132 OUTLINES OF niUTISII FUNGOLOGY. 



Oil old Avails, amongst moss. Not nncommon. 



168. A. (Omplialia) umbelliferus, L. ; pilcus membrana- 

 ceous, convexo-plaue, obeonic, brittle, radiato-striate, vhen 

 dry pallid, even, slightly silky ; margin at fii'st inflexed, cre- 

 uate; stem equal, downy at the base; gills dccurrent, thick, 

 and very distant, extremely broad behind. 



In s\vam])s, exposed pastures, etc. Very common. Varying 

 extremely in colour. A yellow variety, inclining to orange 

 when growing on high mountains, is generally diffused in 

 alpine countries, and is very beautiful. Pilcus 2-10 lines 



169. A. (Omphalia) Helvelloides, Bull. ; pilcus obeonic, 

 umbonatc, at length depressed, somewhat funnel-shaped, re- ' 

 motcly radiato-sulcatc ; stem elongated ; gills thick, forked, 

 dccurrent, broad in front. — Bull. t. 601. /. 3. 



On the ground. Navigation House, Monmouthshire. Oct. 

 27, 1847, C E. Broome. Far more delicate and graceful 

 than any form of A. umbelliferus. Fries considers this the 

 same with his A. sctipcs. 



170. A. (Omphalia) vvi£ulus,. Berk, and Br. ; pilcus umbi- 

 licate, reddish-grey, gi'owiug pale, somewhat mealy ; stem of 

 the same colour, shining ; gills dccurrent, rather thick, forked, 

 flesh-coloured.— ^/?w. of Nat. Hist. Oct. 1848, p. 260. 



On an exposed common, amongst Polytrichum aloides. 

 Hanham, near Bristol. This little species has the habit and 

 nearly the colours of minute A . laccatus. 



171. A. (Omphalia) stellatus, Sow.; white; pilcus slight- 

 ly fleshy or membranaceous, convex, umbilicate, smooth, stri- 

 ate, diaphanous; stem equal, brittle, stuffed, floccoso-radiate 

 at the base ; gills thin, broad, drcurrcnt, very distant. — Soiv. 

 t. 107. 



On sticks, decayed stems of herbaceous plants, etc. Not 



