CLASSIFICATION 235 



In damp places. 



E. Iielodes. — Cap 2-3 in. across, umbonate, often depressed round 

 the umbo, smooth, livid purplish with a smoky tinge, often varie- 

 gated with spots ; gills adnate, rather distant, white, then flesh- 

 colour ; stem 2-3 in. long, pallid, becoming greyish and with grey 

 fibrils. 



In turfy swamps, etc. Smell of new meal. 



E. batschianum. — Cap f-il in. across, soon umbonate, smooth, 

 viscid, dark brown or smoky black, shining when dry ; flesh 

 same colour as the cap, white when dry ; gills white, then greyish or 

 smoky ; stem 2-3 in. long, entirely fibrous, shghtly fibrillose, grey. 



Known by the long stem, and small discoid, dark cap. 



Among grass in damp places. 



E. bloxami. — Cap i in. or more across, dark dingy blue or purple, 

 sometimes slate-colour with a tinge of lilac, inclined to be lobed at 

 the edge ; gills pale pink ; stem about i.l in. high, stout, coloured 

 like the cap. 



In pastures. 



E. farrahi. — Cap rather fleshy, cylindric-ovate, then campanulate 

 and somewhat wavy, edge often lobed, more or less umbonate, 

 smooth, fibrillosely silky, deep indigo-blue, edge paler, about 2 in. 

 across ; gills broad, sinuate, adne.xed, ventricose, somewhat distant, 

 salmon-colour ; stem ventricose, smooth, solid, coloured like the 

 cap, base snow-white, stout, about 2-2J in. long. 



Closely allied to several other dark blue species of Enfoloma, but 

 sharply separated from each one by its smooth, elliptical spores. 



This species was first observed during the visit of the Y.N.U. 

 Fungus Foray at Helmsley. 



Among short grass on lawns and in pastures. Gregarious. Odour 

 none. 



E. ardosiacum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, convex and usually more or 

 less umbilicate, steel-blue with a tinge of brown, at length greyish ; 

 gihs crowded, greyish flesh -colour ; stem about 3 in. long, smooth, 

 steel-blue, base white. 



Size variable. Often blackish when young. 



In damp meadows, also under pines. 



E. madidum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, soon convex, smooth, often 

 viscid when wet, shining when dry, blackish violet, sooty w^hen old ; 

 gills almost free, soft, greyish white ; stem 2-3 in. long, fibrillose, 

 thickened in a clavate manner below, violet except the white 

 base. 



Smell pungent like that of Russula fcrtcns. 



Among moss, heaps of leaves, etc. 



E. jiihatum. — Cap 1-3 in. across, umbonate, fibrillose or floccosely 

 squamulose, mouse-colour ; gills nearly free, crowded, dark smoke- 



