No. 6.] [December, 1872. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY, 

 AND ITS LITERATURE. 



BRITISH FUNGI. 



By M. C. Cooke. (Continued from p. 1±.) 



Agaricus (Mycena) ammoniacus. Fr. " Strong-scented Mycena." 



Strong scented ; pileus membranaceous, conical, then expanded, 

 umbonate, naked, discoid, opaque ; paler at the margin and striate ; 

 stem rather firm, even, smooth, dry, rooting; gills adnate, linear, 

 distinct, whitish.— Fr. Ep. p. 109. Fr. Obs. ii., p. 155. B. $ Br. 

 N. II. No. 1214. 



On the ground. Oct. Lyndhurst. 



Pileus normally brown or blackish, sometimes cinereous ; stem 

 not yellowish, 2 in. long, \ line thick. 



Agaricus (Mycena) peltatus. Fr. " Peltate Mycena." 



Pileus rather firm, convex, then plane, obtuse, densely striate to 

 the middle, disc somewhat fleshy orbicular, even, plane ; stem even, 

 smooth, villous below ; gills with a decurrent tooth, crowded, 

 ventricose, grey, with the edge paler. — Fr. S. M. i. p. 145. Fr. 

 Epic. p. 110. Br. Bath Trans. 1870, p. 64. Ag. ambustus, Seer., 

 No. 927. 



Amongst moss. Warleigh Down. 



Inodorous. Pileus f in. broad, dark brown when moist, when 

 dry becoming somewhat depressed at the centre, and paler. 

 Agaricus (Mycena) sacchariferus. B. 4' Br. " Sparkling Mycena." 



Whitish. Pileus hemispherical, stem short, filiform; gills few, 

 rather thick, sprinkled with shining granules. — B. 4' Br., Ann. 

 N.H., No. 1216. Br. Bath Trans. 1870, p. 64. 



On bramble and nettle stalks. March. Batheaston. 



Pileus 2 lines broad ; stem 2 lines high, fixed at the base by a 

 few flocci ; gills 8-9, very distant, arcuato-decurrent, their margin 

 and even the surface granulated. Allied to A. tenerrimus, which 

 has crystalline particles on the pileus, but the gills are free and 

 ventricose. B. 4' Br. 

 Agaricus (Omphalia) leucophyllus. Fr. " White-gilled Omphalia." 



Pileus submembranaceons, infnndibuliform, becoming even, not 

 floccose, dark cinereous, margin reflexed, involute ; stem stuffed, 



