144 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 



■f CONOCEPHALI. 



Pilens conico-campanulate, hygrophanous, almost even, 

 atomate when dry; stem straight; gills ascending, rather 

 crowded ; veil absent. 



ff Bryogeni. 



Pilens membranaceous, campanulate, striate, glabrous, 

 hygrophanous, even when dry, opaque, and somewhat silky ; 

 stem slender, lax, not perfectly straight; gills broad, adnate 

 with a small decurrent tooth; slender, growing among moss; 

 veil very fugacious. 



Iff Eriodermei. 



Pileus submembranaceous, veil evident, superficial, dis- 

 appearing, at first silky or squamulose, especially near the 

 margin. 



t CONOCEPHALI. 



Galera lateritia. Fr. 

 "■ Pileus 1 in. or more high, somewhat cylindrical then cam- 

 panulate or conical, obtuse, hygrophanous, pale yellowish 

 and the margin faintly striate, even and whitish ochre when 

 dry, membranaceous ; gills adnexed, nearly free, very narrow, 

 crowded, tawny-ferruginous ; stem 3-4 in. long, 1^ line thick, 

 slightly thinner upwards, straight, fragile, whitish, frosted 

 with white meal, hollow; spores 11-12 X 6-6 fi. 



Agaricus (^Galera) laieritius, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 265 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 183 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 460. 



In rich pastures, &c. 



Allied to G. ovalis, but clearly distinguished by the narrow, 

 ascending gills. Very fragile. 



Galera tenera. Schaeflf. figs. 5, 6, p. 3.) 

 Pileus |-f in. high and broad, thin, conico-campanulate, 

 obtuse, hygrophanous, entirely pale ferruginous when moist, 



