190 FUNGUS-FLOEA. 



On the ground in pine woods, &c. 



The size of I. lacera, but quite distinct in the scurfiness or 

 minute points at apex of stem, which is not white. Pileus 

 bay with a rufous tinge, split up into darker fibrous scales. 

 (Fries.) 



Inocybe obscura. Pers. 



Pileus §-1 in. across, flesh thin, campanulate then plane, 

 umbonate, radially fibrillose, disc scaly, blue then brownish ; 

 gills uncinately adnexed, crowded, ventricose, olive then 

 brownish, IJ line broad ; stem 1-2 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, 

 stuffed, fibrillose, violet then brownish ; spores elliptical, 

 smooth, 9-10 X 6-6 /j.. 



Agaricus (Inocybe) ohscurus, Pers., Syn., p. 347 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 427 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 164. 



In damp places in pine woods. &c. 



Eeadily distinguished amongst its allies by the blue or 

 violet tinge on the pileus and stem. 



Var. rufus, Pat. tab. Anal., n. 543 ; pUeus brownish-rufous, 

 gills ventricose, violet ; spores elliptical, apiculate. 



Inocybe echinata. Eoth. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh rather thick, campanulate then 

 expanded, obtuse, at first pulverulent then scaly, dry, dingy 

 brownish-yellow ; gills almost or quite free, crowded, li-2 

 lines broad, deep pink or blood-red; stem 1^2 in. long, 

 2 lines thick nearly equal, floccosely pulvemlent below the 

 imperfect, zone-like ring, red, hollow ; flesh, like that of the 

 pileus, red ; spores pale yellow with a red tinge, elliptical, 

 smooth, 5 X 3 /*. 



Agaricus echinatus, Eoth., Catal., ii. t. 9, f . 1 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 164 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 395. 



Agaricus Hookeri, Klotzsch, Engl. Plora, vol. v. p. 97. 



Agaricus haematophyllus, Berk., Mag. Zool. & Bot., t. 15, f. 1. 



On peat-beds in gardens and conservatories. 



In all, probability an introduced species, and, as the 

 synonyms show, has been repeatedly described, readily known 

 by the dingy scaly pileus, and the more or less intense red 

 gills, stem, and flesh. 



Pileus 5-8 lines broad, fawn-coloured, centre umber. 

 Gills 1-lJ lines broad, beautiful purple, at length cinnamon. 



