372 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



the base; pileus ratliev umbonate, rather silky and yellow 

 wheu dry, gills scarcely decurrent. (Fries.) 



Psilocybe atro-rufa. Schaoff. 



PilcTis .1-1 in. across, rather fleshy, bemispherico-convex, 

 obtuse, then expanded, glabrous, margin slightly striate, 

 dark rnfons or purple-brown, pale when dry, even ; gills 

 subdecurrent, 2 lines broad, plane, becoming umber ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, 1^, line thick, equal, straight, or wavy, pale 

 bay then Avhitish, hollow ; spores elliptical, purple-brown, 

 10-12 X 6 /x. 



Agariciis (Psilocyhe) atro-ruftis, Schaeff., t. 234; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 211 ; Cke., Ilhistr., pi. 571. 



On the ground in woods, Sec. 



Fries says that there are two forms : (a) Stem librillose ; 

 on the ground in woods, (h) Stem short, glabrous; in 

 sunny places amongst gravel. 



Stem fistulose, thin, scarcely 1 line thick, equal, at first 

 subtibrillosus, then glabrous, pale bay, apex rather mealy ; 

 pileus slightly fleshy, obtTise, hemispherico-convex, glabrous, 

 in full vigour of growth the margin is striate, dark rufjus 

 or purple-brown, when dry becoming very pale and without 

 striae. Gills adnate, subdecurrent, triangular, plane, umber 

 or purple-umber. (Fries.) 



*** Gills almost linear, ascending. 



Psilocybe compta. B. & Br. 



i'ileus J-1] in, across, conico-campanulate, then becoming 

 expanded, pale ochraceous and atomate when dry, scarcely 

 rugulose, striate, margin at first iiiflexed, crenulate ; gills 

 distant, ventricose, broad, aduate, \iiiiber with a rosy tinge; 

 stem 2 in. high, 1-1 A lines thick, flexuose, glabi'ous, silky 

 and shining, not stiiate above, below very' pale rufous, 

 fistulose ; spores pur})le-br()wn. 



A(jaricu8 {Fsilocyhc) compiitliis, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 917, t. xiv. f. 3; Cke., Ildbk., p. 211; Cke., Illust., 

 t. 589 A. 



In woods amongst grass. Our only pale Psilocyhe with a 

 distinctly striate margin and subumbonate pileus. 



