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Aquatics,
under the Pinaster; plantations, Tunkhorn, 16 Oct. 1835.
aggregate.
Leaves widely campanulate, at length expanded, striated, pale
watery brown, margin thin whitish: Gills adnexed, obtuse,
acute, the margin undulate, very pale watery brown, nearly
white; Stem fistulose, smooth, shining. Capitula half elevated
nearly equal.
Leaves 1-1½ inches broad, the sinuosity remaining sharp often
in the expanded state succeeded by a depression and a shrivelling
subtending calyces; watery brown, but whitish when dry, striated
especially at the margin, the surface often uneven. Gills
with an incurved margin, adnexed but leaning a rarely broad
half of the stem. Spores pale acolorless.
Stem 1-2 inches, thick, smooth and without thick stone,
equal, when moist having an amethystine hue, Tibetan
conditions.
Odour faint, not agreeable.
Husk little.
In a very wet state the spores appear almost gelatinous.