INOCYBE. 187 



Amongst damp sand on the sea shore, also in woods. 



Every part almost the same colour; distinguished from 

 the remainder by the hygrophanous pHeus. Smell weak. 

 (Fries.) 



Inocybe violacea-fusea. Cke. & Mass. 



Subcaespitose. Pileus 1-2 in. across, more or less convex 

 then expanded, obtusely umbonate, flocculose, fibrillose, 

 concentrically scaly, dry, umber, margin thin, torn and 

 fimbriate ; flesh thin ; gills adnexed, rounded behind, or 

 slightly sinuate, 2 lines and more broad, scarcely crowded, 

 violet then umber, margin paler, serrulate ; stem 2-2|^ in. 

 long, ^ in. thick, equal, smooth and silky, violet above both 

 outside and inside, pallid below, solid, flesh pallid when old ; 

 spores elliptical, smooth, 7-8 X 4 yu.. 



Agaricus (Inocybe) violaceo-fusous, Cke. & Massee, Grevillea, 

 xvii., p. 52; Cke., lUustr., pi. 1174. 



Among grass in open places. 



Distinguished by the violet colour of the gills and apex of 

 the stem. There is often a tinge of violet in the pileus, and 

 the scales darker than the ground-colour. 



Inocybe lacera. Tr. 



Pileus 1-1 J in. across, flesh thin except at the disc, convex 

 then expanded, obtusely umbonate, fibrillosely scalj', mouse- 

 colour, becoming pale and yellowish ; gills adnexed, 2 lines 

 Ijroad, ventricose, pale rufous then mouse-colour ; stem about 

 1 J in. long, l^ line thick, apex naked, stuffed, paler than the 

 pileus, reddish inside; spores obliquely elliptical, smooth, 

 12 X 6 fx.. 



Agaricus (Inocyhe) lacerus. Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 257 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 153 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 683. 



In woods, &c. 



Very variable, but the stem never mealy at the apex, 

 11-2 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, pileus almost smooth at first, 

 soon scaly, at length squarrose, mouse-colour, becoming pale 

 and yellowish ; smell slight. (Fries.) 



Distinguished from J. scdbra and I. mutica by the inside of 

 the stem becoming reddish. 



Inocybe fasciata. Cke. & Mass. 

 Caespitose. Pileus 2-8 in, across, campanulate-convex, 



