ECCILIA. 241 



In pastures. 



United by Fries with Eccilia atrides, but considered distinct 

 by Berkeley and Broome. 



This appears to be quite distinct from E. atrides; the 

 stein is not nigro-punctate above, nor are the gills nigro- 

 denticulate. (B. & Br.) 



Eccilia rhodocylix. Lasch. 



Pileus about in. across, very thin, deeply umbilicate 

 or even infundibuliform, margin reflexed, hygrophanous, 

 brownish and remotely striate when moist, minutely floccu- 

 lose and grey when dry ; gills deeply decurrent, very distant, 

 broad, few, with shorter ones alternating, whitish then 

 flesh-colour ; stem up to 1 in. long, line thick, thickened 

 upwards, tough, glabrous, grey, stuffed ; spores subglobose, 

 warted, 10 p. diameter. 



Agaricm (Eccilia) rhodocylix, Lasch, no. 567; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 137; Cke., Illustr., pi. 343A. 



On rotten trunks, &c. 



Distinguished by its habit, and very distant gills. 



A remarkable and very distinct species. Stem carti- 

 laginous, tough, stuffed with soft pith, up to 1 in. long, 

 -i- line thick, thickened upwards, glabrous, grey; pileus 

 membranaceous, deeply umbilicate, or almost infundibuli- 

 form, margin reflexed, about in. across, hygrophanous, 

 brownish and remotely striate when moist, flocculose and 

 grey or whitish when dry. Gills broad, few, the alternate 

 ones shorter. 



Analogous with OmpJialia umbellifera, but readily dis- 

 tinguished by the rosy spores. (Fries.) 



Eccilia atropuncta. Pers. 



Pileus ^-| in. across, rather fleshy, soft, hemispherical, 

 sometimes slightly umbilicate, smooth, even, pale grey ; gills 

 decurrent, distant, arcuate, the alternate ones shorter, greyish 

 flesh-colour; stem about 1| in. long, attenuated downwards, 

 or sometimes almost equal, rather tough, pallid, shining, 

 sprinkled with black, point-like squamules, solid ; spores 

 angularly globose, apiculate, 5-6 p diameter. 



Agaricus atro-punctus, Persoon, Syn., p. 353 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 343A; Cke., Hdbk., p. 137. 



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