DERMINI. 



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wards, and with the pileus convex and umbonate, as much as 4 cent, (1% Flammnla. 

 in.) broad. Pileus at length clay- white. 



In pine woods, on larch. Uncommon. Sept.-Oct. 



Name <r/ca|u,(k, bow-legged. With curved stem. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 351. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 253. Icon. t. 120. / 3. Berk. Out. p. 157. B. & Br. n. 1417*. 



C. Hbk. n. 339. lllust. PI. 449. B. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 331. 



A. filiceus Cke. Seem. Journ. 1863, /. 65. t. 3. f. i. lllust. PL 450. 

 tree-fern. Fries does not regard this as European. 



On 



Subgenus XXIII. NAUCORIA (naucum, a nut - shell). Fr. Naucoria. 

 Syst. Myc. i. p. 260. Veil none or fugacious, squamulose. 

 Stem cartilaginotis, fistulose or spongy- 

 stuffed. Pileus more or less fleshy, 

 convexo-plane or conical, the margin 

 at the first inflexed. Gills free or aa- 

 nate, not decurrent. Growing on wood 

 or on the ground, somewhat rooted, 

 scarcely strong -smelling. Fr. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 253. 



Naucoria corresponds with Collybia 

 and Leptonia. The species differ very 

 widely from each other. Spores fer- 

 ruginous. Not remarkable either for 

 smell or taste. None edible. 



I. Gym noti(yivwos, naked). Pileus smooth. 

 Veil none. Spores ferruginous, not becoming 

 fuscous-ferruginous. 



Gills free or slightly adnexed. 

 ^ills a 



XXV. Agaricus (Naucoria) 

 semi orbicularis. One-half 

 natural size. 



Gills adnate, ~pileus convexo-plane. 

 e * Gills adnate, pileus campanulate then expanded. 



II. Phaeoti (<<uo?, dusky). Pileus naked. Gills and spores fuscous-ferrugi- 

 nous. Veil potential, but rarely manifest. (The partial veil visible in most 

 though fugacious, in the form of a cortina. Monogr. p. 375. ) 



* Pediadei (neMov, a plain), growing infields and plains. 



* Scorpioidei (A. scorpioides) , growing in moist, uncultivated, wooded 

 places. 



III. Lepidoti (Xerri?, a scale). Typical Naucorice. Pileus flocculose or squam- 

 ulose. Veil manifest. Spores ferruginous. Compare Tubaria pa ludosus and 

 stagninus, 



* Squamules of pileus superficial, separating. 

 ** Pileus with innate squamules. 



*** Pileus destitute of scales, silky or sprinkled "with atoms. Compare A. 

 furfuraceus when old. 



