CLASSIFICATION 335 



whitish ; stem 3-5 in. long, rufescent, apex striate, at first powdered 

 with white meal. 



On manured ground. 



P. caliginosus. — Cap about 5 in. high, brown; gills smoky black; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, coloured like the cap. 



Distinguished by the brown cap and stem. 



Pastures among grass. 



**** Cap not viscid, leitli a darker marginal zone. 



P. snb-balteatiis. — Tufted. Cap 1-2 in. across, convex, hygro- 

 phanous, deep fawn-colour with a darker zone at the edge ; gills 

 brownish, edge pale ; stem 2-2I in. high, reddish brown, longi- 

 tudinally fibrillose. 



The dark zone appears to depend on the amount of moisture 

 present in the flesh of the cap. 



On the ground. 



P. aciiminatus. — Cap up to i in. across, conical, apex subacute, 

 shining, dull ochre \vith a flesh tinge, a darker zone at the irregular 

 edge ; gills becoming black ; stem i-i| in. long, whitish above, base 

 brownish, pruinose. 



On dung and among grass. 



P. fimicola. — Cap up to f in. across, dingy grey ^\'hen moist, 

 yellowish when dry, and with a darker marginal zone ; gills grey, 

 variegated with black ; stem 2-4 in. long, whitish, powdered with 

 white meal above. 



On dung and rich ground. 



P. cinctidus. — Cap i-2| in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 reddish cinnamon-colour with a deep darker marginal band, flesh 

 \ in. thick at the disc ; gills dusky black ; stem 3-5 in. long, brown. 



Differs from P. egregiits in the cap not being viscid. 



On dunghills. 



PSATHYRELLA 



Cap thin, striated, thin, edge straight and pressed to the stem 

 when young ; gills not deliquescent ; stem central. 



Allied to Psathyra, but in the latter the spores are brown or 

 purplish. 



* Stem straight, apex not mealy. 



P. suhatrata. — Cap i-i| in. across, campanulate, then expanded, 

 smooth, shghtly striate at the margin, often wrinkled, rufous 

 umber, paler when dry ; gills smoky, then blackish ; stem 4-5 in. 

 long, shining, white, then pallid. 



Tufted, cap often brownish orange, sometimes viscid. 



Among grass. 



P. gracilis. — Cap up to i in. across, conical, then expanded, 

 3lightly striate, brownish when moist, dingy yellow or tinged rose 



