388 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



-whole pileus radiatety striate, brownish brick-red, or rufous- 

 brown, slightly fiooculose or silky when dry, becoming pale, 

 opaque. Gills decurrent, rather distant, distinct, narrow, 

 but broad in the middle, flesh-colour then yellowish. The 

 entire fungus very much more variable than neighbouring 

 species. (Fries.) 



Pileus smooth, disk submembranaceous. Gills decurrent, 

 rather distant, narrower than in any neighbouring species, 

 dirty-white with a rufescent tinge, then of the same colour 

 as the pileus. Stem when young stuffed, then hollow, 

 thickened at the base and there clothed with whitish down, 

 subattenuate upwards. (Fries.) 



Omphalia leucophylla. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, submembranaceous, infundibuliform, 

 almost smooth, not floccose, dark grey, margin reflexed, 

 involute; gills decurrent, rather distant, arcuate, distinct, 

 shining white ; stem l|-2 in. long, about 1 line thick, equal, 

 even, glabrous, grey, stuffed then hollow. 



Agaricus (Omphalia) leucophyllus, ,Fries, in Vet. Ak. Forh., 

 1851 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 93 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 288a. 



Damp places in woods, &c. 



Distinguished from every other species by the persistently 

 white, shining gills. 



Omphalia striaepileus. , Fr. 



Pileus |— 1^ in. across, flesh thin, convex then expanded, 

 umbnicate, glabrous, everywhere striate, livid-brown, hygro- 

 phanous; gill slightly decurrent, not crowded, whitish; 

 stem about 2 in. long and 1 line thick, glabrous, tough, 

 tinged with brown, hollow. 



Agaricus {Omphalia) striaepileus. Fries, Vet. Akad. Forh., 

 1861, p. 22 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 93 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 288b. 



Among grass in woods, &c. 



Stem fistulose, rather firm, tough, up to 2 in. in length, 

 1 line thick, equal, often flexuous, even, glabrous, becoming 

 brownish. Pileus membranaceous, convex then plane, 

 umbilicate, 1 in. or a little more in breadth, everywhere 

 elegantly striate, glabrous, livid-fuscous, hygrophanous, 

 even and pallid white when dry, not floccose. Gills slightly 

 decurrent, somewhat crowded, 1-1 J line broad, whitish, not 

 becoming grey. (Fries.) 



