268 BRITISH FUNGI 



/. xchitei. — Cap conical, then convex, sometimes umbonate, 

 fibrillose, tawny, edge whitish, then entirely pale tawny, slightly 

 viscid, about i in. across ; gills crowded, white, then cinnamon ; 

 stem whitish and powdery, becoming brownish below, iJ— 2| in. 

 long (spores pip-shaped, ventricose or almost cylindrical). 



Allied to /. geophylla, differing in the slightly \-iscid cap and larger 

 spores. 



On the ground under conifers. 



/, sindonia. — Cap campanulato-convex, broadly lunbonate, 

 silkily downy when young, then almost smooth, never fibrillose, 

 when young the edge is more or less fringed, white, pallid or 

 yellowish, i|-2 in. across ; gills narrow, brownish white ; stem 

 soft, becoming hollow, white, 2-3 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 

 8-10 X 5-6 /x; cystidia ventricose). 



Superficially resembling /. geophylla, differing in the hollow stem, 

 larger size and absence of earthy smell. 



On the ground in damp, shady places. 



/. descissa. — Cap conico-campanulate, then expanded, the edge 

 usually slightly incurved, fibrillose, becoming radially cracked and 

 splitting when expanded, whitish or pale dingy brown, up to i in. 

 across ; gills almost free, white, then brown ; stem almost hollow, 

 often slightly wavy, fibrillose, white, apex with white meal, i-i J in. 

 long (spores elliptic-oblong, 8-10 x 5 /x ; cystidia ventricose, 

 scattered). 



A small species, somewhat like I. geophylla, differing in the colour 

 of the cap, and in the absence of a strong, earthy smell. 



On the ground in woods. 



/. scabella. — Cap campanulate, then expanded, more or less 

 umbonate, dry, silky-fibrillose and becoming broken up into 

 squamules, except at the umbo, rusty brown, sometimes dingy 

 ochraceous, about i in. across ; gills adnexed, dingj^ palhd, then 

 brownish ; stem i|-2 in. long, slender, straight or wavy, smooth, 

 rufous or pallid (spores irregularly nodulose, 10x7 /a; cystidia 

 ventricose. 



A variable species. Stature of /. geophylla, but more slender. 

 Flesh palhd, cap not at all rimose or cracked, the obtuse umbo 

 remaining even and smooth. 



Among grass in woods, etc. 



I. cervicolor. — Cap bell-shaped, pale brown or fawn-colour, and 

 covered with brown recurved fibrils, 1-2 in. across ; gills distant, 

 pale, then rusty brown, edge whitish, uneven ; stem elongated, 

 slender, firm, whitish with recurved brown fibrils throughout its 

 length, 2J-4 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 11-13X 6-6-5 I*- '> cystidia 

 numerous, cylindric-fusoid). 



Smell strong, unpleasant. Flesh white, tinged purplish when cut. 



Among grass in woods. 



