194 AGARICACEjfc Anellaria 



890. P. gossypina Gill, (from its cotton-like fibrils; gossypium, 



cotton) a b c. 



P. expanded, ochreous-clay ; mid. pale sienna ; marg. striate. 

 St. whitish-tomentose. G. adnexed, ventricose, white, then 

 fuscous-black. 

 Subcsespitose. Woods, twigs, on the ground. May-Oct. 2^ x 2f x ^ in. 



891. P. noli-tangere Qudl. (from its fragility, breaking at a touch ; 



noli tangere, do not touch) a b. 



P. expanded, obtuse, hygrophanous, pale umber when large, dark 

 fuscous when small, becoming pale ; marg. striate, appendicu- 

 late with sc. St. subnaked, even, grey-white above, fuscous 

 or slate below. G. adnexo- or adnato-rounded, fuscous. Flesh 

 pale brownish. 



Gregarious. Oak chips, amongst moss, damp sandy ground. Sept. -Dec. 

 I X i X ^ in. 



892. P. mierorrhiza Sacc. (from the small rooting stem ; Gr. mikros, 



small, rhiza, a root) a b c. 

 P. ochreous or rufous, at first yellow-pilose, then pale, atomate. 



St. attenuato-rooting, whitish-scaly. G. adnexo-ascending, 



black-brown. 

 Gregarious. Gardens, on the ground. Sept. if x 4 X ^ in. 



893. P. urtieseeola Sacc. (from its habitat, nettle-roots ; urtica, a 



nettle, colo, to inhabit). 

 P. white-flocculent ; marg. striate. St. white-flocculent. G. 



adnexo-ascending, rich chocolate. 

 At the base of old nettle-stems. Aug. ^ x I X $% in. 



SERIES V. COPRINARII Fr. 

 (From the habitat ; Gr. kopros^ dung.) 



Spores black. Gills from the first separate, not cohering and 

 becoming fluid as in Coprinus. 



Intermediate between the preceding series and Coprinus. 



Genera XXXIX-XLI. 



XXXIX. ANELLARIA Karst. 

 (From the annulus ; anellus^ a little ring.) 



Veil appendiculate at the margin of the pileus. Hymenophore 

 confluent with, but heterogeneous from the cartilaginous stem. Pileus 

 subfleshy, conico-campanulate, without striae, shining when dry, not 

 expanding, the margin exceeding the gills. Stem central, lustrous, 

 somewhat firm, fistulose, annulate. Gills ascending, black or 

 variegated slate-blackish, not deliquescent. (Fig. 48.) 



