CLASSIFICATION 203 



white, up to I in. across ; gills deeply decurrent, distant, broad, 

 whitish ; stem very slender, coloured like the cap, i-iil in. 

 long. 



A very beautilul little fungus, usually slender and weak, some- 

 times more robust. 



Damp places among moss, etc. Often abundant on ground 

 that has been burnt. 



var. swartzii. — About the size of the typical form, but differing 

 in the almost plane, whitish cap with a brown disc ; stem whitish, 

 apex tinged violet. 



On the ground. 



0. directa. — Very minute, resembling a miniature nail or drum- 

 stick. Cap rarely i line across, apex fiat, white ; gills decurrent, 

 white ; stem rather wavy, not i in. long, very slender, whitish witli 

 a rufous tinge, with long hairs at the base. 



On dead leaves. Gregarious. 



0. hellicB. — Cap very thin, dry, top-shaped, infundilniliform, 

 mouth partly closed by the incurved edge, pale wood-colour, 

 about |- in. high ; gills decurrent, thick, interstices veined, paler 

 than the cap ; stem brownish below, paler above, about i\ in._ 

 long. 



Cap trumpet or funnel-shaped, with the edge incurved. 



On dead stems of reeds. Clustered. 



0. gracillima. — Snow-white, cap very thin, somewhat downy 

 or floccose, grooved, 1-3 lines across ; gills rather distant, 

 thin, decurrent ; stem very slender, base cottony, about | in. 

 high. 



A very minute, delicate species, soon drying up. Stem as thin 

 as a hair, soft. Agreeing in many points with 0. stcUata, 

 but more delicate, cap at first flocculose, shape, and thin gills 

 separate it. 



On decaying herbaceous stems in damp places. 



0. bullula. — White. Cap very thin, even, hemispherical, dia- 

 phanous, even, 1-2 lines across ; gills arched, decurrent ; stem 

 very slender, not i inch long. 



Somewhat resembling 0. intcgrcUa ; known by the even, almost 

 pellucid cap and broader gills. 



On dead sticks. Scattered. 



0. integrdla.— White. Cap thin, conical, soon hemispherical, 

 often deformed, expanded, disc depressed, then l in. or more across, 

 edge striate ; gills decurrent, narrow, fold-like, distant, edge acute ; 

 stem firm, downy below, base often attached by a minute downy 

 bulb, up to I in. long. 



On rotten leaves, grass, and on damp ground in shady places. 

 Commonly fasciculate, especially when growing on wood, when 

 the stem is incurved ; fragile, variable in form. 



