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cous, wholly adnate, very broad behind, triangular, rigid, arid, crowded. 

 Flesh cinereous, thin at the margin. Spores black purple, "elliptical, 

 14-16 x 7/x"Massee. Commonly solitary. On trunks in beech woods, 

 and amongst grass and leaves near chestnut trees. Nov. Rare. 



1172. P. foenisecii (Pers.) Fr. (== Psathyra foenisecii (Pers.) Quel.) 

 Cke. Illus. no. 608, t. 590. Foenisecia, hay-harvest. 



P. 1-5-2-5 cm., pale fuliginous fuscous, or brown, becoming pak from 

 the disc outwards in drying, fleshy, campanulato-convex, obtuse, 

 smooth, slightly wrinkled in very dry weather. St. 5-7-5 cm. x 2- 

 4 mm., rufescent, at first paler and white pulverulent, somewhat 

 pubescent, then naked, equal, rigid fragile, tense and straight. Gills 

 inclining to fuscous, livid fuscous at the sides, then umber, adnate, ven- 

 tricose in front, hence appearing broadly emarginate, subdistant, edge 

 white. Flesh whitish, thin at the margin. Spores cinereous purple, 

 almond-shaped, 12-15 x 7-9/z. Cystidia on edge of gill cylindrical, 

 flexuose, apex obtuse, 4-7 /z in diam., base ventricose, 29-42 x 9-1 1/z. 

 Taste mild. Edible. Pastures, lawns, heaths, and roadsides. Feb. 

 Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1173. P. clivensis B. & Br. Cke. lUus. no. 1183, t. 969. 



Clivensis, belonging to a hill. 



P. 2-3 cm., pallid brown, then pallid ochre inclining to white, sub- 

 hemispherical, smooth, sprinkled with shining particles; margin striate. 

 St. 2-54 cm. x 2-3 mm., whitish, nearly equal, base slightly clavate, 

 somewhat silky. Gills umber, edge white, adnate, widely emarginate, 

 45 mm. broad, ventricose in front. Flesh brownish, becoming whitish, 

 thin. Spores cinereous purple, broadly elliptical, 9-10 x 6-7 /z, 1-2- 

 guttulate. Heaths, and pastures. June Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1174. P. catervata Massee. Catervata, crowded. 

 P. 1-1-5 cm., snow white, campanulate, obtuse, smooth, satiny. 



St. 4-5 cm. x 2 mm., white, equal, usually rather wavy, shining, brittle. 

 Gills grey, then brown with a tinge of purple, edge white, slightly ad- 

 nexed, rather broad, crowded. Flesh white, rather thick. Spores 

 brown with a purple tinge, elliptic-oblong, 12 x 4ju,. Densely fascicu- 

 late. On the ground. Oct. Rare. 



P. spadiceo-grisea (SchaefL) Boud. = Psathyra spadiceo-grisea (Schaeff.) 

 Fr. 



Spores black, or blackish. 



Panaeolus Fr. 

 (Travaio\o<$, all variegated.) 



Pileus slightly fleshy, regular, viscid, or dry, margin exceeding the 

 gills. Gills adnate, or adnexed, variegated with the dark spores. 

 Spores black, or fuscous black, elliptical, oblong ovate, boat-shaped, 

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