STEOPHAEIA. 395 



Agaricus liydropMlus, BuUiard, Champ., t. 511 ; Fries, 

 Monogr. i. p. 427 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 207 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 

 605 b. 



Bolbitius JiydropMlus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 333. 



At the base of trunks, stumps, &c. Caespitose. Some- 

 what resembling Psilocyhe spadicea, but distinguished by the 

 absence of a rosy tint in the gills and by the small ferru- 

 ginous spores. Considered by Fries in his latest work as a 

 species of Bolbitius. 



Veil very fugacious. Often absent. PileUs pale tawny 

 when dry. General structure that of the appendiculate 

 species of Hypholoma, but differing in the obsolete veil, and 

 small, ferruginous spores. (Fries.) 



The veil though fugacious, at once distinguishes it 

 (^Hypholoma hydrophilus) from some other species with which 

 it might easily be confounded. (Berk.) 



Very similar to H. appendiculatus but widely different in 

 the gills exuding drops of water, and in this feature agree- 

 ing with H. velutinus. Very caespitose and fragile. Stem 

 fistulose, 2 in. long, 2 lines thick, rather curved and often 

 compressed, fibrillosely reticulated under a lens, at first 

 white then becoming ferruginous, apex obsoletely mealy. 

 Veil marginal, fimbriated, white, fugacious. Pileus fleshy- 

 membranaceous, bullate, then convex, finally expanded, 

 often very irregular from mutual pressure, about 1^ in. across ; 

 moist, even, bay, when growing; rugose (the prominent 

 disc even) when dry, margin incurved, undulate. Flesh 

 very thin, readily splitting, pure white when dry. GUIs 

 adnate, ventricose, and sometimes appearing to be almost 

 free, crowded, watery, exuding drops of water, bay-brown. 

 Spores more evidently ferruginous than in the other species. 

 (Fries.) 



STEOPHAEIA. Fries, (figs. 8, 17, p. 351). 



Pileus somewhat fleshy, often with a viscid pellicle ; stem 

 central, its flesh continuous with that of the pileus ; veil 

 present, forming a distinct ring round the stem ; gills adnate 

 or adnexed, becoming dark brown or purplish. 



Stropharia (as a subgenus), Fries, Monogr^ i. p. 408 '; 

 Cte., Hdbk., p. 197. 



