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except at the disc, smooth. Stem about 5 cent. (2 in.) long, fis- Gaiera. 

 tu\ose,faxu0us, lax, smooth, butprutnose at the apex, sometimes 

 rigid and slightly tawny, sometimes filiform, almost capillary 

 and lemon-yellow or ochraceous. Gills adnate, broad, ventricose, 

 distant, commonly connected with veins, cinnamon-tawny, floc- 

 culose at the edge. 



Pileus more fleshy at the disc. Small, thin, assuming many forms. 

 Among moss. Common. July-Nov. 



Requires to be cautiously distinguished from small A. melinoides. Attend 

 to the difference of the margin, M.J.B. In ' Elenchus ' (p. 35) Fries thus 

 defines the differences between A. tener, A. melinoides and A. hypnorum : 



1) A. tener, stem tense and straight, pileus conical, gills linear and ascending ; 



2) A. melinoides, stem somewhat tense and straight, unequal, pruinate, paler, 

 pileus fleshy -membranaceous, gills triangular; 3) A. hypnorum, stem more 

 flexile and pruinate, pileus campanulate and somewhat papillate, gills distant 

 and broader. Name hypnum, a moss. Growing among mosses. Batschf. 

 96. Fr. Monogr. \. p, 394. Hym. Eur. p. 270. Berk. Out. p. 163. C. Hbk. 

 n. 382. Illust. PL 465. S. MycoL Scot. n. 351. Sow. t. 282. Bull. t. 560. 



/ i. C-E. 



* A. sphagnorum Pers. Twice or thrice as large, yellow- 

 ochraceous ; pileus as much as 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, disc broad ; 

 stem longer, 7.5-12.5 cent. (3-5 in.), and firmer, fibrillose, tawny. 



In marshes among Sphagna. Name sphagnum, bog-moss. Pers. Fr. 

 Monogr. \. p. 394. Hym. Eur. p. 270. B. 6 s Br. n. 1008. C. Hbk. n. 383. 

 S. MycoL Scot. n. 351. Bull. t. 560.7. H. 



662. A. mniophilus Lasch. Pileus 12 mm. ()4 in.) and more 

 broad, fuscoiis-light-yellowish, almost clay-colour when dry, mem- 

 branaceous, campanulate, almost papillate, striate, disc even. 

 Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, equal, flexile, 

 fibrillose, yellow, mealy at the apex, floccose at the base. Gills 

 obtusely adnate, piano-ascending, broad, somewhat distant, light 

 ^//00/wA-ochraceous, in some becoming fuscous-clay-colour. 



Scarcely different in its essential marks from A. hypnorum. 

 Among Mnium. Rannoch, &c. Sept.-Oct. 



Name ^vlov, moss ; <tXos, loving. Lasch n. 410. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 270. 

 Monogr. \. p. 395. S. MycoL Scot. n. 352. C. Illust. PL 496. a. Schcz/. t. 63. 

 excluding^x 4-6. Mich. t. 80. f. 8. 



663. A. minutus Quel. Pileus 2-3 mm. (i-i# lin.) broad, 

 chamois-bistre, membranaceous, campanulate, striate. Stem i 

 cent. ( l /z in.) long, somewhat capillary, smooth, tawny, shining, 

 base webbed-spreading and white. Gills adnato-arcuate, as broad 



