CLASSIFICATION 281 



lobed, incurved, pale chestnut ; gills cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. 

 long, white, silky. 



On the ground amongst firs. 



A'', badipes. — Cap |-f in, across, shghtly umbonate, yellowish 

 rusty, pale tan when dry ; gills yellowish rust-coloiir ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, rusty, with \\'hite squamules half-way up. 



Resembles a Galera, but distinguished by the squamules on the 

 stem. 



On the ground in damp places. 



N. scolecina. — Cap |-| in. across, soon plane, edge slightly striate, 

 rusty bay, edge paler ; gills becoming rusty, edge downy ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, wavy, reddish rust-colour, sprinkled with white meal. 



On moist ground under alders, etc. 



N. sideroides. — Cap ^-i in. across, umbonate, viscid, yellowish 

 cinnamon, then shining and tan-colour ; gills crowded, pale ochre, 

 then cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, pallid, then yellowish, base rusty. 



On trunks, chips, etc. 



N. camerina. — Cap slightly fleshy, convexly campanulate, 

 obtusely umbonate, even, smooth, edge striate, ochraceous tan, pale 

 and opaque when dry, disc somewhat darker, |-| in. across ; gills 

 adnate, crowded, yellowish cinnamon ; stem wav3/, hollow, equal, 

 umber, adpressedly fibrillose, about i| in. long. 



On trunks, especially pine. 



N. temnlenta (PI. XIX, fig. 3). — Cap |-i in. across, thin, cam- 

 panulate, then convex, subumbonate, edge slightly striate, smooth, 

 ferruginous when moist, ochraceous when dry ; gills adnate, 

 narrowed in front, rather distant, lurid, then ferruginous umber ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, wavy, smooth and polished, apex slightly mealy. 



Slender, cap somewhat umbonate, never depressed. Somewhat 

 resembling N. pediades, but distinguished by the cap being striate at 

 the edge when moist, and also in being umbonate. 



In moist woods, etc. 



N. triscopoda. — Cap up to | in. across, soon expanded, umbo 

 prominent, bay, then ochraceous, always opaque ; gills dark rusty ; 

 stem ^i| in. long, curved or wavy, rusty. 



On old wood. Gregarious or scattered. 



A^. vervacti. — Cap about i in. across, slightly umbonate, viscid, 

 shining when dry, pale yellow ; gills crowded, pallid, then rusty ; 

 stem about i\ in. long, smooth, whitish, not rooting. 



In meadows, gardens, etc. 



A'', semiorhiailayis. — Cap 1-2 in. across, slightly viscid, rusty, 

 ochraceous when dry ; gills very broad, crowded, pallid^ then rusty ; 

 stem 2-4 in. long, pale rusty, shining. 



Allied to N. pediades, differing in the viscid cap and rus,ty stem. 



Among short grass, 



