406 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



as straight lines, rather distant, flaccid, quite entire, broad, 

 entirely and persistently white; stem 2 in. long, base J 

 in. and more thick, conically attenuated upwards, rather 

 fibrillose, livid, sooty, solid, spongy within, spores ellip- 

 tical, 6-7 X 4 /x. 



Agaricus clavijjes^ Pers., Syn., p. 353 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 45 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 80. 



In woods, especially pine. 



Eesembling C. nehularis in colour, but quite distinct. 

 Smell pleasant, entire substance soft and elastic. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe comitalis. Fr. 



Pileus about 1^ in. across, fleshy, convex then plane, 

 obtuse, even, glabrous, rather moist but not hygrophauous, 

 every part coloured alike, sooty-umber, almost black; flesh 

 firm, white ; gills very slightly decurrent, horizontal, plane, 

 thin, crowded, white ; stem 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, 

 equally attenuated upwards from the base, glabrous, sooty, 

 elastic, stufl'ed ; spores elliptical, 7-8 x 4 ju,. 



Agaricus comitalis, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 5 ; Fries, Icon., 

 t. 47, f. 2. 



Damp places among mosses in pine woods, &c. 



Distinguished by the blackish colour of the almost flat 

 pilens, and the very slightly decurrent gills. Somewhat 

 allied to C. clavijjes, but firmer, smaller, and inodorous. 



Clitocybe gangraenosa. Fr. 



Pileus fleshy, convex then plane, obtuse, whitish, at first 

 sprinkled with white powder, then naked, variegated, vir- 

 gate ; gills slightly decurrent, arcuate, crowded, dingy 

 white ; stem somewhat bulbous, soft, striate, spongy, solid. 



Agaricus (^Clitocybe) gangraenosiis, Fries, Epicr., p. 56 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 45. 



In woods. 



Stinking ; large, flesh becoming blackish and variegated 

 with black. Stem curved, sometimes excentric. Pileus 

 whitish, here and there greenish, livid, &c. (Fries.) 



Pileus whitish, livid, at length turning jet-black. (Cooke.) 



Var. nigrescenS; Lasch., Linn., vol. iv. n. 521 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 46. 



Whitish ; pileus thin, soft, at first convex, obtuse, then 



