OMPHALIA 427 



polished, often wavy. Gills pallid, decurrent, crowded. Flesh white, 

 very thin. Spores white, elliptical, 5 x 3/u,. Smell fragrant, of anise. 

 Amongst grass. Bare. 



1378. 0. caespitosa (Bolt.) Cke. (= Omphalia oniscus Fr. sec. Quel.) 

 Cke. Illus. no. 258, t. 209, lower figs. Caespitosa, tufted. 



P. 1-2-5 cm., yellowish-white, opaque white when dry, submembrana- 

 ceous, sulcate nearly to the disc, convex, subhemispherical, umbilicate ; 

 margin crenate. St. 1-2 cm. x 3 mm., concolorous, generally curved, 

 base subbulbose. Gills whitish, shortly decurrent, very broad, very 

 distant, triangular. Spores white, "subglobose, 6 x 5/i" W. G. Sm. 

 Moors, and on peat in sandy heaths. May Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1379. 0. glaucophylla (Lasch) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1153, t. 959, fig. B. 



yXavfcos, pale green; <J>v\\ov, a leaf. 



P. 1 cm., mouse colour, becoming pale when dry, membranaceous, 

 infundibuliform, plicato-striate, hygrophanous, slightly smooth. St. 

 10-15 x 2-3 mm., concolorous, firm. Gills olivaceous, decurrent, lan- 

 ceolate, subdistant. Spores white, "nearly comma-shaped, 4-5 x 

 2ju," Rick. On the ground in woods. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1380. 0. rustica Fr. Cke. lUus. no. 1153, t. 959, fig. C. 



Rustica, belonging to the country. 



P. 1 cm., fuscous, then grey and striate when moist, becoming either 

 fuscous, or silky and hoary when dry, membranaceous, umbilicate at 

 the disc, otherwise convex. St. 10-15 x 1 mm., fuscous, then grey, 

 polished, equal, often thickened upwards, base white, villose. Gills 

 grey, decurrent, thick, subdistant, edge arcuate. Flesh white, thin at 

 the margin. Spores white, elliptical, 8-10 x 4-5/u, often curved, 2- 

 many-guttulate. Woods, and pastures. Aug. Oct. Common, (v.v.) 



1381. 0. scyphifonnis Fr. crtcixfros, a cup;/orma, shape. 

 Entirely snow-white. P. 5-20 mm., membranaceous, convex, then 



infundibuliform, pellucid ; margin striate, crenulate. St. 3-4 cm. x 

 2 mm., flexuose, apex thickened. Gills very decurrent, distant, thin. 

 Spores white, elliptical, 8 x 4/>t, 1-guttulate. Flesh white, very thin 

 at the margin. On bare ground, and amongst moss in deciduous woods. 

 Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1382. 0. alutacea Cke. & Massee. (= Clitocybe alutacea Cke. & 

 Massee.) 1 Alutacea, like tanned leather. 



P. 10-15 mm., tan-coloured, membranaceous, convex, then um- 

 bilicate; margin incurved. St. 3-4 cm. x 1-2 mm., rather paler than 

 the pileus. Gills paler than the pileus, decurrent, narrow, crowded, 

 arcuate. Spores white, elliptical, 6 x 4/>t. Amongst grass, and moss 

 in woods. Sept. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1 By an oversight this species was described under Clitocybe (no. 823), but 

 its correct position is here. 



