OMPHALIA 431 



current, segment-like, distant. Spores white, elliptical, "6-7 x 3-4 p,, 

 or 8-10 x 4-5 /x" Sacc. Amongst moss on lawns, and in short pas- 

 tures. July Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1395. 0. griseo-pallida (Desm.) Fr. (= Omphalia griseola (Pers.) 

 Quel.) Griseo, grey; pallida, pallid. 



P. 5-10 mm., fuscous-grey, then becoming hoary, slightly fleshy, con- 

 vex, then plane, umbilicate, smooth, slightly shining; margin deflexed. 

 St. 8-12 x 2 mm., fuscous, firm, equal, or thickened upwards, smooth. 

 Gills concolorous when moist, darker when dry, decurrent, broader be- 

 hind, distant, rather thick. Flesh fuscous, thin at the margin. Spores 

 white, pip-shaped, or elliptical with an oblique basal apiculus, 

 9-11 x 6-7 fj,, 1-guttulate. On the ground, rubbish heaps, and mossy 

 wall tops. Sept. Dec. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1396. 0. albidopallens Karst. 



Albido, whitish; pallens, becoming pallid. 



P. 1 cm., hyaline white, or pallid, convex, orbicular, slightly um- 

 bilicate, pellucidly striate. St. 3-4 cm. x 1-2 mm., pallid. Gills 

 pallid, adnate, decurrent, crowded. Spores white, elliptical, 4-5 x 

 3ju,. Amongst moss. Aug. Sept. Rare. 

 0. bibula Quel. = Hygrophorus Wynniae B. & Br. 



1397. 0. stellata Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 262, t. 241, bottom figs. 



Stellata, set with stars. 



Entirely white and diaphanous. P. 6-10 mm., membranaceous, 

 convex, umbilicate, striate, smooth. St. 2-2-5 cm. x 1 mm., filiform, 

 equal, fragile, the dilated base strigoso-radiate. Gills decurrent, distant, 

 broad, thin. Spores white, "subglobose, irregular, 4-6 /z, or 6-8 x 

 3-5 p" Sacc. On twigs, dead wood, and herbaceous stems. Feb. 

 Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



II. P. at the first campanulate, margin straight, pressed to the stem. 

 A. Gills broad, perfect, unequal. 



1398. 0. campanella (Batsch) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 263, t. 273, top figs. 



Campanella, a little bell. 



P. 1-2 cm., yellow-ferruginous, hygrophanous, membranaceotfs, 

 tough, campanulate, then soon convex, umbilicate, striate. St. 2-5- 

 3 cm. x 2 mm., date brown, horny, rigid, polished, attenuated, rooted^ 

 apex paler; base tawny, strigose. Gills yellow, deeply decurrent, some- 

 what crowded, prominently connected by veins. Spores white, elliptical, 

 "8-9 x 3-4 IJL" Maire. Caespitose. On stumps of firs. Aug. Sept. 

 Not uncommon, (v.v.) 

 var. badipus Fr. Badius, bay; TTOU?, foot. 



Differs from the type in the thickened base of the st. being clothed 

 with ferruginous down. 



