328 BRITISH FUNGI 



S. jerdoni. — Cap up to 2 in. across, campanulate, with a broad, 

 fleshy umbo, ochraceous with snow-white evanescent scales ; gills 

 adnate with a line down the stem, palHd, then brown ; stem about 

 3 in. long, snow-white and mealy above, brownish with squamules 

 below, ring drooping. 



On fir stumps, etc. 



5. spintrigcr. — Cap 2-4 in. across, expanded, obtuse, smooth, 

 pale brown pinkish tan, then whitish ; gills brownish ; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, white, floccose, apex smooth, ring fugacious. 



On trunks. Tufted. Fragile. 



5. hypsipoda. — Cap 1-2 in. across, convex, then flat, l-,rownish 

 yellow, edge pale ; gills dark brown ; stem 3-5 in. high, smooth, 

 whitish, ring central on the stem, persistent. 



Among grass, moss, etc. Solitary. Fragile. 



Anellaria 



Cap smooth, even, flesh thin ; gills dark grey mottled with the 

 black spores ; stem central, smooth, shining, ring present at first, 

 either persistent or represented by a zone round the stem. 



Differs from Coprinus in the gills not being deliquescent. 



A. separata. — Cap i-i| in. across, ovate, then campanulate, not 

 expanding, ^'iscid, dingy ochraceous, then pale and shining ; gills 

 greyish black, edge paler ; stem 3-5 in. long, whitish, shining, 

 ring persistent. 



Cap generally wrinkled and pale when old. 



On dung. 



A. scitula. — Cap about \ in. across, obtuse, campanulate, viscid, 

 dirty pale ochre ; gills grey, speckled with black ; stem i-ii in. 

 long, white, slender, base sheathed, sheath ending in a free border 

 or ring. 



On soil in a flower-pot. Rare. 



A. fimiputris. — Cap 1-2 in. across, conico-expanded, gibbous, 

 viscid, smoky grey, dingy ochre when dry ; gills greyish black ; 

 stem 3-3 in. long, often rather wavy, smooth, pallid, ring im- 

 perfect, but its position marked by a zone on the stem. 



On dung. 



GOMPHIDIUS 



Cap regular, fleshy, gradually expanding into stout stem ; gills 

 decurrent, rather soft and mucilaginous, edge sharp ; \'eil viscid, 

 forming an imperfect ring round the stem. 



A ^'ery distinct genus characterized by the tough, elastic sub- 

 stance of the entire fungus. Cap very viscid when moist ; gills 

 decurrent, soft and pliant, as is the whole fungus. 



G. glutinosus. — Cap 2-5 in. across, glutinous, edge for a long time 

 incurved, purplish brown or tawny, flesh thick, white ; gills whitish, 



