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HYMENOMYCETES 
clay colour. S. 1^-3 in., slender, minutely scaly, imper¬ 
fectly hollow, pale, darker below. Spore mass ferruginous 
brown. Gregarious on burnt earth, charcoal, etc., in and 
about woods, frequent in aut. The uncommon F. spumosa 
(spuma, froth—from the frothy, viscid pileus) much resembles 
the preceding, but is at once known by the yellow-brown 
(never ferruginous) spore mass. 
GALERA 
(Galerus, a cup—from the shape of the pileus) 
G. tenera (tener, tender), “Tender-cup.” Plate XLI. 8. 
P. J-f in., conico-campanulate, entirely pale ferruginous 
when moist, pale when dry. G. adnate, crowded, rather 
broad, cinnamon. S. 3-4 in., thin, equal, striate above, the 
colour of the pileus. A variable species, common amongst 
grass in pastures, woods, and gardens, sum. and aut. 
G. hypnorum ( hypnum , a genus of moss), “ Moss-cup.” 
Plate XLI. 5. 
P. J-f- in., membranaceous, bell-shaped, often with a 
papillate umbo, finely striated up to the disc, yellowish- 
ochre when moist, tan colour when dry. G. adnate, broad, 
distant, usually connected by veins, tawny-cinnamon. S. 
about 2 in., flexuous, slender, hollow, tawny or ochraceous. 
A little slender species with a very strong alkaline smell, 
common in sum. and aut. amongst moss. The variety 
sphagnorum , which may be found amongst sphagnum moss 
in bogs, is about three times the size of the type, with 
longer and firmer stem (Plate XLI. 7). 
NAUCORIA 
(Naucum , a trifle—from the almost obsolete veil) 
N. melinoides (Gr. met , honey ; eidos t appearance). Plate 
XLI. 3. 
