CLASSIFICATION 271 



Differs from /. pyyiodora in being altogether stouter, deeper 

 red in colour and a stronger smell, resembling hyacinth iiowers. 



In pine and other woods. 



/. brunnea. — Cap campanulate, umbonate, fibrillosely silky, then 

 cracked, chestnut, about ^ in. across ; gills emarginate, uncinate, 

 creamy, then bistre, edge white and crenulate ; stem solid, thickened 

 at the base, clear brown, apex white and pruinose, about i in. long 

 (spores pip-shaped, smooth, 9-12 X 4-5 [j- ; cystidia ventricose, 

 scattered, and apt to be overlooked). 



Grassy places in woods. 



/. mutica. — Cap convex, then becoming plane or slightly de- 

 pressed, whitish or tinged stra\\-colour with darker adpressed 

 scales, 1-2 in. across ; gills adnate, crowded, tinged brown ; stem 

 short, rather stout, hollow, fibrillose, straw-colour, 1-2 in. long (spores 

 pip-shaped, 8-9 X 5 /^i ; cystidia ventricose, abundant). 



Sides of paths in woods, etc. 



/. nigrodisca. — Cap convex, then almost plane or depressed, um- 

 bonate, minutely fibrillose, blackish brown, edge greyish, A-§ in. 

 across ; gills free or slightly adnexed, rounded behind, crowded, 

 greyish, then rusty brown, sometimes tinged yellow ; stem slender, 

 firm, solid, wavy, downy, reddish brown, i-i^ in. long (spores 

 elongated, smooth, 5-6 X 4-5 /^; cystidia fairly abundant, ventricose). 



This species, previously only known from the United States, has 

 recently been collected in Kent. 



Among moss and grass. 



/. hcBmacta. — Cap bell-shaped, then expanded, umber becoming 

 paler towards the edge, clad with long darker fibrils, disc darkest 

 and rather scaly, i-ij in. across ; gills adnate, dingy tan ; stem 

 whitish above, tinged verdigris green at the base, solid, smooth, 

 rather stout, i|-2 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 9-11 X5 /^ ; cystidia 

 ventricose). 



Flesh everywhere changing to red when cut. The green colour of 

 the stem extends through the flesh. Differs from /. calamistrata in 

 the absence of spreading scales on the cap. 



Among short grass, etc. 



/. flocculosa. — Cap convex, umbonate, silky-squamulose, brownish 

 fawn-colour, about i in. across ; gills rounded behind and adnate, 

 pale fawn, then rusty, edge white ; stem fibrillose, apex squamulose, 

 brownish beneath the fibrils, about i-J- in. long (spores elliptical, 

 8-10x5-6 /x ; cystidia ventricose, abundant). 



Allied to /. lanuginosa and I. lacera ; the former differs in the 

 obtuse cap with spreading scales at the disc, and the latter in the 

 naked apex of the stem. 



On naked soil and among grass. 



/. didcamara. — Cap bell-shaped, then expanded and umbonate, 

 brownish olive, floccosely scaly, edge more or less fimbriate and 



