394 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



umber, margin wMte; stem 2 in. faigli, IJ line thick, 

 attenuated upwards or nearly equal, fistulose, minutely 

 adpresso-squamose ; spores purple-brown. 



Agaricus {Hypholomd) egenulus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist., 

 n. 915 ; Cke., lUustr. t. 605 A ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 207. 



On the ground amongst grass. Has exactly the habit of 

 Schaeff. t. 205 {A. cernuus) ; but that belongs to a different 

 section. The nearest ally is A. appendiculatus. 



Hypholoma pilulaeformis. Bull. 



Pileus |-1| in. across, rather membranaceous, globose 

 "then expanded, obtuse, even, glabrous, brown when moist, 

 •dingy ochraceous when dry ; gills adnexed, separating from 

 the stem, thin, white, then becoming brownish ; stem about 

 1 in. long and 1 line thiek, glabrous, white, hollow; veil 

 interwoven, at first forming a ring. 



Agaricus pilulaeformis, BuUiard, Champ., t. 112 ; Fries, 

 Hym. Eur., p. 296; Fries, Mon. i. p. 428. 



On mossy trunks. 



Resembles a diminutive form of H. wppendiculatus, dif- 

 fering more essentially in the gills never assuming a flesh- 

 coloured tinge. In habit resembling Psaihyrella disseminata, 

 very crowded and fragile. Stem hollow, 1 in. long, 1 line 

 thick, flexuous, glabrous, white, apex naked. Veil evident, 

 interwoven, in young specimens ring-like. Pileus almost 

 membranaceous, globose then expanded, obtuse, 1 in. and 

 more broad, even, smooth, brown when moist, dingy ochra- 

 ceous when dry. Gills adnexed, readily separating, thin, 

 narrow, linear, dry, white then grey, at length brownish. 

 (Fries.) 



Hypholoma hydrophilus. Bull. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded 

 and almost plane, obtuse, rather wavy sometimes, hygro- 

 phanous, rugose, disc even, margin slightly inturned and 

 split, tawny-ochraceous when dry ; gills adnexed, ventricose, 

 about 2 lines broad, crowded, exuding drops of water, pallid, 

 then brownish-cinnamon ; stem about 2 in. long, 2-3 lines 

 thick, adpressedly fibrillose, apex rather mealy, pallid, 

 usually curved, hollow; spores elliptical, rusty-cinnamon, 

 5 X 3 ju. 



