ECCILIA. 239 



more or less expanded upwards into tlie pileus; spores 

 smooth or warted. 



Eccilia (as a subgenus of Agaricus), Fries, Syst. Myc, i. 

 p. 207. 



A small genus, allied to Clitopilus in the decurrent gills. 

 Tor distinctive features see under last-named genus. 



Corresponding in structure with Omphalia in the Leuco- 

 sporae. 



Eccilia Parkensis. Fr. 



Pileus about f in. across, very thin, plano-convex, deeply 

 umbilioate, very glabrous (not at all fibrillose), striate to the 

 middle, brown when moist, blackish when dry, not hygro- 

 phanous; gills decurrent, crowded, distinct, about 1 line 

 broad, whitish then dingy flesh-colour ; stem about f in. 

 long, hollow, not 1 line thick, attenuated downwards, 

 glabrous, not punctate, brown ; spores subglobose, coarsely 

 nodulose, rosy, 8-10 /n diameter. 



Agaricus {Eccilia) ParSerasis, Fries, in Vet. Ac. Forh., 1852; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 136; Cke., lUustr., pi. 380a. 



Grassy places. 



A small species. Stem cartilaginous, hollow, scarcely 1 in. 

 long, not 1 line thick, attenuated downwards, glabrous, not 

 punctate, fuscous. Pileus membranaceous, plano-convex, 

 deeply umbilicate, very glabrous, scarcely 1 in. across, striate 

 to the middle, fuscous when moist, blackish when dry, but 

 not at all hygrophanous. G-ills about a line broad. 



Not easily comparable with any other species. Eeadily 

 distinguished from allies by the pileus not becoming pale 

 when dry. (Fries.) 



Eccilia carneo-grisea. B!&Br. (figs. 12, 13, p. 236.) 

 Pileus -j-l in. across, convex and umbilicate, finely striate, 

 greyish flesh-colour, margin darker with micaceous particles; 

 flesh very thin ; gills slightly decurrent, distant, rather 

 undulate, pinkish salmon-colour ; margin irregular, darker ; 

 stem lJ-2 in. long, 1 line thick, slightly thickened and 

 covered with white down at the base, polisheci, coloured like 

 the pileus, hollow ; spores irregularly oblong, nodulose, 

 7 X 5 /ix. 

 Agaricus (Eccilia) carneo-griseus, B. & Br., Ann. Nat. Hist. 



