80 AGARICINI. 



On old walls, banks, &c., amongst moss. [Cincinnati.] 



Pileus at length funnel-shaped, J-lin. broad, convex, reddish brown ; gills 

 broad, pale, whitish-brown, distant, decurrent ; stem ^-^ in. high, thickish, 

 usually sub-incurved, pale-brown, solid. — Grev. 



220. Agaricus (Omphalia) unxbellifezus. L. " Common 



Omphalia." 



Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, convexo-plane, ob- 

 conic, brittle, radiato-striate, when dry becoming pallid, eren, 

 silky ; margin at first inflexed, crenate ; stem sub-fistulose, equal, 

 base downy ; gills decurrent, very distant, broad behind. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 125. Heel. Obs. t. 3. Holms, ii. t. 34. Fl. Dan. t. 1015, 

 t. 1672,/. 1. Buxb. ii. t. 50,/. 4. Fng. Fl. Y.p. 65. Bet^k. Ann. 

 N.H.no.267. 



In swamps, exposed pastures, &c. Common. [Cincinnati.] 



Subgregarious. Pileus |-1 in. broad, depressed in the centre, margin de- 

 flexed, and sometimes waved, striate, whitish, whitish-brown, or yellow, 

 darker when moist; gills broad towards the stem, whitish, decurrent; stem 

 ■|-1 in. high, about 1 line thick, whitish or yellowish, paler below, and pubes- 

 cent.— Cr're^-. Spores -0001 X '00012 in. 



221. Agaxicus (Omphalia) rufulus. B. <^- Br. " Pieddish 



Omphalia." 



Pileus umbilicate, reddish-grey, growing pale, somewhat mealy ; 

 stem of the same colour, shining ; gills decurrent, rather thick, 

 forked, flesh-coloured. — Ann. Nat. Hist. Oct. 1848, j-j. 260, no. 325. 

 Berk. Outl.p. 132. 



On an exposed common, amongst Polytrichum. Hanham, 

 near Bristol. 



Pileus i in. across, at first convex, soon expanded, and umbilicate, sub- 

 carnose, reddish grey or buff, at length pale, minutely mealy, margin crenu- 

 late ; stem \ in. high, 1 line thick, flexuous, same colour as the pileus, smooth, 

 shining, solid ; gills decurrent, rather thick, flesh-coloured, especially towards 

 the margin, forked, rather distant, interstices veiny ; spores oblong, oblique, 

 with somewhat the aspect of A. laccatus. — M. J. B. 



222. Agaricus (Omphalia) stellatus. Sow. "Stellate 



Omphalia," 



White. Pileus membranaceous, convex, umbilicate, smooth, 

 silky, diaphanous ; stem somewhat stuffed, equal, fragile, base floc- 

 coso-radiate ; gills decurrent, thin, broad,very distant. — Fr. Epicr. 

 p.l2Q. Eng.Fl.Y.p.64.. Soiv.t. 107. Ann.N.H.no.268. 



On sticks, decayed herbaceous stems, &c. Oct. 



Gregarious. Pileus 4 lines broad, striated; gills thin; stem scarcely 1 in. 

 high, stuffed, incurved, hvittle.— Fries. 



