186 Notes on Fungi. 



ground, and while some occur in shady woods, others are 

 found in the most exposed pastures. A figure of A. clyjpeatus, 

 which, belongs to the third section, will be found in the Outlines. 

 In this, as in all the remaining subgenera of the series, the 

 stem is confluent with the hymenophorum. 



The next subgenus, Glitopilus (from kXIvco, I incline ; and 

 7rt\o9, the pileus), is distinguished from the last by its decurrent 

 gills, which are never sinuated behind. It contains a few 

 species only, but one or two of these are of excellent quality, 

 and much admired by fungophagists. We have but three 

 species, of which A. mundulus is rare ; A. jprunvlus, on the 

 contrary, very common in woods or on their borders, and is 

 excellent either stewed or pickled. The figure in the Outlines 

 is not so characteristic as might be wished, but there can be 

 no difficulty in distinguishing the species which, besides its 

 decurrent rose-coloured gills, is known by its dull pruinose 

 white or slightly cinereous pileus, and decidedly mealy 

 scent. 



The remaining subgenera contain only small species, which 

 are often remarkable for beauty of colouring and elegance of 

 form, but are too insignificant in other respects, if any of them 

 are wholesome, to be of any economical importance. 



Leptonia (from Xe7rro9, slender) bears the same relation to 

 Clitojpilus } that Collybia does to Clitocybi. The rigid cartila- 

 ginous stem, which is often tinged with blue, is the distin- 

 guishing mark, while the gills are never truly decurrent, 

 though they may have a decurrent tooth. The margin is 

 incurved, and the cuticle always broken up into scales. The 

 flesh is always thin, and the pileus often umbilicate. They 

 grow in rainy seasons on exposed pastures, of which, together 

 with the bright-coloured Hijgro'pliori, they are a distinguishing 

 ornament in autumn. The sections are characterized by the 

 primitive colour of the gills, without paying attention to which 

 it is impossible to determine the species accurately. They 

 may at first be either dirty white, blue, yellowish or green, 

 grey or glaucous. They often separate from the stem when 

 fully developed. A. serrulatus, which, is one of the most sin- 

 gular, is distinguished by the black, finely-notched edge of 

 the gills. The green-stemmed variety of A. bicanns, figured 

 in our second coloured plate of fungi (Fig. 1), which is some- 

 times very abundant, and is somewhat analogous in point of 

 colouring to Hygrophorus psittacinus, is remarkable for its 

 strong odour, resembling exactly that of mice. 



Nolanea (from nola, a bell), like L&ptonia, has a cartilagi- 

 nous stem, but the margin of the campanulatc pilous is straight 

 and not incurved. The pileus, moreover, is not umbilicate, 

 and the gills are not decurrent. A. pascuus is the most com- 



