68 FUKGUS-FLOKA. 



sometimes dark lurid green, sometimes greenish-umlDer ; 

 pellicle separable; margin thin, incurved at first then 

 spreading, always even ; flesh iirm, somewhat cheesy, white ; 

 gills adnato-decurrent, rather thick, somewhat distant, broad, 

 attenuated at each end, forked, white ; stem solid, firm, 

 2-3 in. long, equal or narrowed at the base, even, white, 

 firm, solid; spores 7-8 X 9 /a. 



Bussula furcata, Pries, Epicr,, p. 352 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 321 ; 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 1036. 



In woods and in grass under trees. 



Differs from B. cyanoxantha in the broad gills being 

 narrowed at both ends. JR. oUvascens differs in the broad 

 gills becoming yellowish at maturity, and the larger 

 spores. 



The leading points of the present species are the slightly 

 decurrent, thickish, frequently-forked gUls, and the even 

 pileus with a very delicate silky bloom, and the separable, 

 entire pellicle. 



Var. pictipes, Cke., Hdbk., p. 321; Cke., lUustr., pi. 

 1086. 



MUd. Pileus 4t-6 in. across, flesh thick, white, dingy 

 green, disc darker, even; margin even,. or becoming slightly 

 striate ; gills adnate, rather distant, white, 2-3 lines broad ; 

 stem 4-6 in. long, 1 in. thick at the apex, becoming a little 

 thinner downwards, whitish • rosy at the apex ; tinged green 

 below ; spores 8 f/, diameter. 



In woods. 



Cuticle of pileus separable, flesh rosy below. 



Var. ochroviridis, Cke., Hdbk., p. 322; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 1100. 



Mild. Pileus 4-5 in. across, flattened then depressed, at 

 first viscid, polished when dry, with a thin adnate pellicle, 

 ochraceous towards the margin, disc olivaceous or sooty ; 

 margin spreading, even, acute; gills slightly adnexed, 

 narrowed at both ends, 2 lines broad at the middle, lanceo- 

 late, crowded, many furcate, white, becoming slightly dingy 

 when old; stem about 2 in. long and 1 in. thick, reticulately 

 rugulose, white, rarely becoming pallid, stuffed and spongy 

 within, flesh becoming sooty when cut ; spores white, sub- 

 globose, faintly granular, 9 X 7 /i. 



