386 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



becoming pale when old and dry, almost white ; gills mode- 

 rately deourrent, plane, straight, crowded, narrow, coloured 

 like the pileus ; stem about 2 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, equal, 

 round when young then flattened, glabrous, reddish, apex 

 slightly mealy, distinctly cartilaginous, hoUow. 



Agaricus (Omphalia) officiatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 121 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 92; Cke., Illustr., pi. 287b. 



In woods, beech especially, among fallen leaves. 



The larger form resembles Gollybia dryophila in habit, the 

 smaller Tricholoma carneolum, but distinct from both in the 

 decurrent gills. (Fries.) 



*"* Pyxidati. 



Omphalia chrysophylla. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2| in. across, somewhat membranaceous, flaccid, 

 •deeply umbilicate, limb spreading and somewhat reflexed, 

 flocoulose, somewhat squamulose, very hygrophanous, 

 brownish-yellow when moist, hoary tan-colour, or whitish 

 and hoary when dry ; gills decurrent, distant, distinct, broad, 

 persistently deep golden-yellow ; stem 1-2 in. long, 2 lines 

 thick, tough, soon hollow, equal, rather incurved, base 

 •downy, somewhat rooting, golden-egg-yellow, colour per- 

 sistent ; spores elliptical, 8 x 4 /x. 



Agaricus {Omphalia) chrysopliyllus, Fries, Epicr., p. 122 ; 

 •Cke., Hdbk., p. 92; Cke., Illustr., pi. 1152a. 



On rotten pine wood, also on old pine sawdust. 



Gregarious. Distinguished from 0. Postii, which the 

 present species rather resembles in colour, in the pileus not 

 being glabrous, broader gills, and in growing on wood. 



Omphalia Postii. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh very thin; deeply um- 

 bilicate, margin striate, glabrous, orange; gills deeply 

 decurrent, narrow, rather distant, whitish; stem 2-3 in. 

 long, 1-lJ line thick, even, glabrous, yellow, hollow, equal, 

 straight. 



Agaricus (Omphalia} Postii, Fries, Monogr., ii. p 291 • 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 93; Cke., Illustr., pi. 19-iA? ' 



In swamps. 



It is doubtful whether Cooke's figure is not an orange 



