376 Rev. M. J. Berkeley and Mr. C. E. Broome on British Fungi, 



stipite ffiquali subsericeo ; lamellis adnatis late emarginatis hori- 

 zontalibus urnbrinis. 



On the ground. King's Cliffe, Oct. 2, 1860. 



rileus 1 inch across, subhemispherical, at first pallid brown, 

 then pallid ochre inclining to white, even, sprinkled with shining 

 particles; margin striated, not straight; stem 1| inch high, 



1 line thick, fistulose, nearly equal, except at the very base, 

 where it is slightly clavate, somewhat silky ; gills broad, adnate, 

 widely emarginate, ventricose in front, rather distant, umber ; 

 margin white. Spores umber. 



Intermediate between A, hebes and A. Foenisecii, with the 

 habit of the former. 



Plate XIV. fig. 3. A. cUvensis, nat. size and vertical section. 



917. A. (Psilocybe) comptulus, n. sp. Pileo subconico-cam- 

 panulato demum expanso e pallido ochraceo-pallido striate; 

 margine subcrenulato ; stipite flexuoso nitido sericeo glabro; 

 lamellis distantibus ventricosis adnatis carneo-umbrinis. 



In woods, amongst grass. CoUeyweston, Oct. 2, 1860. 



Pileus 1-1 1^ inch across, between conical and campanulate, at 

 length expanded, pallid, acquiring a pallid ochraceous tint as it 

 loses its moisture, sprinkled with shining particles, scarcely rugu- 

 lose, striate ; margin somewhat crenulate, at first inflexed ; stem 



2 inches high, 1-1^ line thick, llexuose, undulate, smooth, but 

 with a shining silky aspect, not striate above, below acquiring a 

 very pale rufous tinge ; gills distant, ventricose, broad, adnate, 

 umber with a rosy tinge. Spores purple-brown. 



A very distinct species. 

 Plate XIV. fig, 4. A. comptulus, nat. size and vertical section. 



918. A. (Psathyra) ohtusatus, Fr. Ep. p. 232. On the ground 

 in a garden. King's Cliffe, Aug. 26, 1860. Stem rooting. 



919. A. (Psathyra) urticacola, n. sp. Pileo campanulato, 

 margine striate, stipiteque sursum attenuato fistuloso insititio 

 flocculentis albis; lamellis antice ventricosis postice attenuatis 

 ex albo spadiceis. 



On nettle-roots. King's Cliffe, Aug. 8, 1858. 



Pileus 2 lines across, campanulate, locculent, white ; margin 

 at length straight, striate ; stem short, slender, attenuated up- 

 wards, flocculent, fistulose, springing immediately from the 

 matrix ; gills ventricose in front, attenuated behind, adnexed, at 

 first white, then of a rich chocolate. 



Allied to A. j)ennatus. 



920. A. (Psathyra) semivestitus, n. sp. Pileo ovato obtuse 

 brunneo pallescente Isevi, fibrillis niveis brevibus notato ; stipite 

 fibrilloso-sericeo niveo; lamellis adscendentibus adnatis um- 

 brinis. 



