Naucoria AGARICACE/E 



733. N. semiorbieularis Quel. (from the hemispherical pileus; 



semi, half, orbicularis , round) a b c. 

 P. smooth, viscid, corrugate when dry, tawny-ferruginous to tan. 



St. pallid-ferruginous or tan, rarely with trace of A. G. adnate, 



subrounded or sinuate, ferruginous. 

 Pastures, roadsides, etc., examples in Brit. Mus. from interior of skull of a 



stranded whale ; common. June-Nov. ij x 2f x in. 



734. N. tabacina Gill, (from the colour of the pileus as of tobacco, 



tabacum) a. Bay-brown-fuscous. 

 P. plane, subobtuse, hygrophanous, traces of V. at marg. 



6 1 /. lighter above, darker below. G. adnate or adnexed. 

 Subcaespitose. Waysides, amongst short grass. Autumn. | X ij x ^ in. 



735. N. tenax Gill, (tenax, tough) a b c. 



P. expanded, obtusely umbonate, viscid, cinnamon or shaded 

 olive, fuscous or pale fuscous-slate. St. adpressedly fibrillose, 

 light-yellowish to slate-white. G. adnate, subcrowded, whitish- 

 fuscous. 



Fields, amongst sticks. Oct. I X 2| x ^ in. 



736. N. Myosotis Quel. (from its growing in wet places with forget- 



me-not, Myosotis) a b. 



P. expanded, umbonate, viscid, olivaceous or olive-brownish, 

 becoming light; marg. striate, cortinate with white V. 

 St. often flexuous, fibrillose, white above, brownish below, 

 sometimes with a fugitive A. G. adnate with a tooth, sub- 

 distant, brown-ferruginous, with a serrate white edge. 



Bogs with Myosotis and Potentilla Comarum. July- Aug. 2| x 5 X J in. 

 Very variable. 



737. N. temulenta Quel. (from the bibulous substance and flexuous 



stem ; temulentus, drunken) a b. 



P. expanded, subumbonate, moist, ferruginous or reddish, 

 ochreous or whitish when dry; marg. striate. St. pale dull 

 orange or reddish, white at base. G. adnate, subdistant, 

 attenuate in front, reddish. 



Woods, open moist places. Aug.-Sept. i X 2\ X \ in. 



738. N. latissima Sacc. (from the very broad gills ; latissimus, very 



broad) a b c. 

 P. hemispherical, umber, orange-sienna-shaded, or orange-yellow ; 



mid. flat. St. greatly attenuate downwards, tan with a 



brownish base. G. rounded adnate, separating, greyish then 



brown. 

 Amongst grass. Sept. i x 2^ x ^ in. Pileus sometimes if in. in 



diam. The mycelium forms an earthy ball at base of stem. 



c. Lepidotce. 



739. N. porriginosa Karst. (from the scurfy pileus; porriginosus, 



full of scurf) a b. 



P. expanded, obtuse or subumbonate, dull yellow, clad with 

 saffron flocci; marg. appendiculate with V. St. silky, then 



