126 FUNaUS-FLOEA. 



II. PHAEOTI. 



Tubaria crobula. Fr. 



Pileus J-f in. across, slightly fleshy, convex then plane, 

 obtuse, slightly viscid, not striate, covered at first with 

 vrhite, floccose scales, then naked and hoaiy-tan ; gills 

 slightly deoiirrent, 1-li line broad, crowded, brownish- 

 ferruginous ; stem |-1J in. long, 1-li line thick, often in- 

 curved or flexuous, brownish, covered with white, floccose 

 scales, hollow ; spores elliiDtical, brown-rust colour, 10 x 6 /*. 



Aqaricus erohulus, Fr., Epicr., p. 299; Cke., Hdbk., p. 188; 

 Cke.', lllustr., pi. 496b. 



Amongst sticks, &c. 



Distinguished from Tubaria inquilina by its larger size, 

 and by the moderately persistent ring. 



Tubaria inquilina. Fr. 



Pileus i-f in. across, membranaceous, convex then plane, 

 at length more or less umbonate, hygrophanous, glabrous, 

 slightly viscid, striate when moist, livid brown, tawny or 

 hoary-tan when dry ; gills slightly decurrent, very broad 

 behind, triangular, rather distant, brownish-tan, then umber ; 

 stem about 1 in. long, scarcely 1 line thick, thinner towards 

 the base, tough, bay, covered at first with white fibrils, and 

 ^vith white down at the base, hollow, often flexuous ; spores 

 elliptical, dusky ferruginous, 8 x 4 /a. 



Agaricus inquilinus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 264 ; Cke., Hdbk 

 p. 189 ; Cke., lllustr., pi. 497. 



On twigs, chips, &c. 



Closely allied to Tubaria crobulus, smaller, pileus striate 

 when moist, glabrous from the first, and stem soon glabrous 

 are the principal distinctive features. 



Var. ecbolus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 275. 



Stem rooting, equal ; gills crowded, ferruginous. 



On roots of grasses. 



FLAMMULA. Fries, (fig. 15, p. 3.) 



Pileus fleshy, margin at first involute ; stem central, flesh 

 fibrous, not mealy at the apex ; gills decurrent, or adnate 



