378 PUNGUS-FLOEA. 



mgulose in dry weatlier, pale smoky-brown^ or iDrown, 

 becoming pale. Gills adnate, but ventricose in front and 

 thus appearing emarginate, rather distant, not thin, brownish; 

 bright brown, then umber. When half dry the disc becomes 

 pale. (Fries.) 



Psiloeybe clivensis. B. & Br. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, hemispherical, pale brown then 

 pale ochraceous or almost white, even, atomate, margin 

 striate ; gills broad, adnate, widely emarginate, broadest in 

 front, subdistant, umber, margin white ; stem about 1 J in. 

 high, 1 line thick, subequal, fistulose, somewhat silky, base 

 subclavate; spores umber, 10 X 6 /a. 



Agaricus (Psiloeybe) clivensis, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 916, pi. xiv. f. 3; Cke., Hdbk., p. 212; Cke., lUustr., 

 t. 969. 



On the ground. 



When fully developed whitish, plane or even a little 

 depressed, margin indistinctly striate. 



Psiloeybe oatervata. Massee. 

 Densely fasciculate; pileus ^-f in. across, campanulate, 

 obtuse, snow-white, even, glabrous, satiny, flesh rather thick, 

 white; stem about 2 in. long, 1 line thick, equal, usually 

 rather wavy, hollow, white, shining, brittle ; gills slightly 

 adnexed, rather broad, crowded, grey, then brown with a 

 tinge of purple, edge entire, white; spores elliptic-oblong, 

 smooth, brown with a purple tinge, 12 X 4 /*.; cystidia 

 fusiform, 60-70 x 12 ;«.. 



On the ground; Carlisle, Oct. 1887. (Dr. Carlyle.) 

 Not closely allied to any known species ; distinguished at 

 once by the densely fasciculate habit and the shining snow- 

 white pileus and stem. Eesembling in size and crowded 

 mode of growth, Galera conferta, but distinguished by the 

 purple gills and spores, and the pure white pileus at all 

 ages. 



HYPHOLOMA. Fries, (figs. 9, 10, 14, 16, p. 351.) 



Pileus more or less fleshy, margin at first incurved ; stem 

 central, its substance continuous with that of the pileus; 

 veil interwoven, adhering in torn fragments to the margin 



