

GALERA 407 



var. sphaerobasis v. Post. <r<f>aipa, a globe; j3d<ris, base. 



Differs from the type in the smooth stem, and bulbous base. Grassy 

 places. 



1304. G. lateritia Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 127, fig. 2. Lateritia, brick-red. 

 P. 1-2-5 cm., ferruginous, or pale yellowish, ochraceous when dry, 



hygrophanous, membranaceous, acorn-shaped, then campanulate, ob- 

 tuse, smooth; margin slightly and densely striate when moist. St. 

 7-11 cm. x 2 mm., whitish, attenuated upwards, tense and straight, 

 very fragile, even, white pruinose. Gills cinnamon, or tawny ferruginous, 

 adnexed, then free, ascending, very narrow, almost adpressed to the 

 st. Flesh white, thin. Spores ochraceous, " elliptical, with a flattened 

 germ-pore, 12-15 x 8-10)Lt, smooth. Cystidia on edge of gill basidia- 

 like; apex prominent, small, stalked, capitate" Kick. Rich pastures, 

 and grassy places. June Oct. Rare. 



1305. G. tenera (Schaeff.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 518, t. 461, upper figs. 



Tenera, tender. 



P. 1-2 cm., pallid ferruginous, becoming pale when dry, hygropha- 

 nous, submembranaceous, conico-campanulate, smooth, slightly striate 

 when moist, opaque, somewhat atomate, or pulverulent. St. 7-5- 

 10 cm. x 2 mm., concolorous, fragile, equal, or when larger thickened 

 downwards, tense and straight, somewhat shining, striate upwards, pul- 

 verulent. Gills cinnamon, adnate, then free, ascending, linear, somewhat 

 crowded. Flesh yellowish, slightly reddish in the st., thin. Spores pale 

 ferruginous, elliptical, with a flattened germ-pore, 14-15 x 8-9/t. 

 Cystidia on gill edge flask-shaped, apex subglobose, or obtuse; 18- 

 20 x 9-10 x 4-6/z, at apex. Woods, pastures, roadsides and gardens. 

 April Dec. Common, (v.v.) 



1306. G. pilosella (Pers.) Rea. Cke. Illus. no. 518, t. 461, lower figs., 

 as Galera tenera Schaeff. var. pilosella. Pilosella, hairy. 



P. 1-5-2 cm., ferruginous, becoming paler when dry, hygrophanous, 

 submembranaceous, hemispherical, densely covered with short, erect 

 hairs. St. 4-5 cm. x 2 mm., concolorous, equal, densely covered with 

 short, erect hairs. Gills ferruginous, margin paler, adnexed, then free, 

 ventricose, 4-5 mm. wide, subdistant. Flesh of p. whitish, concolorous 

 in the stem. Spores pale ferruginous, elliptic oblong, 13-15 x 8/Lt. 

 Basidia broadly clavate, 20-25 x 12-14/4, with 2-4-sterigmata. Cys- 

 tidia on gill edge only, sparse, fusiform, apex globose ; 20-22 x 9-10 x 

 4-5/A at apex. Amongst grass in pastures and on rotten wood. 

 March Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1307. G. flexipes Karst. Flexus, bent; pes, foot. 

 P. 11-5 cm., ferruginous, ochraceous when dry, fleshy membrana- 

 ceous, campanulate, obtuse, pellucidly striate when moist. St. 2- 



