Galera 



AGARICACE.E 



161 



746. N. graminieola Gill, (from its habitat ; gramen, grass, colo, to 



inhabit) a c. 



P. convex, sometimes papillate, shaggy-tomentose, fuscous to 

 fawn-ochraceous. St. hirsute, fuscous. G. slightly adnexed, 

 pallid ochreous 



Decaying rushes, straw, grass, twigs. Oct. x 

 rarely branched. 



in. The stem is 



XXIX. GALERA Quel 

 (From the shape of the pileus; galerus, a cap.) 



Veil fibrillose or obsolete. Hymenophore confluent with, but 

 heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus more or less 

 membranous, conical or semi-ovate, sometimes expanding ; margin 

 striate, at first straight and adpressed to the stem. Stem central, 



A 



Fig. 38. A, Galera tenera Quel., entire and in 



section. B, G. ravida Quel. 



One-half natural size. 



somewhat cartilaginous and, except 752, fistulose, simple or imperfectly 

 annulate. Gills adnate or with a decurrent tooth, or adnexed and 

 becoming almost free. Spores elliptical, smooth, ochreous-ferruginous 

 or tawny-ochreous. (Fig. 38.) 



The species are usually small, slender, tender and fragile ; they 

 grow on the ground or amongst moss. Mostly autumnal. 



Galera agrees in structure with Mycena, Nolanea, Psathyra and 

 Psathyrella. Species 746a 761 



