338 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On dung and amongst grass by roadsides, &c. 



Stem 1 in. long, (" up to 3 in."), whitish, fuscous below, 

 base incrassated. Pileus large in proportion, fleshy-clay- 

 colour, (" foxy- violet " Seer.), margin at first crenulated. 

 (Fries.) 



Panaeolus fimicola. Fr. 



Pileus ^-f in. across and high, slightly fleshy, campanu- 

 lato-convex, obtuse, glabrous, opaque, dingy grey when 

 moist, paler and yellowish when dry, with a narrow brown 

 encircling zone near the margin ; gills adnate, 2 lines or 

 more broad, grey, variegated with smoky -black ; stem 2-4 in. 

 high, 1 line or more thick, equal, fragile, whitish, powdered 

 with white meal upwards, hollow. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus) fimicola, Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 301 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 221 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 632 B. 



Agaricus varius, Bolton, t. 66, f. 1. 



On dung and in rich pastures, &c. 



Stem soft, fragile, obsoletely silky-striatulate, 2-4 in. long. 

 Pileus when moist commonly smoky-grey, when dry greyish 

 clay-colour, sometimes discoid. Gills semi-ovate with a 

 minute decurrent tooth. (Fries.) 



Panaeolus cinctulus. Bolton. 



Pileus 12^- in. across, campanulate, then expanded, smooth, 

 even, reddish cinnamon colour with a band ^ in. broad of 

 a dark brown colour near to or quite up to the margin; 

 flesh i in. and more thick at the disc, gradually tapering to 

 the margin of the pileus, which extends beyond the gills ; the 

 dark brown colour of the band on the pileus permeates the 

 flesh ; gills rather close, free, ventricose, 2 lines and more 

 broad, dusky-black ; stem 3-5 in. high, 2 lines and more 

 thick, equal, hollow, dingy brown within and without. 



Agaricus cinctulus, Bolton, Hist. Fung. Halifax, p. 152, 

 t. 152. 



Panaeolus fimicola, var. cinctulus, Cke., Hdbk., p. 221. 



On dunghills. The above description is drawn up from 

 Bolton's figure and description, and appears to be quite 

 distinct from any described species. The fungus is probably 

 a Panaeolus as suggested by the margin of the pileus being 

 continued beyond the gills, but the flesh is thicker than 

 usual in the Melanosporae. 



