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On dead stumps. Rare. King's Cliffe. I have not seen 

 it elsewhere. 



Subgenus 24. Psiloctbe. — Veil, if present, not forming a ring. 

 Margin of pileus at first incurved. 



330. A. (Psiloeybe) spadiceus, Schaff. ; rigid ; pilous 

 fleshy, convexo-plane, ohtuse, even, moist, hygrophanous ; 

 stem hollow, tough, pallid, even above ; gills rounded behind, 

 adnexed, dry, crowded, white, then rosy-brown. 



On dead stumps, on the ground, etc., in woods. Very com- 

 mon. A variable species. 



331. A. (Psilocytoe) cernuus, Mw//.; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 campanulato-convex, expanded, smooth, hygrophanous, mi- 

 nutely wrinkled when dry; stem flexuous, smooth, white, 

 pruinose above, fistulose ; gills adnate, slightly vcntrieose, 

 scarcely crowded, cinereous, white at first, then brownish- 

 black.— i^/. Dan. t. 1008. 



On chips, decayed wood, etc. Apethorpe. Pileus pallid. 

 This has no veil. 



333. A. (Psiloeybe) FcEnisecii, P. ; pileus slightly fleshy, 

 campanulate, expanded, obtuse, pallid when dry, even, smooth, 

 as well as the fistulose, rootless, pallid-rufous stem ; gills ad- 

 nate, ventricosc, widely emarginate, scarcely crowded, brown- 

 ish-umber. (Plate 11, fig. 5.)—Huss. i. t. 39. 



Amongst grass, in fields and gardens. Extremely common. 

 Pileus Avhen moist dark-brown. Attention must be paid to 

 the colour of the spores, or this species will be sought for 

 amongst the Panaoli. 



333. A. (Psiloeybe) copropliilus, Ball. ; pilous slightly 

 fleshy, hemispherical, expanded, then umbonato, at length 

 smooth, as well as the somewhat fistulose stem, which is 



