362 PSILOCYBE 



1145. P. atrobrunnea (Lasch) Fr. Ater, black; brunnea, brown. 

 P. 25 cm., brownish, fleshy, thin, campanulate, then convex, um- 



bonate. St. 6-12-5 cm. x 4-5 mm., paler than the p., fibrillose, apex 

 white-mealy. Gills becoming brownish, adnexed, then separating, sub- 

 distant, somewhat thick, wide. Spores dark brown, "9-12 x 5-6/x" 

 Sacc. Smell and taste of radish. Marshes amongst Sphagna. Eare. 



1146. P. nemophila Fr. 1/6/409, wood; <j>i\of, loving. 

 P. 4-10 cm., brick red, paler at the margin, fleshy, convex, 



obtuse, smooth. St. 7-10 x 1 cm., concolorous but paler, fusiformly 

 attenuated downwards, naked. Gills pallid, deeply decurrent, very 

 narrow, edge crisped and dentate. On the ground, under old trees. 

 Eare. 



1147. P. helvola (Schaeff.) Massee. Schaeff. Icon. t. 210. 



Helvola, pale yellow. 



P. 2-4 cm., tawny ochraceous, disc darker, fleshy, campanulate, then 

 expanded, obtuse, smooth, the cuticle often cracked into patches near 

 the disc. St. 4-6 cm. x 3-4 mm., white, or tinged ochraceous, equal, 

 fibrillose, often twisted ; base white, thickened, downy. Gills purplish 

 umber, clouded, edge white, adnate, then separating from the st., 

 broad, rather distant. Flesh pallid, thin at the margin. Spores 

 "purplish brown, obliquely elliptical, ends pointed, 9-10 x 4-5 /A, 

 warted" Massee. Amongst grass. Sept. Eare. 



1148. P. ericaea (Pers.) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 136, fig. 1. epeiKt), heath. 

 P. 2-4 cm., tawny ferruginous, tawny yellow, or date brown, fleshy, 



convex, then expanded, obtuse, slightly viscid when wet, dry and 

 shining when dry. St. 7-10 cm. x 2-4 mm., paler than the p., be- 

 coming yellowish, equal, tough, somewhat smooth, or silky. Gills 

 pallid, becoming blackish, adnate, narrowed behind, 6-8 mm. broad, 

 plane, edge whitish. Flesh yellow, thin. Spores fuliginous, broadly 

 elliptical, 12-14 x 7-8 /LI. Cystidia "on surface of gill sparse, clavate 

 with a prominent point, 30-36 x 9-10/i, contents yellowish, on edge 

 of gill filamentous" Eick. Heaths, and damp pastures. May Oct. 

 Common, (v.v.) 



1149. P. subericaea Fr. (= Psilocybe ericaea (Pers.) Fr. sec. Quel.) Fr. 

 Icon. t. 136, fig. 2. 



Sub, somewhat; ericaea, the species P. ericaea 

 P. 3-5 cm., tawny, fleshy, convex, then plane, smooth. St. 2-5-6 cm. 

 x 2-5 mm., becoming yellow, equal, tough, smooth. Gills pallid, then 

 fuscous purple, sinuato-adnate, 5-10 mm. broad. Flesh yellow, thin. 

 Spores fuliginous purple, elliptical, or pip-shaped, 7-8 x 4/i. Heaths, 

 and grassy places. June Sept. Common, (v.v.) 



