284 BRITISH FUNGI 



white and atomate when dry ; sills tawny cinnamon ; stem about 

 2 in. long, wavy, pallid. 



Cap and stem become nearly or quite white when dr}'. Smell 

 strong. 



On road scrapings and dry places by roadsides, etc. 



G. spartea. — Cap |-| in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 hygrophanous, rusty, pale tan when dry ; gills crowded, dark cinna- 

 mon ; stem 1-2 in. long, polished cinnamon. 



Smaller than G. tenera, and the cap is more expanded. 



Among grass, moss, etc. 



G. vittaformis. — Cap |-i in. across, conical, then hemispherical, 

 edge striate, bay when moist ; gills rather distant, becoming rusty ; 

 stem i|-3 in. long, reddish. 



On the ground among moss, etc. 



G. rubiginosa.— Cap ^| in. across, campanulate, everywhere 

 striate, hone3^-colour, then pale, gills distant, ochraceous ; stem 

 about 2 in. long, shining, bay. 



Among moss, etc. 



G. hypnorum. — -Cap up to | in. across, campanulate, then convex, 

 often with a papillate umbo, finely striate, yellowish ochre or 

 watery cinnamon, paler when dry ; gills broad, distant, tawny 

 cinnamon ; stem about 2 in. long, wavy, tawny or yellowish. 



Small, slender, form variable. 



Among moss, etc. 



var. Sphagnorum. — Three to four times the size of the typical 

 form, cap up to i in. across ; stem longer, fibrillose. 



Among Sphagnum. 



var. hryorum. — Larger than the type, cap watery cinnamon, 

 papillate. 



Among moss. 



G. mniophila. — Cap about § in. high, I in. across, campanulate, 

 somewhat papillate, striate, 3''ellowish brown ; gills broad, distant, 

 ochraceous ; stem 2-3 in. long, slightly wavy, yellow, rather stout. 



Among moss. 



G. minuta. — Cap 1-2 lines across, campanulate, striate, pale 

 tawny bistre ; gills as broad as' long, crowded, yellowish, then tan ; 

 stem |-| in. long, hair-like, tawny. 



On decayed wood. 



** Gills adnexed or almost free. 



G. lateritia. — Cap i in. or more high, cylindrical, then cam- 

 panulate or conical, hygrophanous, pale yellowish, paler when dry ; 

 gills very narrow, crowded, rusty ; stem 3-4 in. long, straight, 

 whitish, mealy. 



Allied to G. ovalis, differing in the narrow, ascending gills. 



In rich pastures, etc. 



