178 OUTLINES OF BltlTlSH FUXGOLOGY. 



aduexed in the form of a collar, not remote, somewhat 

 ventricose, attenuated behind, cinereous black. 

 On damp soil. Cabalva. 



35. C. plicatilis, Fr. (p. 181.) Epping Forest. 



36. C. cothurnatus, Godey. ; pileus very thin, conico- 

 campanulate, then expanded, densely mealy, then umbonate 

 and unequally split, wholly white, becoming reddish ; stem 

 fistulose, attenuated upwards, white, base squamulose, 

 sheathing ; gills free, somewhat lanceolate, white, then 

 flesh-colour, at length black. 



On cow-dung. 



37. C. filiformis, B. and Br. ; pileus -^l in., grey, shin- 

 ing with white mealy particles, cylindrical, striate ; stem ex- 

 tremely fine, white, sprinkled with a few short delicate hairs. 



On the ground in wood. Colleyweston. 



**** Hemerobii. — Pileus smooth, 



38. C. hemerobius, Fr. (p. 182.) 



39. C. platypus, B. ; pileus thin, campanulate, convex, 

 then expanded, white then ochraceous-flocculose ; stem 

 slender, discoid at the base, whitish even ; gills free, narrow, 

 distant, becoming black. 



On palm stems in conservatories. 



Genus 4. BOLBITIUS, Fr. (p. 152.) 



1. B. hydrophilus, Fr. ; ctespitose ; pileus li in., date 

 brown, then tawny, fleshy, membranaceous, bullate then 

 convex and expanded, at first moist, wrinkled when dry, 

 the prominent disc even, the bent in margin undulated ; 

 flesh very thin, easily scissile, white when dry ; stem fistu- 

 lose, somewhat curved and often compressed, under a lens 

 reticulated with fibrils, at first white then becoming ferru- 



