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16. *C. infundibuliformis (Schaeffer) Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 93. J. E. Lange,
Fl. Agar. Dan., vol. I, t. 32, f. C.
Laugarvatn, 5.VIII.1935. Under birches.
Cap 3—8 cm broad, thinly-fleshy, soon broadly infundibuliform, edge often
wavy, slightly silky-squamulose or almost glabrous, often light pinkish (centre more
brownish) but also whitish or alutaceous. Stipe whitish, flushed with the colour of
the cap, slightly attenuated upward. Gills crowded, white, decurrent. Faint agreeable
odour.
Spores pipshaped, white, 6—7 X 3.5—4 /r. Plate, fig. 10.
17. C. tornata Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 87. Poul Larsen, Fungi of Iceland, p. 523,
no. 484.
Akureyri, 2.VIII.1935. In outfields. Garður, 30.VII.1935. In a meadow.
18. C. dealbata (Sowerby) Fries, Syst. Myc. I, p. 92. J. E. Lange, Fl. Agar.
Dan., vol. I, t. 33, f. E.
Garður near Mývatn, 30.VII.1935. Among grass in a moist meadow.
19. *C. sp. (? C. curtipes Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 81. Icon. t. 48, f. 5).
Skútustaðir, 28.VII.1935. Among grass in a lavafield.
Cap 4 cm broad, deeply infundibuliform, edge sharp, slightly wavy, redbrown,
smooth. Stipe 2 cm high, smooth, darker than the cap. Gills crowded, decurrent,
pale brownish, flushed with red.
Spores ovate, white, 7—8 X 5—5.5 M• Plate, fig. 11.
Omphalia (Persoon) Fries.
20. O. hepatica (Batsch) Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 160. Poul Larsen, Fungi of Ice-
land, p. 524, no. 486.
Akureyri, 2.VIII.1935. Among grass in homefields.
21. *0. pyxidata Bulliard, t. 568, f. 2. (Agar) Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 157. J. E.
Lange, Fl. Agar. Dan., vol. II, t. 58, f. E.
Reykjavík, 7.VIII.1935. On bare soil near a lake.
Cap 1—2 cm broad, deeply umbilicate, at last somewhat infundibuliform, coarsely
pellucido-striate, flesh-coloured-rufous or almost gilvous. Stipe 3 cm X 1/4 mm,
wavy, somewhat cartilaginous, paler than the cap, base slightly white tomentose. Gills
subdistant, rather narrow, arcuato-decurrent, pallid gilvous or isabella.
Spores white, ovate-pipshaped, 7—8 X 4 /i. Plate, fig. 12.
22. *0. rustica Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 159. J. E. Lange, Fl. Agar. Dan., vol. II,
t. 59, f. E.
Hafnarfjörður, 8.VIII.1935. Among grass in a lavafield.
Cap 1 cm broad, convex, umbilicate, at last umbilicato-infundibuliform, soot-
brown, coarsely striate (when dry: fuscous, rugulose, dull). Stipe solid, thin, rather
slender, 2 cm X 1 mm, colour of the cap. Gills very decurrent, rather distant,
arcuate, dirt gray, darker when old.
Spores broadly ovate or subspheric-ovate, 6.5—7.5 X 4.7—5.5 // (J. E. Lange).
Basidia 4 spored. Cystidia 0.