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AGARICACE.E 



Naucoria 



naked, flocculose, squamulose, silky or atomate; margin at first 

 incurved, not usually striate. Stem normally central, caitilaginous, 

 fistulose or spongy-stuffed, simple or imperfectly annulate. Gills 

 free or adnate, not decurrent. Spores ferruginous. (Fig. 37.) 



Fig- 37- A, Naucoria Cucuntis Gill. ; B, N. porriginosa Karst. 

 Entire and in section ; one-half natural size. 



The species grow on the ground or are epiphytal, sometimes 

 rooting ; they are mostly small in size and brown in colour. 



Naucoria corresponds in structure with Collybia, Leptonia^ and 

 partially with Psilocybe and Panaolus. Species 703 746 



a. Gymnota. Pileus smooth. Veil obsolete, except 711 and 717. 



Spores ferruginous, not becoming fuscous-ferruginous, 



except 712. 



GUIs usually free or slightly adnexed. 703 716 



Pileus convexo-plane. Gills usually adnate. 717 721 



Pileus campanulate, then expanded, except 722 and 723. 



GUIs usually adnate. 722728 



b. Ph&ota. Pileus naked. Veil potential, but rarely manifest ; 



when visible, in the form of a fugacious cortina. GUIs 



and spores fuscous-ferruginous. 



Growing in fields and on plains, except 730. 729 734 



Growing in moist uncultivated woody places. 735 738 



c. Lepidota. Pileus flocculose or squamulose. Veil manifest. 



Spores ferruginous, except 744. 



Pileus with separating, superficial squamules. 739, 740 



Pileus with innate squamules. 741 744 



Pileus without scales, silky or atomate. 745, 746 



