CLITOCYBE. 405 



I. DISCIFOEMES. 



* PUeus grey or hroivnisTi. 



Clitocybe nebularis. Batsch. 



Pileiis 2-4 in. across, flesh white, very thick at the disc 

 and gradually becoming thinner towards the margin ; con- 

 vex, often obtusely gibbous, greyish soon pale and livid ; 

 gills slightly decurrent, arcuate, crowded, rather narrow, 

 white then pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, up to J in. thick, 

 slightly attenuated upwards, whitish, iibrillosely striate, 

 firm, stuffed; spores elliptical, 6 x 3'o /x. 



Agaricus nebularis, Batsch, Elen., f. 193; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 45 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 79. 



In woods, among dead leaves, &c. 



Esculent. Stem 3 in. long, about 1 in. thick, white. 

 Pileus 3-5 in. broad, clouded with grey, or dingy brown, at 

 length grey, sometimes pruinose. (Cooke.) 



Gregarious, subcaespitose, tough, somewhat cartilaginous. 

 Stem solid or stuffed, fleshy-fibrous, 2-3 in. long, in pine 

 woods, 2-3 in. in damp mixed woods, 4-6 lines thick, almost 

 equal but often twisted and curved, glabrous, dingy white, 

 apex more or less powdered with white meal. Disc of pileus 

 truly fleshy, but becoming thin towards the margin, convex 

 then plane, obtuse, or when young distinctly gibbous, some- 

 times symmetrical and regular, at others flexuous and waved, 

 even, glabrous, rather hygrophanous, 1-3 in. across, smoky- 

 brown, soon livid or grey when dry, never virgate. Flesh 

 hyaline when moist, becoming white when dry. Gills adnate 

 in the regular form, but when the pileus is irregular, decur- 

 rent or rounded ; crowded, distinct, greyish-white from the 

 first. Smell none. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe clavipes. Pers. 

 Pileus lh-2h in. across, rather convex at first, soon plane, 

 at length almost obconical, very obtuse, even, glabrous, 

 dry, sometimes all one colour, brown, sooty, livid-grey, 

 &c., sometimes whitish towards the margin, very rarely 

 entirely white ; flesh loose in texture, white, thin at the 

 margin; gills deeply decurrent, continued do\\n the stem 



