CLASSIFICATION 285 



G. ovalis. — Cap i in. high, li in. across, ovate-campaniilate, 

 hygrophanous, rusty, then yellowish ; gills broad, crowded, rusty ; 

 stem 3-4 in. long, straight, colour of the cap. 



Differs from G. tenera in its larger size, and from G. lateritia in 

 its coloured stem. 



On dung and among grass. 



G. antipoda. — Cap |-i in. across, campanulato-convex, disc 

 slightly prominent and fleshy, ochre, almost white and atomate 

 when dry ; gills narrow, yellowish ochre ; stem about i in. long, 

 rather swollen at the base, rooting, pale ochraceous. 



Known by the long, tapering rooting base of the stem. 



On dung and on the ground. 



G. conferta. — Densely crowded. Cap |— | in. across, conico- 

 campanulate, striate, fuscous, then ochraceous ; gills ochraceous 

 brown ; stem 1-2 in. long, shining, whitish. 



In stoves. Rare. 



G. pygmceo-aifinis. — Cap i-i| in. across, soon expanded, wrinkled, 

 brownish or honey-colour tan ; gills crowded, very narrow ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, white. 



Among grass, etc. 



G. ravida. — Cap |-i| in. across, campanulate, then hemispherical, 

 hygrophanous, greyish, edge fringed with the veil ; gills nearly free, 

 broad, yellowish ; stem about li in. long, silvery shining, with a 

 tinge of yellow. 



On rotten wood or on the ground among chips, etc. 



G. mycenopsis. — Cap up to f in. across, soon expanded, striate 

 to the middle, pale ochre, white and silky near the edge at first ; 

 gills broad, rather distant, pale ochre ; stem 3-4 in. long, with a 

 white silkiness. 



In marshy ground amongst Sphagnum. 



G. sahleri. — Minute. Cap membranaceous, conical, acute, striate, 

 tawny chestnut, honey-colour when dry, with fugacious silky fibrils 

 at the edge, about i line broad ; gills adnate, pale yellow, then 

 tawny ochre ; stem slender, fragile, fibrillose, shining, about ^ in. 

 long. 



On oak trunks, etc. 



G. spicula. — Cap very thin, up to .\ in. across, conico-campanulate, 

 then expanded, brownish ochre, smooth, hygrophanous, striate 

 when moist, flocculose and atomate when dry ; gills adnate ; stem 

 about I in. long, white and densely covered with white squamules. 



Readily known by its small size, and white, floccose stem. 



On cocoanut fibre. 



TUBARIA 



Cap regular, thin ; gills more or less decurrent, broadest behind ; 

 stem central, cartilaginous, hollow ; spores rusty. 



