338 BRITISH FUNGI 



P. cornigis. — Cap 1-2 in. across, campanulate, umbonate, radially 

 wrinkled, pale ochraceous, often tinged pink ; gills violet-black ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, smooth, white. 



In gardens and pastures. 



P. oyroflexa. — Cap about § in. across, conico-campanulate, 

 striate half-way up, atomate, soon pale grey, disc tawny ; gills 

 greyish purple ; stem i|-2 in. long, white, wavy. 



Distinguished by the striate cap and wavy stem. 



Among grass. In small clusters or scattered. 



** Cap campanitlato-convex, then expanded, smooth or atomate; 

 veil absent. 



P. spadiceo-grisea. — Cap i-i| in. across, conical, then campanu- 

 late, finally expanded, striate to the middle, bay, then greyish ; 

 gills brownish ; stem i|-2 in. long, usually curved, shining white. 



On chips, trunks, etc. 



P. ohtusata. — Cap up to | in. across, broadly bell-shaped, corru- 

 gated, obtuse, umber, paler when dry ; gills pale, then umber ; 

 stem i|— 2 in. long, whitish. 



On trunks and the ground. Solitary or tufted. 



P. neglecia. — Cap about J in. across, convex, then almost plane, 

 ochraceous, atomate and almost white when dry ; gills purple- 

 brown ; stem i in. long, slender, wavy, white. 



On the ground. 



*** Cap and stem at first floccose or fibrillose. 



P. frustulenta. — Cap about i in. across, campanulate, then hemi- 

 spherical, obtuse, slightly striate, slightly tinged brown with whitish 

 squamules near the edge ; gills whitish, then watery cinnamon ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, rather wavy, ffocculose, white. 



Exceptional in the rusty brown spores, but nearer to the present 

 genus than to Galera. 



Among gravel in damp places. 



P. hifrons. — Cap up to | in. across, campanulate, yellowish brown, 

 then tinged pink, pale when dry ; gills pinkish grey, edge white ; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, smooth, whitish. 



On twigs, chips, etc. 



P. semivestita. — Cap up to f in. across, ovate-campanulate, bay- 

 brown, becoming pale, when young sprinkled up to the middle with 

 white fibrils ; gills greyish, then umber ; stem about 2 J in. high, 

 silky white, fibrillose below. 



Among grass. Tufted or solitary. 



P. fatima. — Cap about i in. across, ovate-campanulate, then ex- 

 panded and wrinkled, dingy ochre, disc darker, becoming pale ; 

 gills pale brown ; stem 2-4 in. long, white, apex mealy. 



On the ground. Very fragile. Suggests Hypholoma appcndicu- 

 lafum, but does not grow on wood. 



