378 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



riigiilose in dry weather, pale smoky-broAvn or liroAvu, 

 becoming pale. Gills adnate, but ventricose in front and 

 thns appearing emarginate, rather distant, not thin, brownish, 

 Ijright brown, then umber. When half dry the disc becomes 

 pale, (Fries.) 



Psilocybe clivensis. B. & Br. 



Pilens abont 1 in. across, hemispherical, pale brown then 

 pale ochraceous or almost white, even, atomate, margin 

 striate ; gills broad, adnate, Avidel}!' emarginate, broadest in 

 front, subdistant, nmber, margin white ; stem about 1 1 in. 

 high, 1 line thick, subequal, fistulose, somewhat silky, base 

 subclavate ; spores nmber, 1 x 5 /a. 



Agaricus (Psilocyhe) clivensis, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 916, pi. xiv. f. 3; Cke., Hdbk., p. 212; Cke., Illustr., 

 t, 969. 



On the ground. 



When fully developed whitish, plane or even a little 

 depressed, margin indistinctly striate. 



Psilocybe catervata. Massee. 

 Densely fasciculate ; pileus -i— §• in. across, campanulate, 

 olituse, snow-white, even, glabrous, satiny, flesh rather thick, 

 white; stem about 2 in. long, 1 line thick, equal, usually 

 rather wavy, hollow, white, shining, brittle ; gills slightly 

 adnoxed, rather broad, crowded, grey then brown with a 

 tinge of purple, edge entire, white; sj)ores elliptic-oblong, 

 smooth, brown with a purple tinge, 12 x 4 fx; cystidia 

 fusiform, 60-70 X 12 /x. 



On the ground; Carlisle, Oct. 1887. (Dr. Carlyle.) 

 Not closely allied to any knoAvn species ; distinguished at 

 once by the densely fasciculate liabit and the shining snow- 

 white pileus and stem. Eescmbling in size and crowded 

 mode of growth, Galcra conferta, but distinguished by the 

 purple gills and spores, and the pure white pileus at all 



ages. 



HYPHOLOMA. Fries, (figs. 9, 10, 14, 16, p. 351.) 



Pileus more or less fleshy, margin at first incurved; stem 

 central, its substance continuous with that of the pileus; 

 veil interwoven, adhering in torn fragments to the margin 



