CLITOPILUS. 57 



E. rhodopolius. Fr. Rose-grey Entoloma. 



Pileus, two to five inches broad, water}-, fuscous when 

 young, becoming pale, expanded, somewhat umbonate, margin 

 undulate. 



Gills, sinuate, becoming free. 



Stem, hollow, white, fibrous, last red with spores. 

 Minesite woods. 



E. sinuata. Fr. Sinuate Entoloma. 



Pileus, five to six inches broad, becoming yellow, white, 

 convex, expanded, lasth- repand. 



Gills, very broad, sinuate, crowded. 

 • Stem, shining white, compact. 



Minesite woods. 



E. CUSpidata. Pk. The Peaked Entoloma. 



Pileus, conical, smooth, having a peak at the apex, margin 

 irregular, yellow. 



Gills, broad, ascending, broad at the margin of pileus, 



sinuate. 



Stem, hollow, yellowish. 

 Jungle. 



Genus XIII. ClylTOPII^US. Fr. 



Ros3^-spored or salmon-color spores. 



Stem fleshy, diffused upwards into the pileus, margin at first 

 involute. Hymenophore continuous with the stem. Gills 

 equally attenuated behind, decurreut, not sinuate. Growing 

 on the ground ; often strong smelling ; pileus more or less 

 depressed or umbilicate, with a similarly colored umbilicus. 



Clitopilus corresponds with Clitocybe. 



