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oliYe, dirty pale ochraceous when dry; giUs free, ventricose, 

 crowded, about 2 lines broad, pale becoming ferruginous; 

 stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, attenuated and 

 rooting at the base, smooth, even, usually whitish, but some- 

 times variously coloured, hollow; spores elliptical, pale 

 ferruginous, 12 x 6 /t. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) feslka. Fries, Epicr., p. 192; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 173; Cke., lUustr., Suppl., pi. 969. 



Amongst grass. 



A very fine species, but from the variable colours difficult 

 to define. Stem 2 ia. long, 2-4 lines thick if equal, but 

 varying, ventricose and'compressed, violet, nifous, &c. Pileus 

 1-2 in. broad, straw^-colour with an olive tinge when diy, 

 bay, rufous, &c. Gills at first white then oUve or yellowish 

 or rufous-blood-red. (Fries.) 



Naucoria obtusa. Cke. & Mass. 



Pileus about 1 in. broad and high, campanulato-convex, 

 very obtuse, faintly striate at the margin, rufous or orange- 

 tawny, becoming pale; broadly adnate, with a slight de- 

 current tooth, 2—3 lines broad, ventricose, cinnamon, margin 

 serrate ; stem about 2 in. long, 2—3 lines thick, equal, even, 

 yellowish flesh-colour or pale cinnamon, darker ^thin, espe- 

 cially at the base, hollow ; spores elliptical, 7-8 X 4 /i. 



Agaricus (Naucoria) dbiusus, Cke. & Massee, Grev., xviii. 

 p. 52; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1155. 



On the ground. 



There is no trace of a veil. Known amongst the large,, 

 broad-gilled species of Naucoria by the broadly adnate, 

 serrate gills. The same features, along with the shorter 

 and thicker stem, separates the present species from Galerai 

 ovalis, which it somewhat resembles in size and general 

 appearance. 



Naucoria hamadryas. Fr. 

 Pileus lA— 2 in, across, flesh thin, convex then expanded, 

 gibbous, even, ferruginous-bay, when old and dry yellowish ; 

 gills slightly adnexed, narrowed behind, about 2 lines broad, 

 crowded, opaque, ferruginous; stem 2—3 in. long, 3 lines- 

 thick, equal, fragile, glabrous, pallid, hollow ; veil absent ;. 

 spores elliptical, ferruginous, 13-14 X 7 ^. 



