MELANOSPORiE 
(Diminutive of Psathyra, a genus of the Porphyrosporae) 
P. disseminata (dissemino , to scatter—widely spread). 
Plate XXXVII. 4. 
P. % in., ovate, bell-shaped, scurfy, striate, plicate, mem¬ 
branaceous; reddish-brown at first, then grey. G. adnate, 
distant, white, then blackish. S. 1-2 in., somewhat curved, 
greyish, brittle, hollow. Forms dense tufts, sometimes more 
than a foot across, on old stumps, about posts, on walls, 
etc.; sometimes terrestrial. Very common, not appearing 
in win. 
P. gracilis (gracilis, slender). 
P. f-i in., submembranaceous; conical, then expanded; 
striate and brownish when moist; pale yellow or rose colour 
without striae when dry. G. broadly adnate, rather distant, 
greyish-black ; margin somewhat rosy. S. 3 in., straight, 
naked, pale, hollow. Common in hedges, etc., in late sum. 
and ant. 
GOMPHIDIUS 
(Gr. gomphos , a large nail or bolt—from the shape of the 
sporophore) 
A very remarkable genus not closely allied to any other. 
It might with equal propriety be placed in any of the groups 
with coloured spores. The spores are fuscous or greenish, 
very large, elongated spindle-shape, resembling those of the 
Boleti. The entire fungus is tough and elastic. Fries 
considered Gomphidius, judging from its habit, to be inter¬ 
mediate between Cortinarius and Hygrophorus. 
G. glutinosus (from the glutinous pileus), “ Peg-top.” 
Plate XLIII. 1. 
P. 2-5 in., margin long, incurved, purplish-brown or fulvous. 
F. thick except at the margin, white. G. more or less 
decurrent; whitish, then grey; greenish-olive at maturity. 
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