144 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



f CONOCEPHALI. 



Pileus conico-campatmlate, hygrophanous, almost even, 

 atomate when dry; stem straight; gills ascending, rather 

 crowded ; veil absent. 



ft BRYOGENI. 



Pileus memt>ranaceous, campanulate, striate, glabrous, 

 hygrophanous, even when dry, opaque, and somewhat silky ; 

 stem slender, lax, not perfectly straight ; gills broad, adnate 

 with a small decurrent tooth ; slender, growing among moss ; 

 veil very fugacious. 



Iff ERIODERMEI. 



Pileus submembranaceous, veil evident, superficial, dis- 

 appearing, at first silky or squamulose, especially near the 

 margin. 



t CONOCEPHALI. 



Galera lateritia. Fr. 



r Pileus 1 in. or more high, somewhat cylindrical then cam- 

 panulate or conical, obtuse, hygrophanous, pale yellowish 

 and the margin faintly striate, even and whitish ochre when 

 dry, membranaceous ; gills adnexed, nearly free, veiy narrow, 

 crowded, tawny- ferruginous ; stem 3-4 in. long, li line thick, 

 slightly thinner upwards, straight, fragile, whitish, frosted 

 with white meal, hollow; spores 11-12 X 5-6 /A. 



Agaricus (Galera) laieritius, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 265 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 183 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 460. 



In rich pastures, &c. 



Allied to G. ovalis, but clearly distinguished by the narrow, 

 ascending gills. Very fragile. 



Galera tenera. Schaeff. figs. 5, 6, p. 3.) 

 Pileus |~ f in. high and broad, thin, conico-campanulate, 

 obtuse, hygrophanous, entirely pale ferruginous when moist, 



