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AGARICACE^E 



Omphalia 



363. M. hiemalis Que'l. (from its time of growth hiems, winter) a c. 



Whitish or flesh-colour, rarely brownish or slate. 

 P. hemispherical. St. slightly downy below. G. adnato-ascend- 



ing, narrow. 

 Scattered. Trunks, oak, willow ; rare. Sept.-Mar. x i X ^ in. 



364. M. setosa Gill, (from the hairy stem ; seta, a bristle) a b. White, 



becoming brownish. 

 P. hemispherical. G. adnate. 

 Densely gregarious. Dead beech-leaves; rare. Oct.-Nov. iVxfx T ^ 5 in. 



365. M. capillaris Que'l. (from the hair-like stem; capillus, a hair) 



a b c. White. 

 P. plane, slightly depressed. St. smooth, attenuate downwards. 



G. adnato-decurrent. 

 Woods, on herbaceous stems, moss and dead leaves, chiefly beech, oak. 



Sept.-Nov. 3*5 X | X T ^ g in. Chiefly seen in very rainy weather. 



366. M. juneieola Gill, (from its habitat ; juncus, a rush, colo, to 



inhabit) a. 

 P. acutely conic, rose-colour, rufescent, blood-red or tawny. St. 



brownish. G. adnate, white or pale yellowish. 

 Rushes in bogs, twigs ; rare. June-July. ^5 X X T ^ s in. 



X. OMPHALIA Que'l. 

 (From the umbilicus ; Gr. omphalos.} 



Veil almost obsolete, only seen in pruina, squamules or tomentum 

 of the pileus and stem, and rarely in a basal disc to which the edge 



Fig. 19. A, section of Omphalia muralis 

 Que'l. X 3. B, O. pseudodirecta W. G. Sm. ; 

 young state seen from above to show volva-like 

 base. 



of the pileus is attached in infancy. Hymenophore confluent with, 

 but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus somewhat 



