CLASSIFICATION 239 



A'', fiilvo-stvigosa. — Cap conico-campanulate, subumbonate, 

 wrinkled, ochraceous with an olive tinge when dry, up to i in. across ; 

 gills rather distant, greyish, with a flesh-coloured tinge ; stem about 

 2 in. long, clad with mealy squamules, densely strigose with reddish 

 iibrils at the base. 



On the ground. 



** Gills becoming yelloivisli or reddish. 



N. pisciodora. — Smell strong, resembling stinking fish. Cap 

 conico-campanulate, then expanded, slightly umbonate, minutely 

 velvety to the touch, tawny-cinnamon ; gills yellowish, then pink, 

 finally with a tawny tinge ; stem chestnut or blackish, paler and 

 minutely velvety upwards, 2-3 in. long. 



Among leaves in woods. 



A'', nigripes (PI. XXIV, fig. 7). — Cap thin, rather tough, cam- 

 panulate, smooth, brown, covered with yellowish flocculent particles 

 about i| in. across ; gills rather crowded, yellowish, then flesh- 

 colour ; stem 4-5 in. long, twisted, rather wavy, smooth, black. 



Smell resembling stinking fish. 



In swampy places. 



A'', rufo-carnea. — Cap thin, hemispherical, umbilicate, slightly 

 fibrillose, reddish brown, up to i in. across ; gills pale salmon- 

 colour ; stem about 2 in. long, pale reddish brown, paler above, 

 hollow. 



On heaths, etc. 



A'', iderina. — Cap J— li in. across, thin, campanulate, soon convex, 

 often wavy, pellucidly striate, yellowish green, rarely honey-colour, 

 pale and silky when dry, disc sometimes obtuse, at others papillate, 

 often brown and with brown squamules ; gills adnexed, distant, 

 pallid ; stem 1-2 in. long, colour of the cap, or brown. 



Very variable. Usually somewhat csespitose. 



Among grass, also on cultivated ground. 



AT', suhglobosa. — Cap about | in. across, even, hemispherical, rather 

 viscid, yellowish ; gills nearly free, broad, rhomboid, convex, 

 flesh-colour with a yellowish tinge ; stem about ij in. long, 

 longitudinally striate, pale. 



Distinguished by the subglobose, viscid, yellow cap and broad gills. 



On the ground. 



*** Gills it'Jiite, then rosy. Cap hygrophanous. 



N. picea. — Cap up to i| in. across, conical, then campanulate, 

 at length expanded, papillate, even, smooth, black, edge paler, 

 umber when dry ; gills rather distant, pale, then flesh-colour ; stem 

 1-2 in. long, pitch-black, not straight, hollow. 



Smell strong, resembling cucumber or decaying fish. Allied to 

 A'', pisciodora, differing in the smooth, pitch-black cap and stem 

 when moist. 



Among grass. 



