378 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi. 



923. A. (Panseolus) sub-halteatus, n. sp. Pileo convexo car- 

 noso hygrophano cervine, sicco pallescente, zonato^ ruguloso; 

 stipite subconcolori fragili albo-fibrilloso ; lamellis brunneolis 

 adnatis subventricosis. 



In a tare-field. Apethorpe, Sept. 24, 1860. 



Csespitose. Pileus 1^-2 inches across, at first convex, with 

 the margin slightly incurved, then expanded, obtuse or slightly 

 umbonate, irregular, rather fleshy, hygrophanous, of a dull deep 

 fawn-colour, pallid when dry, slightly rugose, and marked near 

 the margin with a dark narrow zone ; veil none ; stem 2-2^ 

 inches high, 2 lines thick, fistulose, red-brown, brittle, stringy, 

 splitting longitudinally, marked with short white fibrils ; gills 

 brownish, slightly ventricose, adnate; margin white, slightly 

 toothed. Spores black. 



Closely allied to A. cinctulus, Bolt., but difi"ering in habit and 

 in many essential characters. 



924. A. (Psathyrella) pronus, Fr. Ep. p. 239. In grassy pas- 

 tures. Apethorpe, Sept. 24, 1860. 



925. Cojmnus ovatus, Fr. Ep. p. 242. In pastures. Wood- 

 newton. 



926. C. flocculosus, Fr. Ep. p. 245. In pastures. King's 

 Cliffe, Aug. 1860. 



Pileus 2i inches across, ovate, at length expanded, dirty 

 white, striate, splitting in the direction of the gills, covered with 

 innate scales, thus resembling C. picaceus ; stem 3 inches high, 

 attenuated upwards, white, slightly swollen at the base, smooth^ 

 or rather finely silky under a lens; gills free. 



As this species has not been seen by Fries, it is thought 

 better to give a description. It is not micommon in the early 

 part of the autumn, but generally solitary. 



927. C. aratus, n. sp. Solitarius, elatus; pileo campanulato 

 umbrino profunde sulcato micaceo ; disco rugoso ; stipite sur- 

 sum attenuate basi subbulboso subtiliter sericeo nivco ; lamellis 

 angustis spadiceis liberis. 



In a hollow tree. King's ClifFe, May 13, 1860. 



Pileus campanulate, 3 inches across, umber, deeply sulcate 

 np to the darker wrinkled disk, sprinkled with large micaceous 

 particles, revolute in decay; stem 5 inches high, 2^ lines thick, 

 attenuated upwards, slightly bulbous at the base, straight, 

 smooth, or, rather, minutely silky, snow-white, fistulose, umber 

 within ; gills narrow, attenuated at either end, free, deep rich 

 brown, then black. 



A magnificent species, allied to C. micaceus. Grooved like 

 Agaricus hiascens. 



*C. Hendersoni, Berk. Outl. p. 180. 



This beautiful species occurred abundantly on horse-dung at 



