222 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



On dry dead branches in woods. Extremely common. Pi- 

 lous silky under a lens, paler rufous, darker in the centre ; 

 gills pallid when old. 



15. M. candidus, Fr. ; Avhite ; pileus submcmljranaceous, 

 hemispherical, then plane and depressed, pellucid, naked, at 

 length sulcato-rugulose ; stem stuffed, thin, incurved, mi- 

 nutely pruinose, floccose at the base, and at length brownish ; 

 gills adnexed, ventricose, distant. — Bolt. t. 39. /. D. 



On twigs, etc. This species, as a native of Britain, rests on 

 the quotation by Fries of Bolton^s figure. 



** Stem liorny, tough, dry ; mycelium rhizomorphoiJ ; pileus sub- 



membranaceous ; edge at first straight. 



a. Stem smooth. 



16. M. androsaceus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, convex, 

 subumbilicate, striate, smooth ; stem horny, fistulose, quite 

 smooth, black ; gills aduate, distinct, simple, whitish. — Sow. 

 t. 94. 



On leaves, etc., in woods. Extremely common. Pileus 

 pale-rufous, darker in the centre, minutely silky under a lens. 



17. M. rotxila, Fr.; pileus membranaceous, convex, umbi- 

 licate, plicate ; stem horny, shining, quite smooth, black ; gills 

 broad, few, distant, attached to a collar, distinct from the stem. 

 (Plate 14, fig. 7.) 



On fallen twigs, decaying chips, etc., in gardens and woods. 

 Extremely common. Pileus nearly white. 



18. M. gramiaum, B. and Br.; pileus nearly plane, um- 

 bonate, sulcate, very pale rufous, the furrows paler, umbo 

 brown; stem quite smooth, shining, black, white above; gills 

 icvf, subventricose, cream-coloured, attached to a free collar. 

 "(Plate 14, fig. 8.) — Agaricus gramiuum, Libert, n. 119. 



On leaves of grass. Fineshade, Northamptonshire, Aug. 8, 



