376 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



obsolctelj fibrillose, apex rather mealy, almost the same 

 coloiir as the pilcus. Pileus rather fleshy, convex then 

 plane, obtuse, 1-2 in. broad, even, glabrous, when moist (not 

 viscid) ferruginous with a lurid aspect, becoming pale dingy 

 clay-colour when dry. Flesh whitish. Gills adnexed with 

 a decurrent tooth, ventricose, 2 lines broad, crowded, from 

 dingy clay-colour becoming cinnamon-umber. (Fries.) 



Psilocybe cernua. Fl. Dan. 



Pileus f-i in. across, rather ileshy, campanulato-convex, 

 then more or less expanded, glabrous, hygrophanous, rugu- 

 lose when dry, pallid ; stem 2-4 in, long, 2 lines thick, about 

 equal, flexuoj^e, whitish, glabrous, rather mealy at the apex ; 

 gills adnate, slightly ventricose, not very close, I line broad, 

 greyish-white, then dark-bro^vn. 



A(jaricu8 cernnus. Mull, in Flor. Danica, t. 1005 ; Cke., 

 ndbk., p. 212; Cke., lUustr., pi. 574; Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 302. 



On the ground, on leaves, rotten wood, &c. 



Commonly caespitose. Intermediate between Psailiyra and 

 Psilocybe, rather fragile. Pileus liecoming pallid, pellucidly 

 striatulate, naked from the first, veil absent. 



Differs from all forms of Psilocyhe sjyadicea in the gills never 

 assuming a flesh-coloured tinge. Stem hollow, 2 in. and more 

 long, about 2 lines thick, equal, terete, rigid, fragile, 

 glabrous, white, apex rather mealy, sometimes curved, when 

 the pileus becomes cernuous. Veil none ! Pileus rather 

 fleshy, fragile, campanulate then expanded, obtuse, 1-2^ in. 

 broad, glabrous (or atomate under a lens), pale livid when 

 moist, when dry white and rugulose. Gills adnate, at first 

 linear, then ventricose, scarcely crowded, 1-2 lines broad, 

 at first white then greyish-black. Spores with no trace of a 

 ferruginous tinge. (Fries.) 



Psilocybe hebes. Pers. 

 Pileus l-l in, across, rather fleshj', convex and obtuse, 

 then expanded, smooth, margin finely striate, hygrophanous, 

 lurid, pale when dry ; gills adnate but cut out behind so as 

 to be almost triangular, crowded, pale then brown ; stem 

 about 1 in. long, ecpial, IJ, lino thick, glabrous, whitish, 

 hollow, often slightly incurved at the base ; sj)ores elliptical, 

 14-16 X 7 /x. 



