HYMENOMYCETES. 



96 A. Candollianus. Fries. 9 — 3. 2 — 3. I — \. 



Pileus thin, delicate, convex, then nearly pfene, dirty white ; 

 gills fi-ee, very narrow, white, then pink; stem striate. Under 

 hedges early in Autumn. Eainhill. Croxteth. 



Sub-gems PSILOCYBE. 

 Bigidi — stem brittle ; pileus hygrophanous. 



97 A. sPADicEus. Fries. Ep. 4 — 5. 1 — 3. 2 lines. 



Pileus soon fully expanded, centre tawny brown, margin 

 appearing striate ; gills dark purple brown ; stem glossy 

 white, umber within; densely tufted. A. stipatus. E. F. On 

 stumps. 



var. b. E.F. 4. 1 broad and high. 1 line. 



Pileus campanulate ; gills ascending, gi-eyish brown. Solitary. 

 Lanes and gardens. 



var. c. E.F. 2. 2. 2—3 lines. 



Pileus nearly plane, ochraceo-fuscous ; gills clouded ; stem 

 mealy. Garden of I. Byerlj'', Esq., Seacombe. 



Tenaces — stem flexible; pileus viscid when moist. 



98 A. SEMiLANCEATUS. Fries Ep. 2 — 5. ^ broad, f high. 1 line. 



Pilous conico-canipanulate with an apiculate umbo, margin 

 often contracted, pale ochraceous, viscid or shining; stem 

 tough. Spores elliptic, a hilum at each end. '0006. Very 

 common in pastures, and by way sides. 



Sub.genus PSATHYRA. 



99 A. FiBRiLLOSUS. Pers. 3. 1 broad, f high. 2 lines. 



Pileus thin, semioval, fibrillose, hygi-ophanous ; gills grey, at 

 length dark; stem squamulose. Hangsdale's Wood. Knowsley. 



Suhgenus PANiEOLUS. 



100 A. SEPARATUS. 3 — 6. 1 — 1^ broad and high. 1 — 1^ lines. 



Pileus semioval, opiaque, glazed, clay-coloured, often marked 

 with shallow wrinkles and covered with a sooty film ; gills 

 ascending, nearly black, A. semiovatus. E.F. Common in 

 pastures on dung. 



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