PANAEOLUS. 337 



both forms the stem is often studded with drops of water in 

 rainy weather. (Fries.) 



Panaeolus caliginosus. Jungh. 



Pileus about J} in, high and -},- in. broad, rather fleshy, 

 obtuse, even, smooth, brown ; gills slightly adnexed, 1 .} lines 

 broad, ascending, lanceolate, smoky-black ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1 line or more thick, equal, naked, coloured like the pileus, 

 straight, hollow ; spores elliptical, blackish, 10 X 6-7 fx. 



Agariciis caliginosus, Junghuhn, Linnea, vol. v. t. vi. f. 13. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus') caliginosus, Fries, Hvm. Eur., p. 312; 

 Cko., Hdbk., p. 220; Cke., Illustr., pi. OSIa". 



In open pastures amongst grass, &c. Distinguished 

 amongst the smaller species of Panaeolus by the brown 

 pileus and stem. Fries says that he has seen a very delicate 

 veil present in this species. 



**** Pileus not viscid, ivith a dark-coloured marginal zone. 



Panaeolus sub-balteatus. B. & Br. 



Caespitose. Pileus li-2 in. across, convex with mai-gin 

 slightly incurved, then expanded, obtuse or slightly umbo- 

 nate, rather fleshy, hygrophanous, dull, deep fawn-colour, 

 paler when dry, slightly rugose, marked near the margin 

 Avith a dark, narrow zone ; gills brownish, slightly ventricose, 

 adnate, margin white, serrulate ; stem 2-2^ in. high, 2 lines 

 thick, fistulose, red-brown, brittle, longitudinally fibrous, 

 with short white fibrils ; veil none ; spores black. 



Agaricus (^Panaeolus) sub-halt eatus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., n. 923 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 220 ; Cke., Illustr., t. 631b. 



On the ground. The dark zone appears to depend on the 

 amount of moisture in the pileus. 



Panaeolus acuminatus. Fr. 



Pileus H-l in. across, rather fleshy, conical, ajoex subacute, 

 even, glalarous, shining, yellowish clay-colour with a flesh 

 tinge, with a dark encircling zone near the uneven margin ; 

 gills adnexed, 1] line broad, ventricose, crowded, at length 

 black; stem l-li in. long, 1^ line thick, equal, pale upwards, 

 brownish towards the base, pruiuose, hollow. 



Agaricus (^Panaeolus) acuminatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 237 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 220 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. G32a. 



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