NAUCORIA. 161 



Naucoria sideroides. Bull. 



Pileus |-1 in. broad, flesh very thin, white, campanulate, 

 then expanded, umbonate, glabrous, viscid, yellowish- 

 cinnamon, ochraceous-tan and rather shining when dry, 

 margin entire, incurved when young ; gills adnate with a 

 decurrent tooth, narrow, crowded, pale ochraceous then 

 cinnamon; stem 2-3 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, slightly 

 attenuated upwards, even, glabrous or sprinkled with white 

 powder at the apex, pallid then yellowish, ferruginous down- 

 wards, base at length brownish ; spores elliptical, pale yellow, 

 8-10 X 4-6 IJL. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) sideroides, Bull., t. 588 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 178 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 458A. 



On trunks, chips, &c. 



Stem sometimes hollow, at others stuffed. Gills adnate 

 with a decurrent tooth, sometimes sinuate, and hence un- 

 cinately adfixed. A terrestrial form differs in being paler 

 and honey-colour. (Fries.) 



Naucoria triscopoda. Fr. 



Pileus up to ^ in. across, flesh thin, at first hemispherical, 

 obtuse, then convexo-plane, umbo prominent, even, glabrous, 

 fine bay-colour when moist, ochraceous when dry, always 

 opaque; gills adnate, plane, thin, somewhat crowded, dark 

 ferruginous; stem J 1$ in. long, not 1 line thick, equal, 

 curved or flexuous, glabrous, opaque, ferruginous, base 

 umber, stuffed then minutely hollow ; spores elliptical, 

 6-8 x 3-4 fi. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) triscopus, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 375; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 178 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 458s. 



On old wood. 



Gregarious or scattered. With the habit of Galera spartea, 

 but most nearly allied to species of Naucoria. 



jt PHAEOTI. 

 * Pediades. Growing in cultivated places. 



Naucoria vervacti. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, fleshy, convexo-plane, slightly 

 umbonate, even, glabrous, viscid, shining when dry, pele 



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