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HYMENOMYCETES 
and the evident veil which sometimes forms a ring round 
the stem. It is also mistaken, not infrequently, for the 
“ Horse Mushroom.” 
INOCYBE 
(Gr. is, inos , a fibre; kube, a head—from the fibrous pileus) 
I. rimosa [rima, a crack—from the cracked pileus). Plate 
XL. 9. 
P. 1-2 in., bell-shaped, very slightly umbonate, cuticle 
splitting longitudinally, yellowish-brown. G. almost free, 
rather crowded, pale dingy tan colour. S. 2-3 in., slender, 
solid, firm, smooth, whitish, mealy above. Subgregarious 
in woods; sum. and aut. common. 7 . asterospora [aster, a 
star) differs chiefly in the coarsely-warted spores ; 7 . eutheles 
(Gr. eu , well; thele, a teat), in the distinct umbo, adnate 
gills, and in growing under firs. 7 . pyriodora [pyrus, a 
pear) is somewhat stouter, and has a strong pear-like 
smell. 
I. geophylla (Gr. ge, the earth ; phullon , a leaf — from the 
earthy colour of the gills). 
P. ^-1 in., conical, then expanded, umbonate, dry, silky, 
cuticle, breaking up into silky fibrils, white, lilac, or violet; 
white or yellowish when old. G. almost free, crowded, 
white at first, then brown. 5 . 2-3 in., stuffed, glabrous, 
white or coloured like the pileus, apex with white meal. 
Gregarious, late sum. and aut. common amongst grass in 
woods. 
BOLBITIUS 
(Gr. bolbitou, cow-dung—a frequent habitat) 
B. fragilis (from its fragility). Plate XL. 2. 
P. about 1 in., viscid, almost membranaceous, pellucid, 
margin striate, rather umbonate, yellowish. G. adnexed, 
rather distant, yellowish, pale cinnamon at maturity. 
