88 AGARICACE^: Omphalia 



394. 0. pieta Gill, (from its varied colours ; pictus^ painted) a. 



P. hood-shaped, subdepressed, fuscous; marg. striate; mid. 



yellow or brown. St. horny, brown; blackish at strigose 



base. G. adnate, broader than long, subdecurrent, whitish or 



yellowish. 

 Woods, mixed, on sticks, chips, dead wood, sawdust, etc. Aug.-Oct. 



I X I J X & in. 



395. 0. eamptophylla Sacc. (from the curved gills; Gr. kampto, 



to curve, phullon, a leaf) a b. 

 P. convexo-depressed, brown or brown-white ; marg. striate, 



grey. St. yellow to white above, rufescent to pale brown 



below. G. adnate, subdecurrent, white. 

 Sticks, chips, etc. ; rare. Aug.-Oct. X 2 X -% in. 



396. 0. umbratilis Gill, (from its growing in the shade ; timbratilis, 



remaining in shade) a c. 

 P. convexo-plane, broadly depressed, black-fuscous, hoary when 



dry. St. fuscous-dead-black. G. adnato-decurrent, becoming 



fuscous-white. 

 Gregarious. Amongst grass. Autumn. X X ^ in. 



397. 0. grisea Quel. (griseus, grey) a b c. 



P. conico-campanulate, subumbonate, then expanded and um- 

 bilicate, livid grey to umber, becoming hoary. St. attenuate 

 downwards, longitudinally cracking, ashy-whitish. G. sinuato- 

 decurrent, whitish-grey, dull lavender with a white edge or 

 livid umber. 



Taste and odour somewhat unpleasant. Woods, pine, mixed, dead sticks, 

 leaves; rare. Sept.-Nov. X if X ^ in. 



398. 0. fibula Quel. (from its shape ; fibula, a pin) a b c. 



P. piano-depressed, sometimes papillate, orange-yellow or ver- 

 milion. St. colour as P. G. decurrent, yellow or orange. 

 Flesh orange. 



Mossy ground, shady banks, moist woods, moss, sedge, grass, stumps, etc. 

 Mar.-Dec. \ X if X -fa in. Var. Sivartzii Karst. P. tan or white-purple ; 

 mid. deep purple-brown. The variation from orange to purple agrees with 

 224 and its purple form. There is a white variety. 



399. 0. direeta Sacc. (from the long hairs at right angles to the stem ; 



directuS) straight) a c. White. 



P. piano-depressed. St. sometimes faintly rufous. G. sub- 

 distant, decurrent. 

 Dead leaves. May-Nov. ^ X | X T sg in. 



400. O. PSEUDODIRECTA W. G. Sm. (from its being mistaken by 



Dr. M. C. Cooke for 399 ; Gr. psendos, false) a b. 

 P. piano-depressed, white-pruinose. St. white, mealy-granular 



below, springing from a white floccose disc or volva which 



becomes obsolete as the stem lengthens. G. few, adnate, 



white then saffron, pruinoso-sparkling. 

 On Encephalartos cone at Messrs. Veitch's nursery, Chelsea. May. 



iV X X T ig in. Stems bristle-like, often non-pileate. 



