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  A 
  PLAIN 
  ANL 
  EASX 
  ACC0UN1 
  

  

  In 
  Naucoria 
  the 
  stem 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  cartilaginous 
  character 
  

   on 
  the 
  outside, 
  and 
  the 
  pileus 
  or 
  cap 
  is 
  bent 
  or 
  turned 
  

   inwards. 
  A 
  very 
  common 
  little 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  noticed 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  pasture, 
  having 
  a 
  

   fleshy 
  hemispherical 
  pileus 
  ; 
  whence 
  its 
  specific 
  name 
  

   of 
  semi- 
  orbicularis 
  is 
  derived. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  sub-genus 
  Galera, 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   bell-shaped, 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  is 
  straight. 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  sub-genus, 
  Crepidotus, 
  has 
  an 
  eccentric 
  

   pileus, 
  which 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  others. 
  This 
  

   completes 
  the 
  series 
  with 
  rust-coloured 
  or 
  tawny 
  spores. 
  

   It 
  will 
  have 
  been 
  remarked 
  that 
  in 
  all 
  this 
  series 
  there 
  

   does 
  not 
  occur 
  a 
  single 
  species 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  food 
  ; 
  still 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  which 
  

   may 
  he 
  eaten 
  without 
  injury. 
  Although 
  interesting 
  to 
  

   the 
  mycologist, 
  our 
  space 
  will 
  not 
  permit 
  us 
  to 
  give 
  

   mure 
  than 
  this 
  brief 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  features 
  

   of 
  the 
  groups 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  series 
  is 
  subdivided. 
  

  

  Succeeding 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  PratelljE, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   Agarics 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  spores 
  are 
  brownish-purple 
  or 
  

   brown, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  foremost 
  sub-genus 
  is 
  Psalliota 
  

   (from 
  psalion, 
  Gr., 
  a 
  ring), 
  having 
  the 
  veil 
  affixed 
  to 
  

   the 
  stem, 
  and 
  forming 
  a 
  ring. 
  In 
  this 
  group 
  we 
  en- 
  

   counter 
  the 
  mushroom 
  of 
  the 
  English, 
  the 
  Pratiola 
  of 
  

   the 
  Italians, 
  or 
  the 
  A. 
  campestris 
  of 
  botanists 
  (PI. 
  8, 
  fig. 
  

   2). 
  "May 
  he 
  die 
  of 
  a 
  pratiola 
  !" 
  is 
  the 
  worst 
  wish 
  that 
  an 
  

   Italian 
  can 
  express 
  for 
  an 
  enemy. 
  Hence 
  we 
  may 
  learn 
  

   (he 
  small 
  esteem 
  in 
  which 
  our 
  general 
  favourite 
  is 
  held 
  

   by 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  of 
  fungi-eaters 
  in 
  Europe. 
  Were 
  

   this 
  species 
  to 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  Ilnue 
  for 
  sale, 
  it 
  

  

  