240 FUNGUS-PLOEA. 



(1865), pi. xiii., fig. 1; Cke., Hdbk., p. 136; Cke., Illustir., 

 pi. 380b. 



Among fir leaves, &c. 



Gregarious ; stem sometimes slightly wavy, shining. 



Eccilia griseo-rubella. Lasch. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, membranaceous, deeply nmbili- 

 cate, at length plane, striate, hygropbanous, umber, hoary 

 when dry; gills rather broad, slightly decurrent, rather 

 distant, pallid then salmon-colour; stem l|-2 in. long, 

 equal, smooth, paler than the pileus, hollow ; spores angularly 

 globose, war ted, 9-10 /i diameter. 



Agaricus griseo-rubellus, Lasch, in Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 212; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 136; Cke., Illustr., pi. 613a. 



On the ground in pine woods, &c. 



Gregarious, inodorous. Stem hollow, 2 in. long, 1 line 

 thick, equal, even, glabrous, almost naked, colour of the 

 pileus or a little paler. Pileus membranaceous, deeply 

 umbilicate, margin at first arched then plane, 1 in. and 

 more across, striate, hygrophanous, umber or brown when 

 moist, grey when dry. (Fries.) 



Eccilia atrides. Lasch. 



Pileus submembranaceous, plane, deeply umbilicate, striate, 

 black or brown, becoming pale, virgate or finely streaked 

 with black ; gills deeply decurrent, narrowed behind, rather 

 crowded, pallid, margin black, minutely toothed; stem 

 hollow, pallid upwards and dotted with black points. 



Agaricus (Eccilia) alrides, Lasch, in Fries, Hym. Eur., 

 p. 212; Cke., Hdbk., p. 137. 



In moist woods. 



A small species, respecting which more information is 

 flesirable. Fries suggests that it may be a modified form of 

 Leptonia serrulata. 



Eccilia nigrella. Pers. 



Small, somewhat tufted, pileus smooth, umbilicate, growing 

 blackish, not punctate with black ; gills flesh-coloured then 

 somewhat cinereous, with the edge of the same colour ; stem 

 short, glaucous. 



Agaricus nigrella, Persoon, Syn., p. 463 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 137; Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist., no. 1651. 



