griseorubella, Lasch. P. 2-3 cm. deeply umbil. then plane, striate, hygr. umber then hoary; g. slightly decur.; s. 3-4 cm. glabrous, paler than p.; sp. rough, 9-10.
[Mougeotii, Fr. (= E. atrides, Q.). P. umbil. then infundib. fibrillose then squamulose, greyish lilac, edge blue; g. lilac then pallid; s. elongated, fibrillose, apex floccose, greyish lilac; sp. 7-8.
var. minor, Sacc. P. convex then umbil. fuscous violet; g. lilac; s. violet; sp. rough, 9 × 7.
atrides, Lasch. P. plane, deeply umbil. striate, black or brown, black virgate, then pale; g. pallid, edge with black points; s. pallid with black points above; sp. ——.
Fries thinks this may be an abnormal form of Lept. serrulata.
nigrella, Pers. Tufted, small. P. smooth, umbil. becoming blackish, not virgate; g. flesh colour then grey, edge same colour; s. short, glaucous, not dotted black; sp. ——.
United by Fries with E. atrides, but considered distinct by Berk. and Broome.
[nigellus, Q. Small, bay then blackish; p. striate, umbil. granulated; g. decur. narrow, grey; s. short, glabrous, base woolly; sp. rough, 10.
atropuncta, Pers. P. 1-2 cm. soft, hemispherical, pale grey; g. decur. arcuate, rosy-grey; s. 2-4 cm. rather tough, pallid, shining, with black dot-like squamules; sp. rough, 5-6.