. 



Grassy places, gardens, ditch-bottoms, under beeches ; rare. Sept. -Nov. 

 l % X 4§ x I in - Stem sometimes 6| in. long. Var. sttperba W. G. Sm., 

 Agaricus superbus Jungh. larger. P. chestnut-brown to buff. 



874. P. mastigera Sacc. (from the breast-like shape ; Gr. mastos, 



the breast, gero, I bear) a b. 

 P. acutely umbonate, dark chestnut-brown, umber-tan when dry. 



St. fibrillose, furfuraceous or smooth, white. G. narrow, 



umber. Flesh pale brown. 

 Amongst grass, roadsides. July-No v. £ X 3§ X \ in. 



875. P. glareosa Sacc. (from the habitat, gravelly soil ; glareosus, 



gravelly) a. 

 P. obtuse or umbonate, minutely tomentose, atomate, striate, 



grey ; mid. pale chestnut. St. brown, white fibrillose. G. 



broadly adnate, umber. Flesh brown. 

 Gravelly soil after wet weather. June, f X 2\ x jg- in. 



876. P. eorrugis Quel, (from the pileus, at length wrinkled ; comigis^ 



having folds) a b c. 



P. subumbonate or obtuse, smooth, substriate, whitish, pale rose, 



ochreous-tan or pale umber. St. smooth, colour as P. G. 



adnato-ascending or somewhat sinuate, pale, then purple-black 



or dark slate. 



Pastures, grassy places, open places in woods, amongst grass and sticks, old 

 manure patches ; frequent. April-Jan. if x 3^ X T 3 g- in. Stem some- 

 times 5 in. long. Var. vinosa Mass. P. rosy-vinous half-way up. Var. 

 gracilis Mass. more slender than type. 



876a. P. pellosperma W T . G. Sm., Agaricus fiellospermus Cooke 

 (from the dark coloured spores • Gr. J>ellos, dark coloured, 

 sperma, a seed) a. 

 P. subcampanulate or subovate, even, then striate, sometimes 

 rugose, white or ochreous-white, becoming fuliginous with age. 

 St. fistulose, naked, nearly equal, white or as P. G. broad, 

 free, much narrowed at the tips, cinereous, then fuliginous, at 

 length black. Flesh thin, white. 

 On the ground. Autumn, ig X 4& X £ in. 



