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Agaricus (Psilocybe) Jiebes, Persoon, Myc. Eur. 3, t. 28, f. 5 ; 

 Fries, Syst. Myc. i. p. 293; Cke., Hdbk., p. 212; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 589 B. 



On trunks, leaves, &c. 



Pileus lurid, i.e., a dingy obscure olive, pale and even 

 when dry, rather viscid when moist. Pileus rather rigid, as 

 are also the gills. 



Commonly solitary; rigid and firmer than Psilocybe 

 murcidus. Stem cartilaginous, rigid, hollow, l|-;2 in. long, 

 2 lines thick, equal, even, glabrous, naked, whitish. Veil 

 absent ! Pileus rather fleshy, convex then expanded, obtuse, 

 1 in. broad, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, rather viscid, 

 lurid, and with the margin slightly striate when moist; 

 pale and even when dry. Gills very broad behind, 

 triangular, entirely adnate, crowded, dry, white then 

 brownish. Eeadily known by the form of the gills. 

 (Fries.) 



Psilocybe foenisecii. Pers. 



Pileus |-1 in. across, campanulato-hemispherical then 

 more or less expanded, obtuse, dingy brown with a rufous 

 tinge, pale ochraceous when dry ; flesh thin, dingy ; gills 

 adnate, ventricose, hence looking as if broadly emarginate, 

 scarcely crowded, 2-3 lines broad, umber-brown; stem 

 2-3 in. long, about 1 line thick, even, glabrous, brownish 

 then paler, not rooting, hollow ; spores elliptic-fusiform, 

 10 X 5-6 p. 



Agaricus (Psilocybe) foenisecii, Persoon, Icon. Descr., t. 11, 

 f. 1 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 212 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 590. 



Amongst grass in fields, lawns, &c. 



Scattered or in small groups. Rigid, fragile, pileus dark, 

 drying from the apex downwards. Stem straight or often a 

 little flexuous, somewhat resembling superficially Panaeolus 

 2Japilionaceus, but much smaller, and differing in the umber 

 gills and spores. 



With somewhat the habit of Panaeolus, but the gills are 

 not variegated and the spores are umber. Stem hollow, 

 straight, rigid, fragile, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, 

 naked, rufescent, at first paler and powdered with white, 

 subpubescent. Veil absent. Disc of the pileus more 

 especially fleshy, campanulato-convex, obtuse, dry, glabrous, 



