i-}4 BRITISH FUNGI 



M. cinerea. — Entirely grey. Smell strong, like radishes. Cap 

 slightly gibbous, then expanding, edge striate, paler and silky when 

 dry, about i in. across ; gills adnate, rather distant, edge paler ; 

 stem smooth, base with white down, 2-3 in. long, slender. 



Differs from M. leptocephala in the cap being only slightly 

 striate at the edge, and not grooved ; and from M. mdata in having 

 grey gills. 



Among short grass. 



M. amicta.- — Cap conico-campanulate, greyish, striate to the 

 middle, dry, smooth, up to i in. across ; gills free, grey ; stem 

 filiform, downy, 3-4 in. long. 



On the ground among leaves, etc. 



M. urania. — Cap campanulate, then convex, dark \iolet ^\•hen 

 young, then blue, finally pale, l-f in. across ; gills uncinato-adnate, 

 white ; stem flaccid, even, smooth, base floccose and somewhat root- 

 ing. 



Among dead leaves, etc. 



M. atro-alba. — Cap campanulate, blackish, paler or whitish to- 

 wards the edge, about i in. across, gills assuming a greenish tinge, 

 stem 3-4 in. long, base swollen, hairy. 



On the ground. 



M. dissiliens. — Strong-scented. Cap about i in. across, cam- 

 panulate, greyish brown, deeply grooved ; gills broadest in front 

 or at the margin of the pileus ; stem greyish. 



Very fragile. Smell unpleasant. Stem splitting into portions 

 that curve outwards when the base is broken off. 



On trunks and fallen branches. 



M. plicosa. — Fragile. Cap sulcate, greyish brown ; gills grey ; 

 stem iJ-2 in. long, not quite straight, pale. 



Differs from M. metata in sulcate cap and absence of smell. 



Among grass, etc. 



M. paupcrcula. — Strong-scented. Cap 1-2 lines broad, ol)tusely 

 conical, fibrillose, ochraceous white ; gills whitish ; stem | in. or 

 more long, whitish, rooting. 



Distinguished by the strong, sweet scent and the rooting stem. 

 Allied to M. psammicola. 



Inside decayed trunks, etc. 



M. atrocyanea. — Cap campanulate, sulcate, brownish, then bluish 

 grey, up to |- in, across ; gills united to a collar round the stem ; 

 stem blackish blue. 



Distinguished from allies by structure of whitish gills and absence 

 of milk in stem. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



M. pidlata. — Smell nitrous. Cap campanulate, sulcate, dark 

 brown, centre or disc nearly black ; gills white ; stem colour of 

 cap, about 3 in. long. 



