Naucoria AGARICACE^: 



a. GymnotcK. 



703. N. lugubris Sacc. (from its sombre colours ; lugeo, to mourn) a. 

 P. expanded, gibbous or subumbonate, sometimes glutinous, 



ochreous-tan to ferruginous. St. fusiform-rooting, whitish 

 above, ferruginous below. G. ferruginous. 



Often caespitose. Mountainous fir-woods. Autumn. 2 x ? X in 

 Resembling 229. 



704. N. festiva Bres. (festivus, handsome) a b. 



P. expanded, umbonate, glutinous, brownish-olive, whitish when 

 dry. St. attenuate downwards, buff-white. G. ventricose, 

 crowded, salmon-ferruginous. 



Woods, amongst dead leaves and grass. Sept. if X 4 X & in. 



705. N. obtusa Sacc. (from the obtuse pileus) a b. 



P. campanulate, sienna-reddish, becoming pale ; marg. substriate. 



St. paler than P. V. obsolete. G. adnato-ascending, edge 



serrulate, colour as P. or St. 

 On the ground. Autumn, if x 2$ X & in. 



706. N. subglobosa Sacc. (from the shape of the pileus) a c. 



P. subviscid, yellowish or pale brassy-yellow. St. striate, paler 

 than P. G. ascending, ventricose, ochreous flesh-colour. 

 Scores pale, pallid. 



On the ground. Autumn, i x 2& x $ in. 



707. N. hamadryas Sacc. (from the habitat ; Gr. hamadruas^ a wood- 



nymph) a b. 



P. hygrophanous, expanded, gibbous or umbonate, bay-brown- 

 ferruginous, becoming buff or ochreous-tan. St. shining silky- 

 fibrillose, whitish-tan, with slight A. low down in some young 

 examples. G. sinuato-adnexed, crowded, edge eroded, fer- 

 ruginous. 



Woods, on the ground. Nov. 2 x 3| X in. 



708. N. eidaris Sacc. (from a fancied resemblance in the pileus to a 



tiara, Gr. kidaris} a. 

 P. campanulate, clay-cinnamon to tan. St. attenuate downwards, 



colour as P. above, deep sienna-blackish below. G. adnexo- 



ascending, honey-colour. 

 Odour none. Woods, pine. Nov. 2& X 3& X & in. 



709. N. Cueumis Gill, (from its frequent odour of cucumber, 



Cucumis). a b c. 

 P. campanulate, deep chestnut-umber; marg. tan-buff; or wholly 



tan-buff. St. attenuate downwards, bay or rich purple-brown. 



G. adnexo-ascending, or strongly sinuate, ventricose, tan-buff. 



Flesh purple-brown. 

 Odour strong, rank and penetrating of stale or rotten fish, sometimes of 



cucumber or a combination of fish and cucumber as in the odour of the 



smelt. Woods, fir, grassy places, gardens, sawdust, fragments of wood ; 



frequent. Sept.-Nov. 2| X 2 X 3% in. See 534. 



