CRYPTOGAMIA FUNG I. 1 8 1 



candidi, ubivis coloris, RAII, S-yn. I. 10. No. 54. tab. 1. f. 2. 

 litt. a a. 



Hob. On old moss-grown trees, particularly on willows. 

 Aut. 



A very pretty little species, of a pure white colour, and de . 

 licate form. Stalk an inch long, more or less curved. Pi- 

 leus powdery, apparently striate (not furrowed) from the 

 gills appearing through, for it is very thin. Gills ventri- 

 cose, adherent- Well described by DILLENIUS in RAY'S 

 Synopsis. 



f f Gills loose. 



42. A. arundicola, stalk filiform, dark brown, pubescent, furrow- 

 ed when dry ; pileus circular, nearly plane, dimpled in the centre, 

 light brown, thin, uneven and plaited ; gills white, rather distant, 

 4 in a set, ventricose. (Tab. nost. 6. fig. inf.) 



Hob. Parasitical on the stalks of sea bent. Spittal Links. 

 Aut. 



Stalk 1 inch high, perforated, of a uniform colour. Pileus 

 scarcely half an inch in diameter, brown in the centre, be- 

 coming gradually paler towards the edge. It may be dried, 

 and will again revive on immersion in water. It has no 

 smell. 



43. A. spinipes, stalk long, cylindrical, radicating, light brown, 

 white near the top ; pileus plane or convex, smooth, dark brown ; 

 gills white, numerous. Sow. Fung. t. 206. 



Hob. Parasitical on decayed fir-cones in Blackadder plan- 

 tations, abundant. 



Stalk from 4 to 6 inches long, as thick as a crow-quill, the 

 lower part woolly, and penetrating deep among the decay- 

 ed leaves of firs, being always attached to a cone or decay- 

 ed branch. The pileus is neat, circular, convex, very 

 smooth, ^ths of an inch in diameter. Gills very white, 

 numerous but not close, ventricose, 8 in a set. In a very 

 early state the whole plant is white, Dries well. 



44. A. procerus, stalk a span high, thick, cylindrical, bulbous at 

 the base, with a moveable collar; pileus large, circular, convex, 

 scaly, earthy -brown ; gills white, rather distant WITH. iv. 307. 



