l6o AGARIC AC E^: Naucoria 



smooth, whitish above and below ; mid. ochreous. G. adnate, 

 cinnamon. Flesh lemon-white. 

 Amongst twigs and rubbish. Oct. 2 X 4 X ^ in. 



740. N. sobria Gill, (from its not being hygrophanous; so&rius, 



sober) a c. 



P. convex, obtuse or subumbonate, honey-colour. V. appendicu- 

 late at marg., fugacious. St. tan above, ferruginous below, 

 sometimes white spotted with V. G. adnate, paler than P. 



Woods, mixed, on the ground. July-Oct. & X if X & in. Var. disperse. 

 Sacc. is half the size of type. 



741. N. erinaeea Gill, (from the bristly pileus ; erinacens, a 



hedgehog) a b c. 

 P. expanded, depressed or umbilicate, umber or sienna. 



St. shaggy, deep sienna, lighter above and below. G. adnate 



with a tooth, clay-umber. 

 Solitary. Taste insipid. Dead branches ; rare. Jan.-Dec. I X X \ in. 



Often difficult to see, being exactly the colour of the bark-matrix to which 



it is frequently adpressed. 



742. N. siparia Gill (from the covering formed by the veil ; siparium, 



a small curtain) a. Rufous-ferruginous, upper part of St. and 

 G. somewhat paler. 

 P. convex, densely villoso-squamulose. V. appendiculate at 



marg. St. villoso-downy, except upper part. G. adnate. 

 Wood, earth, dead fern-stems, caddis-worm cases, twigs ; rare. July-Oct. 

 X i X y in. Often differs greatly in length of stem from 741. 



743. N. eonspersa Quel. (from the besprinkled scales of the pileus ; 



conspersus, besprinkled) a b c. 

 P. convex, hygrophanous, bay-brown or crimson-shaded. St. 



fibrillose, cinnamon or ochreous. G. adnate, crowded, dark 



cinnamon. 

 Gregarious. On the ground or amongst dead leaves and Sphagnum in 



woods ; uncommon. Sept.-Oct. X \ X ^ in. 



744. N. eseharoides Quel, (from the scurfy pileus ; Gr. eschar a> a 



scar, eidos, appearance) a b. 



P. campanulate, obtuse, umbonate or umbilicate, tan or whitish ; 

 mid. ochreous or fuscous, with an evanescent white V. 

 St. adpressedly fibrillose, then smooth, pallid or pale ochre to 

 fuscous. G. adnate with a tooth or emarginato-free, some- 

 what cinnamon, with a pale edge. 



Gregarious, subcsespitose. Bare damp ground, under alders. Aug. -Oct. 

 % X I* X & in. 



745. N. earpophila Quel. (from its growing on fruit, beech-mast, etc. ; 



Gr. karpos, fruit, philos, loving) a. 

 P. convex, obtuse, furfuraceous, atomate, tan-whitish. St. fur- 



furaceous, then naked, pallid. G. adnexo-rounded or adnate, 



ochreous. 

 Beech-mast, leaves, etc. ; rare. Sept.-Oct. & x | X J% in. 



