Tubaria 



AGARICACE^E 



I6 5 



770 striate. Stem central, subcartilaginous, fistulose, simple or 

 imperfectly annulate. Gills subdecurrent, broadest behind and 



Fig. 39- A, Tubaria furfuracea Gill. ; B, 7 1 . paludosa Karst. 

 Entire and in section. One half natural size. 



somewhat triangular. Spores ferruginous or fuscous-ferruginous. 

 (Fig. 39-) 



The species are all small ; some grow on the ground, others on 

 mosses, twigs, chips, leaves, etc. 



Tubaria agrees in its chief structural characters with Otnphalia 

 and Eccilia. Species 762 771 



a. Genuina. Spores ferruginous. 762 768 



b. Phceotcz. Spores fuscous-ferruginous. 769 771 



a. Genuina. 



762. T. eupularis Gill, (from the shape of the pileus ; cupularis, cup- 



shaped) a. 

 P. piano-depressed, hygrophanous, smooth, rufescent to light 



yellowish. St. whitish or faintly ochreous. G. serrulate, 



reddish. 

 Mountainous heaths, amongst grass. Aug.-Sept. i& X 2 x ^# in. 



763. T. furfuraeea Gill, (from the scurfy pileus ; furfur, bran) a b c. 

 P. flat, umbilicate, cinnamon to tan-whitish; marg. substriate 



when moist, appendiculate with white-squamulose V. St. 

 floccose, colour as P., villous at base. G. subdecurrent, 

 bright cinnamon or clay. 



Gregarious. Tasteless or pleasant. Thatch, chips, twigs, wood, shavings, ivy, 

 humus. Jan. -Dec. if x if X \ in. Polymorphous. Var. trigonophylla 

 Sacc. Smaller than type ; G. triangular. Var. heterosticha Karst. P. 

 depressed, umbonate. 



