HTME^^OJIYCETES. 



Tomentosi — scales of the pileus floccose, or easily se2Mrating. 



106 C. FiMETARius. L. 4 — 6. 1 — 9. 2 lines. 



Pileus very delicate, semi-transparent, soon inverted, plicate, 

 squarrose, grey ; apex bald ; gills linear ; stem scaly. Spores 

 broadly fusiform. -00043. A. cinereus. E.F. On compost, 

 sawdust, and by way .sides ; common. 



107 C. NIVEU.S. Pers. 2 — 4. i. i line. 



Pileus conico-campanulate extremely delicate, soon inverted, 

 covered with snowy-white powder. On horse-dung. Rainhill. 

 Eastham. 



Micacei — -jnleus covered with glittering granules. 



108 C. MiCACEUs. Bull. 9 — 5. 1 — li broad and high. 2 hnes. 



Pileus half oval, striate, furrowed, frosted, fawn, apex darker, 

 margin grey. Roots, bottom of posts, and under trees ; very 



Series II. Veliformes- 



Cyclodei — stem furnished with a volva, or a ring. 



109 C. HENDERSONi. Berk. 1 — 1^. 2 — 4 lines. | line. 



Pileus very fragile ; stem furnished with a graceful (moveable ?) 

 ring. Rare. Pasture, Rainhill, on horse-dung. October, 1856. 



g b. Lanatvli— pileus covered with superficial flocci. 



110 C. RADiATUs. Bolt. 1. 1 — 2 lines. \ line. 



Pileus furrowed, often split into many segments ; pale brown. 

 On horse-dung, in a plantation, Rock Ferry. 



Furfwrelli—furfuraceoihs or micaceous ; apex of the stem generally dilated 

 into a ring. 



Ill C. EPHEMERUS. Bull. 1 — 3. \ — ]. 1 Une. 



Resembling G. fimetarius, smaller ; gills more distant : stem 

 smooth. Dungy places near the coast. Crosb}-. New Brighton. 



112 C. PLiCATiLis. Sow. 1 — 3. I — 1. 5 line. 



Pileus delicate, plicate, gTey, the folds beautifull}- radiating 

 from a tawny disc, which at length is depressed ; gills fixed to 

 a ring round the apex of the stem. In grassy places ; common. 



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