Psathyra AGARIC ACE^E ^3 



883. P. semivestita Sacc. (from the pileus white-fibrillose halfway 



to the middle ; semi, half, vestio, to clothe) a b. 

 P. obtuse, chestnut-brown, tan when dry. St. fibrilloso-silky, 



whitish. G. adnato-ascending, grey, becoming umber. 

 Solitary and large, or caespitose and smaller. Rich pastures, waysides, 



woods. Oct. Solitary 2j x 4f X fc in. Caespitose x 3j X & in. 



884. P. Loseosii Sacc. (after Francisco Loscos) a b. 



P. flat, radiato-pitted, sulcato-wrinkled, moist, cracking, atomate, 

 tan-umber. St. striate, twisted, subfibrillose, elastic, tan, 

 white-pruinose above, rufescent below. G. adnate, ventricose, 

 thin, purple-umber with pale edge. Flesh sienna. 



Caespitose. Taste and odour slight, fungoid. Gardens, on mushroom-bed. 

 Nov. 2 X 7| X T \ in. 



885. P. fatua Quel. (from its resemblance to its allies ; fatuus, 



foolish) a. 

 P. rugose, at length smooth, dingy-ochreous, then whitish ; mid. 



sienna. St. striate and mealy above, becoming smooth, white. 



G. adnato-ascending, crowded, brown. 

 Gardens. Autumn. i X 3| X & in. 



886. P. ftbrillosa Quel (from the fibrillose covering) a b. 



P. conical then flat, striate, becoming smooth, livid or whitish, 

 the white fibrils becoming black with age or disappearing. St. 

 white squamulose on pale steel-grey ground, or spreading white- 

 fibrillose. G. adnate, pale slate then purple-black. 



Solitary. Woods, damp places, rotten branches, sticks and leaves ; rare. 

 Oct. 2& x 2fc x & in. 



887. P. Gordonii Gill, (after the Marchioness of Huntly) a. 



P. sulcato-striate, pale cinereous to white. St. transversely 

 undulate, white-pruinose above, then shining, smooth, white. 

 G. ascending, narrowly adnate, cinereous. 



Densely csespitose. Odour faint to strong and nauseous. Stumps, amongst 

 chips. Oct. if X 2j x \ in. 



888. P. helobia Sacc. (from its habitat Gr. helos, a marsh, bios, life) a c. 

 P. flat, subumbonate, radiato-rugose \ mid. with concentric 



elevated ridges, sooty-brown, becoming ochreous-salmon or 

 reddish. St. reddish-umber, salmon when dry. G. adnate, 

 sooty-brown. Flesh pale pink. 

 Woods. Sept. 2j x 5| X & in. Allied to 884. 



889. P. pennata Quel. (from the feathery scales ; penna, a feather) 

 a b c. 



P. livid, whitish or pale brown ; mid. sienna ; marg. appendiculate 

 with large white sc., then naked. St. villous, white pulverulent 

 above, white. G. adnexo- or adnato-ascending, ventricose, 

 fuscous-blackish. 



Gregarious. Gardens, scorched ground, earth, burnt sawdust ; rare. June- 

 Oct. if x 2f X & in. 



