50 OUTLINES OF BlUTISII FUNOOLOGY. 



flaccid^ naked, smooth, somewhat rootiug at base ; gills 

 adnata, somewhat crowded, linear, edge entire. 



Amongst moss and grass. Coed Coch. Epping Forest. 



257. A. (CoUybia) leucomyosotis, Cke. and Sm. ; pileus 

 convex, then expanded, sometimes obtusely umbonate, 

 pale mouse-colour, disc darker, whole plant becoming pallid, 

 almost white when dry, strong-scented, rather fragile ; 

 margin faintly striate ; stem hollow, very brittle, slightly 

 pruinose above, pallid, white at base and obtuse ; gills 

 thick, moderately distant, adnate, sinuate behind. 



On Sjihagnum in bogs. Wimbledon, etc. 



Series B. — Gills hecominy cinereous. 



IV. Tephropiian.e. — Colour dingy, becoming cinereous. 



* Gills crowded, somewhat narroio. 



258. A. (CoUybia) rancidus, Fr. ; pileus 1-2 in., 

 not hygrophanous, lead-colour-black, fuliginous, then pale, 

 slightly pruinose-silky, slightly tleshy-cartilaginous, tough, 

 convex, then plane, broadly and obtusely umbonate, even, 

 smooth ; stem fistulose, rigid, equal, smooth, livid with a long 

 fusiform, villous, rooting stem ; gills free, crowded, narrow, 

 ventricose, dark cinereous, somewhat pruinose. 



Under cedars. About trunks in woods. Burnham 

 Beeches. Odour of rancid meal. 



259. A. (CoUybia) coracinus, Fr. : pileus 1^ in., hygro- 

 phanous, fuscous and shining, then grey and opaque, some- 

 what fleshy-cartilaginous, convexo-cxpanded, umbonate or 

 depressed, often undulated and irregular, even or wrinkled 

 round margin, smooth ; ^flesh white ; stem hollow, cartilagi- 

 nous, tough and rigid, then fragile, compressed (sometimes 

 lacunose), somewhat attenuated downwards, not rooted, be- 



