134 AGARICINI. 



380. Agaricus (Galera) sparteus. Fr, " Meadow Galera." 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, convex, then expanded, 

 obtuse, livgrophanous, dry, even, smooth ; stem slender, rigid, 

 flexible, smooth; gills adnate, cro\vded, plane, cinnamon coloured. 

 -^Fr, Ep.p. 20G. Bolt, t 51,/. 1. 



Amongst moss in meadows. Rare. 



Pileus 5 lines broad, cinnamon, striate and pellucid when moist, when dry 

 tan-coloured. Stem 1-2 in. long, polished, smooth, base darker, of a brightish 

 brown. 



Sect. 4. HypnophilcB — amongst moss. 



381. Agaricus (Galera) embolus. Fr. "Heath Galera." 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, obtuse, radiato-striate, 

 hjgrophanous ; stem very smooth, shining, thickened upwards ; 

 gills adnate, triangular, thick, very distant, cinnamon. — Fr. 

 Epicr.p. 207. 



Amongst heath. 



When moist shining, reddish tawny, when dry ochraceous. Stem 2 in. 

 long, yellow, manifestly thickened upwards, smooth, naked. Pileus ^ in. 

 broad, hygrophanous. 



382. Agaricus (Galexa) hypnorum. Batsch. " Moss-loving 



Galera." 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, suhpapillate, smooth, 

 striate, hygrophanous ; stem slender, flexuose, lax, of the same 

 colour, apex pniinose; gills adnate, rather distant, broad, lax, at 

 length plane, cinnamon-yellow. — Fr. Epicr.p. 201 . Batsch. f. 96. 

 Sow. t. 282. Bull. t. 560,/. i. C.E. Eng. Fl. Y.p. 100. 



Amongst moss. Common. [United States.] 



Pileus 2-3 lines broad, conico-campanulate, of a beautiful tawny brown 

 when moist, or sometimes reddish, the striate margin only when dry retain- 

 ing its original hue, the rest pale, flesh thick in the centre, turning pale 

 like the pileus. Gills ventricose, adnexed or adnate, tawny, rather broad. 

 Stem 1 in. high, filiform, minutely fistulose, paler than the pileus, pruinose. 

 —M. J. B. 



383. Agaricus (Galera) sphagnorum. Pers. " Bog-moss 



Galera." 



Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, smooth, striate, yellow- 

 ochraceous, disc broad ; stem long, slender, sub-fibrillose, tawny, 

 gills adnate, subdistant, broad. — Pers. S?/n.p. 3S6. Bull.t.660j 

 /. H. B. ^' Br. Ann. N.H. 1865, no. 1008. 



