344 FUNGUy-FLORA. 



Agaricus {Psathyrclla) jjronus, Fries, Ei)ier., p. 239; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 223; Cke., Illustr., pi. G5G A. 



Amongst grass. Often tufted, fragile. 



Stem filiform, lax, j-et fragile, 1] in. long, apex obsoletely 

 liruiuose, remainder very glabrous. Pileus 4-G lines broad, 

 smoky, hoary when dry. Gills siibtriangular, margin some- 

 times obsoletely rosy. Spores very black. (Fries.) 



Var. Smithii, ]\Iass. Pileus 2 lines across, hemispherical, 

 stem 1?, in. high, filiform, pallid, gills broad in proportion. 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. G56 b. 



On the ground in woods (Worth. G. Smith). 



Stem distinctly fistulose, ] ', in. long, filiform, flexuous, 

 lax, equal, very smooth, apex pruinose under a lens, becoming 

 pallid. I'ileus membranaceous;, campanulate, then hemi- 

 S})herical, very ol>tuse, 4— C lines broad, glabrous, pellucido- 

 striate, hygrojihorus, fuliginous when moist, hoary when 

 dry, obsoletely minutely silky-atomate. Gills adnate, plane, 

 subtriangular, distant, 2 lines broad, livid-fuliginous, spotted 

 with black with the spores. (Fries.) 



Psathyrella empyreumatica. B. & Br. 



I'ileus Ij, in. across, expanded, hygrophanous, atomate, 

 rufous, becoming pale, margin crenate ; gills 2 lines broad, 

 connected by veins, thick, distant, adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, rufous, then brown-purple, margin pale; stem 2-2?, in. 

 high, ]}, lines thick, minutely fistulose, silky-furfuraceous, 

 pale. Strong-scented. 



Agaricus (PsailijireJld) nnjryrpnmnticiis, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. 

 Hist, n. 12G2; Cke., lldbk.,"p. 223; Cke., Illustr., t. G57 A. 



On a wooden pavement. 



Resembling Ag. confragosiifi (= Pholioia confragosa) so 

 closely that, till tlie spores were observed, it was taken for 

 that species. (B. »t Br.) 



Psathyrella atomata. Fr. 

 Pileus ab(jut 1 in. across, submembranaceous, campanulate, 

 obtuse, then expanded, indistinctly striate at the margin, 

 hygrophanous, when dry rugulose and covered with 

 glistening particles, not torn, pale oehraceons, often tinged 

 with rose-colour ; gills adnate, rather distant, about li line 

 broad, margin minutely and irregularly toothed, greyish, 



