PANAEOLUS. 337 



toth forms the stem is often studded -mtli drops of water in 

 rainy weather. (Fries.) 



Panaeolus caliginosus. Jungh. 



Pileus about f in. high and ^ in. broad, rather fleshy, 

 obtuse, even, smooth, brown; gills slightly adnexed, 1^ lines 

 broad, ascending, lanceolate,- smoky-black ; stem 2-3 in. long, 

 1 line or more thick, equal, naked, coloured like the pileus, 

 straight, hollow ; spores elliptical, blackish, 10 x 6-7 /j,. 



Agaricus caliginosus, Junghuhn, Linnea, vol. v. t. vi. f. 13. 



Agaricus (^Panaeolus) caliginosus, Pries, Hym. Eur., p. 312; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 220 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 631a. 



In open pastures amongst grass, &c. Distinguished 

 amongst the smaller species of Panaeolw-s by the brown 

 pileus and stem. Fries says that he has seen a very delicate 

 veil present in this species. 



**** Pileus not viscid, with a dark-coloured marginal zone. 



Panaeolus sub-balteatus. B. & Br. 



Caespitose. Pileus 1^2 in. across, convex with margin 

 slightly incurved, then expanded, obtuse or slightly umbo- 

 nate, rather fleshy, hygrophanous, dull, deep fawn-colour, 

 paler when dry, slightly rugose, marked near the margin 

 with a dark, narrow zone ; gills brownish, slightly ventricose, 

 adnate, margin white, serrulate ; stem 2-2^ in. high, 2 lines 

 thick, fistulose, red-brown, brittle, longitudinally fibrous, 

 with short white fibrils ; veil none ; spores black. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus) sub-halteatus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., n. 923 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 220 ; Cke., Illustr., t. 631b. 



On the ground. The dark zone appears to depend on the 

 amount of moisture in the pileus. 



Panaeolus acuminatus. Fr. 



Pileus |-1 in. across, rather fleshy, conical, apex subacute, 

 even, glabrous, shining, yellowish clay-colour with a flesh 

 tinge, with a dark encircling zone near the uneven margin ; 

 gills adnexed, 1^ line broad, ventricose, crowded, at length 

 black ; stem 1-1^ in. long, 1^ line thick, equal, pale upwards, 

 brownish towards the base, prninose, hoUow. 



Agaricus (Panaeolus) acuminatus. Fries, Epicr., p. 237 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 220 ; Cke., Hlustr., pi. 632a. 



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