Bolbitius 



AGARICACE^ 



211 



961. C. filiformis B. & Br. (from the thread-like stem ; Jihim, a 



thread) a. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, grey, white-mealy; mid. sienna. St. 



pallid or white. G. linear, adnate, blackish. 

 On the ground in woods. Sept. £ x T 5 g X ■£% in. 



j. Hemerobice. 



962. C. hemerobius Fr. (from the length of its life — one day ; Gr. 



hemera, a day, bios, life) a. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, umber. St. smooth, pallid. G. adnate, 

 linear, blackish. 



Damp, shady, rich grassy places, roadsides, etc. ; rare. Sept.-Oct. 



if X 5 X ^ in. 



k. Basipedes. 



963. C. platypus Berk, in Cooke (from the basal disc ;. Gr. plains, 



broad, pons, a foot) a. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, white, then ochreous ; mid. umber. 



St. even, whitish. G. free, narrow, distant, white. 

 Palm-stems in conservatories. T 3 5 X T 5 ff X 3 \ in. 



XLIII. BOLBITIUS Fr. 

 (From a frequent habitat of the species • Gr. bolbiton, cow-dung.) 



Veil rudimentary, indicated by squamules on the pileus or stem, 

 or obsolete. Hymenophore distinct from the stem. Pileus moist, 



Fig. 52. — A, Bolbitius Boltonii Fr. ; B, B.fragilis Fr., entire and in section. 



One-half natural size. 



mucid or viscid, fleshy-membranous to membranous, at first conical 

 or ovate with the margin adpressed to the stem, usually yellow or 



p 2 



