272 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



white when diy ; gills narrowed behind, but the whole 

 breadth of the gill that reaches the stem is adnate, plane, 

 crowded when young, rather distant at maturity, stem dingy 

 white, greyish, or smoky ; stem 2-3 in. long, 23 lines thick, 

 hollow, tough, not cartilaginous, entirely fibrous, equal or 

 slightly attenuated at both ends, slightly striate with 

 adpressed fibrils, grey ; spores subglobose, irregularly nodu- 

 lose, 9 p. diam. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) Batschianus, Fries, Epicr., p. 104; 

 ke., Hdbk., p. 120 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 326. 



Among grass in damp places, &c. 



Inodorous. Pileus sooty or blackish-olive, shining when 

 dry, not hygrophanous. (Fries.) 



Distinguished by the long stem and the small, dark- 

 coloured discoid pileus. 



Entoloma Bloxami. B. & Br. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, campanulate, very obtuse, 

 moist, of a dark, dingy blue or purple, or sometimes slate- 

 coloured tinged with lilac, slightly silky, inclined to be 

 lobed below ; flesh very thick in the centre, white, except 

 near the edge, where it partakes of the hue of the pileus ; 

 gills moderately broad, pale pink, attenuated behind or 

 slightly adnexed ; stem 1J in. high, ^ in. thick, attenuated 

 upwards, of the same colour as the pileus, solid ; spores sub- 

 globose with an apiculus, very indistinctly warted, 9-10 p. ; 

 cystidia absent. 



Agaricus (Entoloma) Bloxami, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 677 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 121 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 327. 



In pastures. 



Pileus 1 in. or more across, campanulate, very obtuse, 

 moist, of a dark, dingy blue or purple, or sometimes slate- 

 coloured tinged with lilac, slightly silky, inclined to be 

 lobed below; flesh very thick in the centre, white, except 

 near the edge, where it partakes of the hue of the pileus. 

 Stem li in. high, in. thick, attenuated upwards, of the 

 same colour as the pileus, solid. Gills moderately broad, 

 pale pink, attenuated behind or slightly adnexed, spores 

 irregular, subglobose, with a very large globose nucleus. 

 (B. & Br.) 



