338 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On dung and amongst grass by roadsides, &c. 



Stem 1 in. long, (" up to 3 in."), whitish, fuscous below, 

 base incrassated. Pileus large in proportion, fleshy-clay- 

 colour, (" foxy- violet " Seer.), margin at first crenulated. 

 (Fries.) 



Panaeolus fimicola. Fr. 



Pileus l-^l in. across and high, slightly fleshy, campanu- 

 lato-convex, obtuse, ghilirous, opaque, dingy grey when 

 moist, palei- and yellowish when dry, with a narrow brown 

 encircling zone near the margin ; gills adnate, 2 lines or 

 more broad, grey, variegated with smoky-black ; stem 2-4 in. 

 high, 1 line or more thick, equal, fragile, whitish, powdered 

 with white meal upwards, hollow. 



Agaricm (Panaeolus) fimicola. Fries, Syst, Myc, i. p. 301 ; 

 Cke., Ildbk., p. 221 ; Cke., Illustr., pL 632 b. 



Agaricus varius, Bolton, t. GQ, f. 1. 



On dung and in rich pastures, &c. 



Stem soft, fragile, obsoletely silky-striatulate, 2-4 in. long. 

 Pileus when moist commonly smoky-gre}-, when dry greyish 

 clay-colour, sometimes discoid. Gills semi-ovate with a 

 minute decurrent tooth. (Fries.) 



Panaeolus cinctulus. Bolton. 



Pileus 1-2 .\ in. across, campanulate, then expanded, smooth, 

 even, reddish cinnamon colour Avith a band 5—5- in. broad of 

 a dark brown colour near to or q^^ite up to the margin ; 

 flesh \ in. and more thick at the disc, gradually tapering to 

 tlie margin of the pileus, which extends beyond the gills ; the 

 dark brown colour of the band on the pilens permeates tlie 

 flesh ; gills rather close, free, ventricose, 2 lines and more 

 broad, dusky-black ; stem 3-5 in. high, 2 lines and more 

 thick, equal, hollow, dingy brown within and without. 



Agarkus cinctulus, Bolton, I^i.^t. Fung. Halifax, p. 152, 

 t. 152. 



Panaeolus fimicola, var. cinctulus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 221. 



On dunghills. Tlie above description is drawn up from 

 Bolton's figure and description, and appears to be (juite 

 distinct from any described s]>eGies. The fungus is probably 

 a Panaeolus as suggested by the margin of the pileus being 

 continued Vicyonil the gills, but the flesh is thicker than 

 usual in the Melanosporae. 



