WHITE-SPORED AGARICS. 



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Omphalia campanella Batsch. One of the 

 distributed species of the genus is 

 the little bell -omphalia, Omphalia 

 campanella. It occurs throughout 

 the summer and autumn on dead 



or rotten logs, stumps, branches, ^ 



etc., in woods. It is often clustered, g 



large numbers covering a consider- ^ 



able surface of the decaying log. 4^ 



It is 1-3 cm. high, the cap 8-20 o 



mm. broad, and the stem very > 



slender. ^, 



The pileus is convex, umbilicate, a> 



faintly striate, dull reddish yellow, % 



in damp weather with a watery ap- "2. 



pearance. The gills are narrow, 3 



yellow, connected by veins, strongly >^ 



curved because of the form of the |. 



pileus, and then being decurrent on Z 



the stem. The stem is slender, often | 



ascending, brownish hairy toward | 



the base, and paler above. ^ 



Omphalia epichysium Pers. This o 



plant occurs during the autumn in g 



woods, growing usually on much cw 



decayed wood, or sometimes appar- ^ 



ently on the ground. The smoky, ^ 



or dull gray color of the entire o" 



plant, the depressed or funnel- -^ 



shaped pileus, and short, slender ? 



stem serve to distinguish it. The ^ 



cap is 2-4 cm. broad, the plant is ^ 

 3-5 cm. high, and the stem 2-4 mm. 



in thickness. o 



The pileus is convex, becoming ^. 



CfQ 



expanded, umbilicate or depressed S" 

 at the center or nearly funnel- 

 shaped, smooth, smoky or gray 

 with a saturated watery appearance, 

 light gray or nearly white when dry. 



The gills are narrow, crowded, or a little 

 stem is smooth, hollow, equal. Figure 104 



most common and widely 



decurrent. The slender 

 is from plants (No. 3373, 



