GALERA. 147 



On dung and on the ground. 



Readily known by the long, tapering rooting base of the 

 stem. 



Galera conferta. Bolton. 



Densely crowded ; pileus |- in. across, thin, conico-cam- 

 panulate, striate, hygrophanous, fuscous when moist, ochra- 

 ceous or whitish with the disc only coloured when dry; 

 gills slightly adnexed, rather distant, 1 line or more broad, 

 white, then pale ochraceous-brown ; stem 1-2 in. long, up to 

 1 line thick, silky, shining, naked, whitish, with a long, 

 equal, rooting base. 



Agaricus confertus, Bolton, Fung. Halifax, p. 41, t. 41 ; 

 (drawn in the dry stage); Cke., Hdbk., p. 181; Cke., 

 lllustr., pi 463n. (Copied from Bolton.) 



In stoves. Very much crowded and very fragile. Not 

 seen since Bolton's time. 



Galera spartea. Fr. 



Pileus ^- j in. across, flesh very thin, campanulato-convex 

 then expanded, obtuse, hygrophanous, watery ferruginous 

 and pellucidly striate when moist, pale tan and even when 

 dry; gills broadly adnate, crowded, plane, about 1 line 

 broad, dark cinnamon; stem 1-2 in. long, scarcely 1 line 

 thick, minutely hollow, smooth, polished, rigid, cinnamon 

 above, darker below, straight. 



Agaricus (Galera) sparteus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 266; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 184; Cke., lllustr., pi. 48U. 



Agaricus atro-rufus, Bolton, pi. 51, f. 1. 



Amongst grass, moss, &o. 



Very brittle, gregarious. Somewhat resembling G. tenera, 

 but smaller, and having the pileus more expanded at 

 maturity, and the stem, although straight, is flexile or in- 

 clined to form a very slight, long curve, but not flexuous, 

 i.e., with short repeated curves. 



Galera pygmaeo-affinis. Fr. 



Pileus 1-1 in. across, almost membranaceous, campanulate 

 then expanded, dry, not striate, but slightly corrugated in 

 a reticulate manner, brownish or honey- coloured tan ; gills 

 slightly adnexed, almost free, crowded, thin, very narrow, 

 margin quite entire, tan-colour when young, rusty-ochre 



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