282 BRITISH FUNGI 



N. tabacina. — Cap J-i in. across, almost i)lane, smooth, umber, 

 then cinnamon ; gills crowded, at length cinnamon-bay ; stem 1-2 

 in. long, smooth, cinnamon. 



All one colour, umber, when moist. 



By waysides. Somewhat tufted. 



A^. tenax. — Cap |— i in. across, soon expanded, viscid, hygrophan- 

 ous, between pale cinnamon and olive, or brownish yellow, pale 

 when dry ; gills becoming rusty ; stem 1-2 in. long, fibrillose, yel- 

 lowish, then tinged brown or olive. 



Among grass and on sticks. 



A^. myosotis. — Cap 1-2 in. across, convex, then expanded, sub- 

 umbonate, covered with a viscid pellicle, olive or brownish green, 

 becoming pale and yellowish, disc darker ; gills adnato-decurrent, 

 rather distant, at length rusty brown, edges serrulate, white ; stem 

 3-6 in. long, equal, sometimes wav}', squamulose, or with dark 

 fibrils, pallid, then brownish, apex powdered with white meal, 

 hollow. 



In damp localities, swamps, among Spliagnum, etc. 



2. Cap squamulose or fioccose ; veil evident. 



* Scales of cap superficial, disappearitig. 



N. porriginosa. — Cap |-i| in. across, viscid, tawny, then pale, 

 sprinkled with superficial saffron squamules ; gills crowded, yellow, 

 then tawny cinnamon ; stem 2-3 in. long, silk}^ then smooth, 

 pallid. 



The largest and most beautiful species in the genus, readily 

 known by the tawny orange cap, at first covered with yellow 

 or saffron squamules. 



Among twigs, etc. 



N. sobria. — Cap |-f in. across, soon plane, slightly viscid, honey- 

 colour, disc darker, pruinose towards the edge from the veil ; 

 gills crowded, broad, pale saffron-colour ; stem about i\ in. long, 

 pale above, rusty below, sprinkled with white, silky spots. 



Among grass, etc. 



** Cap persistently squamulose. 



N. erinacea. — Cap i-| in. across, umbilicatc, rusty miiber, scaly 

 with erect tufts of fibrils ; gills rusty brown ; stem about | in. 

 long, rusty brown, squamulose up to the apex. 



Differs from A'', siparia in squamulose stem up to the top, and 

 umbilicate cap. 



On dead branches. 



N. siparia. — Cap l-f in. across, not umbilicate, reddish rusty, 

 densely covered with fascicles of hairs resembling minute scales ; 

 gills colour of cap, edge downy ; stem colour of cap, squamulose up 

 to the ring, naked above. 



On dead branches, fern stems, and on the ground. 



