CLASSIFICATION 283 



N. conspersa. — Cap about | in. across, soon plane, soon broken 

 up into scurfy squamules, cinnamon-bay, then pale ; gills crowded, 

 cinnamon ; stem about i in. long, brownish cinnamon, apex scurfy. 



On the ground amongst leaves, Sphagnum, etc. 



N. escharoides. — Cap |-| in. across, scurfy or squamulose, tan- 

 colour, then whitish, disc brownish ; gills pallid tan, then cinnamon ; 

 stem i-2|- in. long, wavy, fibrillose, pallid, then brownish. 



On naked ground. Gregarious or somewhat tufted. 



N. rimulincola. — Cap about \ in. across, convex, umbilicate, edge 

 plicate, rugulosely tomentose, pale cinnamon ; gills adnexed, rather 

 distant, thick, very broad in proportion, pale cinnamon ; stem 

 more or less excentric, incurved, pale, solid, about | in. long. 



Readily distinguished by the coarsely plicate cap, and the broad, 

 distant, cinnamon gills. 



On fallen twigs, etc. 



*** Cap not flocciilose, silky or atomate. 



N. carpophila. — Cap 1-3 lines across, pale tan, then whitish, 

 minutely scurfy with glistening particles ; gills broad, ochraceous, 

 edge crenulate ; stem about J in. long, scurfy, then smooth, pallid. 



On beech-nut husks, beech leaves, etc. 



N. graminicola. — Cap 2-4 lines across, papillate, coarsely tomen- 

 tose, brown, then pale ; gills pale ochre ; stem \ in. long, tough, 

 brownish, hairy. 



On dead grass, twigs, etc. 



Galera 



Cap regular, thin, conical or oval, then expanded, edge at first 

 straight (not inturned) and pressed to the stem ; gills adnate or 

 adnexed ; stem central, polished. 



Most closely related to Naucoria, differing in the thin cap having 

 the edge straight and pressed to the stem when young. Mostly 

 slender, small, and fragile. Generally growing on the ground. 



* Gills adnate. 



G. tenera (PI. XIX, fig. i). — Cap |-| in. high and broad, conico- 

 campanulate, obtuse, hygrophanous, rusty when moist, pale and 

 atomate when dry ; gills rather broad, cinnamon ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, straight, colour of cap. 



Differs from G. lateritia in coloured stem and broad gills. 



Among grass. Common. 



G. siliginea. — Cap about \ in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 greyish, not becoming pale ; gills narrow, ochraceous ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, rather wavy, pallid. 



Edge of cap often wavy. 



Under ferns, etc., in damp places. 



G. campanulata. — Cap i-| in. broad and high, campanulate, sub- 

 acute, hygrophanous, deep cinnamon when moist, wrinkled, almost 



