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colour of the pileus. Eing membranaceous, entire, very 

 small, persistent. Pileus fleshy, campanulato-convex, sub- 

 umbonate, 3-5 lines broad, glabrous, almost even, bay then 

 ochraceous; gills slightly adnexed, ventricose, broad, pallid 

 oohraceous. (Pries.) 



C. MUSCIGENI. 



Pholiota mycenoides. Fr. 



Pileus about ^ in, across, membranaceous, campanulate 

 then convex, everywhere striate, hygrophanous, ferruginous, 

 tawny or pale tan when dry ; gills adnate, rather distant, 

 narrow, ferruginous; stem about 1^ in. long, 1 line thick, 

 glabrous, ferruginous, hollow, ring superior, membranaceous, 

 white ; spores 8-10 x 5-6 /«,. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) mycenoides. Fries, Cke., Hdbk., p. 149 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 503b. 



Among moss in swamps, &c. 



In swamps amongst turf and sphagnum (with the stem 

 elongated), gregarious. Very small, slender, ferruginous 

 when growing, when dry sometimes tawny, at others 

 becoming pallid, stemfistulose about l^in. long, |- line thick, 

 filiform, even, glabrous, tawny-fermginous ; ring membra- 

 naceous, entire, white, persistent. Pileus membranaceous, 

 campanulate, soon hemispherical, subobtuse, ^ in. broad, 

 glabrous, striate, hygrophanous. Gills adnate and with a 

 decurrent tooth, rather distant, at length plane, ferruginous. 

 (Fries.) 



Pholiota pumila. Fr. 



Pileus about J in. across, rather fleshy, hemispherical, 

 obtuse, even, hygrophanous, glabrous, ochraceous or rarely 

 brownish-cinnamon; flesh dingy; gills adnate, crowded, 

 1'^ line broad, pallid-yellowish; stem 1-2 in. long, about 

 1 line thick, yellow subfibrillose, hollow; ring superior, 

 floccose, not membranaceous, only forming a zone round the 

 stem; spores 8-10 x 5-6 /t. 



Agaricus (Pholiota) pumila. Fries, Men., i. p. 321 ; Fries, 

 Icones, ii. p. 5, pi. 105 (form with brownish-cinnamon 

 pileus); Cke., Hdbk., p. 149; Cke., Illustr., pi. 603a. 



