STROPHARIA. 399 



thick, flexuoge, smooth, dark bine, fistulose ; ring incomplete,, 

 distant ; gills adnate, broad, cinnamon-brown ; spores ellipti- 

 cal, brown, 7 X 4 /A. 



Agaricus (Stropharia} Worthingtoni, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 

 286. 



Agaricus (Stropharia) albo-cyaneus, Smith & Saund., pi. 29, 

 f. 1-5 (not of Desmaz.). 



On the ground, in pastures, &c. Allied to Stropharia albo- 

 cyanea, but distinguished by the yellow pileus and the firmer, 

 larger stem. 



Stropharia inuncta. Fr. 



Pileus -1 in across, slightly fleshy, convex or campanulate 

 then expanded, rather umbonate, even, glabrous, soft, at first 

 covered with a livid-purplish glutinous pellicle that dis- 

 appears leaving the pileus pale ; gills adnate, 1^ line broad, 

 ventricose, pale then dilute brown : stem 2-3| in. long, 1^ 

 line thick, flexuous, soft, white, silky-fibrillose below the 

 distant, imperfect, fugacious ring, stuffed or hollow ; spores 

 elliptical, 8 x 6 //,. 



Agaricus (Stropharia) inunctus, Fries, Elenchus, p. 40 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 198 ; Oke., Illustf., pL 534. 



Amongst grass. Fries distinguishes two forms : 



Lundensis, pileus convex then expanded, stem stuffed. 



Upsaliensis, pileus convex then plane, distinctly umbonate, 

 stem hollow. 



Gregarious, subcaespitose. Stem fistulose, 3 in. long, 

 thin, equal, sometimes flexuous, often decumbent, very soft, 

 dry, white, silky-fibrillose below the distant, fugacious ring. 

 Pileus fleshy, convexo-plane, subumbonate, pelliculose, one 

 rarely 2 in. across, viscid, glabrous, pale yellow, but livid 

 purple from the dense gluten with which it is at first covered, 

 margin slightly striate. Flesh thin, soft, white. Gills 

 adnate, with a decurrent tooth, 3 lines broad, scarcely 

 crowded, whitish then brownish. Spores purple-brown 

 (Fries.) 



Stropharia coronilla. Bull. 



Pileus 1-1 1 in. across, fleshy, hemispherical then expanded, 

 even, slightly viscid, tawny-ochraceous, becoming pale, 

 margin at first whitish and slightly floccose from the veil ; 



