OMPHALIA 433 



1403. 0. grisea Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 78, fig. 1. Grisea, grey. 

 P. 1-2 cm., livid grey, then hoary, submembranaceous, campanu- 



late, then convex, subpapillate and at length slightly umbilicate, 

 smooth, striate. St. 5-7 cm. x 2 mm., whitish-cinereous, slightly firm, 

 smooth, shining, longitudinally brittle, apex slightly thickened, base 

 white-floccose. Gills whitish-grey, shortly decurrent, distant, broad, 

 rather thick. Spores white, elliptical, 6-9 x 4/t, 1-guttulate. Woods, 

 and hedgerows. Aug. Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



1404. 0. fibula (Bull.) Fr. Quel. Jur. et Vosg. i, t. 4, fig. 3. 



Fibula, a pin. 



P. 4-20 mm., generally orange-yellow, becoming pale when dry, 

 membranaceous, campanulate, then umbilicate, and finally infun- 

 dibuliform, smooth, striate when moist. St. 3-4 cm. x 1-2 mm., con- 

 colorous, bristle-like, weak, often pubescent under a lens. Gills whitish, 

 or yellowish, deeply decurrent, broad, distant. Spores white, ellip- 

 tical, 3-4 x 2jLt. Cystidia "on edge of gill sparse, subulate" Rick. 

 Woods, pastures, heaths, and charcoal heaps. Jan. Dec. Common. 

 (v.v.) 



var. nivalis Fl. Dan. (= var. Candida Sacc.) Fl. Dan. t. 1072, fig. 2. 



Nivalis, snowy. 



Differs from the type in the whitish, or yellowish p. and white, or 

 tinged with orange yellow st. Amongst moss, and on charcoal heaps. 

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



var. Swartzii Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 75, fig. 4, as Omphalia setipes var. Fr. 



0. Swartz. 



Differs from the type in the firmer, at length plane p. with umbilicate, 

 fuscous disc, and in the whitish st. externally and internally violaceous 

 at the apex. Spores white, elliptical, 4-5 x 2-5-3 /x. Cystidia fusiform, 

 apex subcapitate, 8-9/z in diam., base ventricose, 50-55 x 12-14/a. 

 Amongst moss, short grass, and on charcoal heaps. Aug. Dec. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



1405. 0. directa B. & Br. Directa, straight. 

 White, very slender. P. 1-3 mm., nail-shaped, apex plane. St. 



2-5 cm. x 1 mm., slightly rufous, filiform, ascending, clothed with long* 

 hairs towards the base. Gills deeply decurrent. Spores white. On dead 

 leaves. May Nov. Rare. 



1406. 0. pseudo-directa W. G. Sm. Cke. lUus. no. 266, t. 251, upper 

 figs., as Omphalia directa B. & Br. 



^61/8779, false ; directa, Omphalia directa. 



P. 2 mm., white-pruinose. St. 12 mm. x 2//,, white, mealy-granular 

 below, springing from a white, fioccose, evanescent disc or volva. Gills 

 white, then saffron, few, adnate, pruinoso-sparkling. On Encephalartos 

 cone. May. Rare. 



