344 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



Agaricus {Psathyrella) pronus. Fries, Epicr., p. 239 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 223 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 656 a. 



Amongst grass. Often tufted, fragile. 



Stem filiform, lax, yet fragile, 1^ in. long, apex obsoletely 

 pruinose, remainder very glabrous. Pilaus 4-6 lines broad, 

 smoky, hoary when dry. Gills subtriangular, margin some- 

 times obsoletely rosy. Spores very black. (Fries.) 



Var. Smithii, Mass. PUeus 2 lines across, hemispherical, 

 stem 1^ in. high, filiform, pallid, gills broad in proportion. 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 656 b. 



On the ground in woods (Worth. G. Smith). 



Stem distinctly fistulose, 1^ in. long, filiform, flexuous, 

 lax, equal, very smooth, apex pruinose under a lens, becoming 

 pallid. Pileus membranaceous, campanulate, then hemi- 

 spherical, very obtuse, 4-6 lines broad, glabrous, peUucido- 

 striate, hygrophorus, fuliginous when moist, hoary when 

 dry, obsoletely minutely silky- atomate. GiUs adnate, plane, 

 subtriangular, distant, 2 lines broad, livid-fuliginous, spotted 

 with black with the spores. (Fries.) 



Psathyrella empyreumatica. B. & Br. 



Pileus 1^ in. across, expanded, hygrophanous, atomate, 

 rufous, becoming pale, margin crenate ; gills 2 lines broad, 

 connected by veins, thick, distant, adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, rufous, then brown-purple, margin pale ; stem 2-2^ in. 

 high, 1J lines thick, minutely fistulose, silky-furfuraceous, 

 pale. Strong-scented. 



Agouricus (Psathyrella) empyreumatieus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., n. 1262; Cke., Hdbk., p. 223; Cke., Illustr., t. 657 a. 



On a wooden pavement. 



Eesembling Ag. confragoms (= Pholiota confragosa^ so 

 closely that, till the spores were observed, it was taken for 

 that species. (B. & Br.) 



Psathyrella atomata. Fr. 

 Pileus about 1 in. across, submembranaceous, campanulate, 

 obtuse, then expanded, indistinctly striate at the margin, 

 hygrophanous, when dry rugulose and covered with 

 glistening particles, not torn, pale ochraceous, often tinged 

 with rose-colour ; gills adnate, rather distant, about 1^ line 

 broad, margin minutely and irregularly toothed, greyish, 



