2;,S BRITISH FUNGI 



when (lr\-, fj i in. across ; gills almost free, rather crowded, edge 

 erodeil or uneven, salmon-colour ; stem hollow, silky ftbrous, 

 fragile, shining, slender, pale. 



inodorous. A variable fungus. Cap sometimes sooty, and more 

 or less hbrillose, and' stem similar in colour, gills greyish pink. 

 The distinctly fibrous stem separates this from every other species 

 of Nolanea. Commonly confounded with Entoloma sericcum, 

 which differs in the strong, mealy smell, and the broad, distant gills, 

 cut out behind. 



In pastures, etc. \'ery common. 



A'', bcihingtonii. — Cap thin, conico-campanulate, pale grey with 

 a silk}- sheen, disc rather squamulose, remainder with dark brown 

 fibrils, about J in. across ; gills adnate, distant, grey ; stem about 

 I in. long, hollow, slightly wavy, covered with brown down. 



On the ground. 



N. araneosa. — Cap conico-campanulate, grey, fibrillosely silky ; 

 stem slender, hollow, grey, with traces of the grey ^•eil ; gills 

 greyish brown. 



In pine woods. 



N. versafilis. — Cap thin, convex, then expanded, smooth, 

 even, shining, livid \-erdigris-colour, brownish when dry ; stem 

 hollow, smooth, greyish white, silvery shining when dry ; gills 

 slightly adnexed, ventricose, distant, grey. 



Remarkable for the metallic tints shown by the cap under differ- 

 ent aspects of light. Stem 2-2 i in. long. Gills very broad in front. 



On naked ground in woods. 



N. papillata. — Cap thin, subcampanulate, then expanded, 

 papillate, striate, brownish bay, cinnamon when dry, about i in. 

 across ; gills rather crowded, sinuato-adnate ; stem smooth, 

 shining, with white meal at the apex, downy at the base, i|— 2 in. 

 long. 



On the ground. 



N. rhodospora. — Cap con^•ex, i in. across, sooty or rufescent-pilose; 

 gills sinuate or free, salmon or rose ; stem sub-bulbous, white. 



On earth and wooden labels in a stove. 



N. mammosa. — Cap thin, conico-campanulate, acutely umbonate 

 or papillate, slightly striate, smooth, pale brown, pale ochre and 

 silky when dry, i-i in. across ; gills crowded, greyish, then with a 

 pink tinge ; stem about 2 in. long, smooth, shining, fragile, thinner 

 downwards, hollow, apex powdered with white meal. 



Among short grass in open, sunny places. 



M. juncea. — Cap thin, conical, then expanded, striate, sooty 

 umber, disc slightly umbilicate or papillate or umbonate, slightly 

 squamulose, about 5 in. across ; gills grey, then purple-brown ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, equal, brown. 



In swamps among Sphagnum, in woods. 



