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lines thick, attenuated upwards, white, smooth or fibrillose 

 and purpuraceous, fistulose, paler than the pileus ; spores 

 elliptical. 



Agaricus (Psathyra') mastiger, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 921; pi. xiv. f. 6; Cke., Hdbk., p. 213; Cke., Illustr., 

 t. 591 A. 



Amongst grass on roadsides, &c. Allied to P. conopileus, 

 but known by the large mammiform umbo and the rich 

 brown colour when moist. 



Psathyra glareosa. B. & Br. 



Pileus cainpanulate, obtuse or umbonate, J in. across, grey, 

 apex pale chestnut, striate, very minutely tomentose ; gills 

 broad behind, adnate, umber ; stem 1-2 in. high, 1 line 

 thick, fistulose, brown with white fibrils. 



Agaricus (Psaihyra) glareosa, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 2011 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 213 ; Cke., Illustr., t. 591 B. 



On gravelly soil after wet weather. Flesh brown, espe- 

 cially close to the gills. 



Psathyra corrugis. Pers. 



Pileus 12 in. across, submembranaceous, campanulate, 

 umbonate, rather radially rugulose, very pale ochraceous 

 often tinged with pink ; gills sinuate, adnexed, ventricose, 

 violet black; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, 

 smooth, white, hollow; spores elliptical, 12-14 x 6 p.. 



Agaricus corrugis, Pers., Syn., p. 424 ; Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 305; Cke., Hdbk., p. 214; Cke., Illustr., pi. 576. 



In pastures. 



Pileus 1 in. or more broad, turning pale, corrugated when 

 dry. Gills broad. Stem 2-4 in. high, 1-2 lines thick, 

 smooth ; cottony at the base. (Fries.) 



Far, vinosus. Corda in Sturm, 19, t. 4. Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 592. 



Pileus with a rosy tinge, stem short. 



In gardens, &c. 



Var. gracilis. Bull., t. 561, f. 1 ; Agaricus pellospermus, 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 577. 



More slender than the type. 



The above varieties appear to be nothing more than mere 

 forms of the type species. 



