246 BRITISH FUNGI 



E. parkensis. — Cap about I in. across, deeply iimbilicate, smooth, 

 striate, brown when moist, blackish when dry ; gills crowded, 

 becoming flesh-colour ; stem about •,' in. long, smooth, brown. 



Among grass. 



E. carncogrisea.—CsLp §-i in. across, umbiHcate, finely striate, 

 greyish flesh-colour ; gills with the edge irregular and darker ; stem 

 I J-2 in. long, polished, colour of the cap. 



Among fir leaves, etc. Gregarious. Shining. 



E. griseoruhella. — Cap about i in. across, deeply umbilicate, at 

 length plane, striate, umber, hoary when dry ; gills rather broad, 

 slightly decurrent ; stem iJ-2 in. long, smooth, paler than the cap. 



On the ground in pine woods, etc. 



E. rhodocylix. — Cap about | in. across, umbihcate or infundi- 

 buliform, brown, grey and minutely flocculose when dry ; gills very 

 distant, broad ; stem up to i in. long, smooth, grey. 



Known by the very distant gills and its habitat. 



On rotten trunks, etc. 



E. atropuncta (PI. XV, fig. 3). — Cap .^-| in. across, slightly 

 umbihcate, smooth, grey ; gills greyish flesh-colour ; stem about 

 I J in. long, pallid, shining, sprinkled with black, dot-like squamules. 



On the ground among moss, etc., in woods. 



E. atrides. — Cap submembranaceous, soon plane, deeply umbili- 

 cate, striate, black or brown, becoming pale, virgate or finely 

 streaked with black lines ; gills deeply decurrent, narrowed behind, 

 rather crowded, pallid, edge black and minutely toothed ; stem 

 hollow, pallid upwards and dotted with black points. 



A small fungus, respecting which more information is desirable, 

 as it has not been observed for many years. It has been suggested 

 that it may be a modified condition of Lcptonia scrridata. 



In moist woods. 



E. nigreUa. — Small, somewhat tufted, cap smooth, umbilicate, 

 becoming blackish, but not punctate with black ; gills flesh-colour, 

 then somewhat grey, edge the same colour ; stem short, glaucous. 

 Near to E. atyides, differing in the stem not being spotted with 

 black near the apex, and in the edge of the gills not being toothed 

 with black points. 



In pastures. 



E. flosculiis. — Cap about § in. across, thin, deeply umbilicate, 

 somewhat irregular, blackish brown, becoming whitish with age, 

 pruinose with crystalline particles ; gills decurrent, somewhat 

 waved, thick, pink ; stem about | in. long, narrowed downwards, 

 reddish, pruinose or innately fibrillose. 



On the ground at the foot of, and on the stems of tree ferns. 

 Probably an introduced species. 



E. flCKS.— Cap up to I in. across, thin, deeply umbilicate, edge 

 striate and incurved, white, densely pruinose ; gills thick, distant, 



