176 OUTLINES OF BKITISII FUNGOLOGY. 



discoloured at apex Avitli the spores ; gills few, free, reach- 

 iug the stem, blackish. 



On dung and ou the ground. Shrewsbury. 



****** Glabrati. — Fileus smooth, loithout floccose or 

 micaceous squamules. Veil none. 



20. C. alternatus, Fr. ; somewhat Cccspitose ; pileus 

 \\ in., chalky pallid, pale umber at disc, somewhat fleshy, 

 hemispherical, even, smooth, discoid, striped with alternate 

 striae broad and narrow ; stem hollow, attenuated from the 

 thickened base, smooth, becoming pale ; gills adnate, linear, 

 cinereous then black. 



On the ground. East Dereham. 



21. C. deliquescens, Fr. (p. 180) ; 3-4 iu. Epping 

 Forest. 



22. C. tardus, Kurs. ; pileus membranaceous, campanu- 

 late, sulcate, smooth, becoming gilvous or isabelline ; stem 

 iistulose, a little thickened downwards, silky pruiuose, then 

 smooth, rather striate, white; gills adnate, whitish then black. 



On naked soil. 



23. C. congregatus, Bnll. ; densely cjespitose ; pileus 

 membranaceous, cylindrical, then campanulate, smootli, 

 viscid, of one colour, ochraceous, margin faintly striate ; 

 stem fistulose, thin, short, smooth ; gills reaching the stem, 

 linear, white, becoming black. 



On ground by roadsides. Eppiug Forest. 



Tribe 2. Veliformes. — Pileus very thin icithoiit a pellicle, at 

 length ope)dn<j into ficrrows along the back of tlie gills and 

 becoming plicato-sulcate ; stem thin, fistulose ; gills melting 

 away into very thin lines. 



* Cyclodei. — Stem annulate or volvate. 



, 21. C. Hendersonii, B. (p. 180). 



