168 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



317. A. (Psalliota) seruginosus, Chirt. ; pilcus fleshy, con- 

 vexo-planc, somcsvliat urnl)onate, clotlicd with green evanes- 

 cent mucus ; stem hollow, equal, scaly and fibrillose below 

 the ring, tinged with blue; gills adnate, soft, brown, tinged 

 with purple.— F/. Land. t. 309; Huss. i. t. 35. 



In meadows, etc. Very common. Pileus 3 inches across, 

 at first scaly with fragments of the ^'eil, dingy-yellow when 

 tlie green slime has vanished. 



318. A. (Psalliota) albo-cyaneus, Desm. ; pileus fleshy, 

 thin, umbonate, even, viscid, livid, then whitish ; stem slen- 

 der, hollow, flexaous, even, whitish ; ring incomplete ; gills 

 attenuato-affixed, whitish flesh-colour, then brownish-purple. 

 —Pers. Myc. Eur. t. 29. f. 2, 3. 



In meadows, and on dung. Not uncommon. Sometimes 

 with A. ceniginosus, of which it is possil)ly only a variety. 



319. A. (Psalliota) melaspermus, Z?m//. ; pileus fleshy, con- 

 vexo-plane, obtuse, soft, even, smooth, slightly viscid ; stem 

 hollo>v, equal, smooth, Avhite, as well as the membranaceous 

 ring; gills slightly adnexed, ventricose, crowded, pallid, then 

 violet-black.— J5«//. t. 540./. 1. 



In meadows and woods. Rare, Coed Coch. Resembling 

 A. prtBCOx, but with difterent-coloured spores and gills. 



320. A. (Psalliota) squamosus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, thin, 

 convexo-plane, somewhat viscid, sprinkled with superficial 

 concentric scales; stem long, slender, subfistulose, villoso- 

 squamose below the distant ring ; gills adnate, crowded, at 

 length black, edge whitish. (Plate 10, fig. 6.) 



In woods. Not common. Varying in the nature and 

 number of the scales on the stem and pileus. A beautiful 

 species when well-grown. 



321. A. (Psalliota) stercorarius, Fr. ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 hemispherical, then ex])andcd, smooth, even, somewhat viscid. 



