CLITOCYBE. 417 



dry, even, glabrous, rather sliining, at length minutel}^ mealy 

 under a lens, white; gills adnate, scarcely decurrent, thin, 

 crowded, white ; stem about 1 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, 

 often ascending, whitish, apex mealy, stuffed, often becoming 

 hollow, entirely fibrous, white; spores elliptical, 4-5 x 



2'0 fJL. 



Agaricus dealhatus, Sowerby, t. 123 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 50 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pL 104. 



In sunny places aaiong grass, &c. A form often occurs on 

 old mushroom beds. 



Small, sweet, inodorous, or nearly so, tough, entirely white, 

 rileus orbicular, or irregular and wavy. C. ericetorum 

 differs in the distant, decurrent gills. Solitary or often 

 caespitose. 



Var. minor, Cke., Hdbk., p. 50; Cke., Illustr., pL 173. 

 Smaller and more elegant than the typical form, pure 

 white, pileus opaque ; smell like meal. 

 Among dead leaves. Gregarious, 



Clitocybe gallinacea. Scop. 



"\Vhite ; acrid. Pileus 1-1 1- in. across, rather fleshy at the 

 disc, margin thin ; convex then depressed, but not infundi- 

 buliform, even, dry, opaque ; gills slightly decurrent, narrow, 

 crowded, thin; stem about 1^^ in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, 

 even, solid. 



Agaricus gallinaceus, Scopoli, Carn., p. 433 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p, 50 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 174. 



Among grass, moss, &c. 



Strong odour. (Cke. ) 



Eesembling CI. dealbata in form, but smaller, opaque, 

 dingy white, taste somewhat acrid. Stem solid, but not 

 cartilaginous, about 2 in. long, equal, ascending or flexuous, 

 excentric, at first floccosely mealy, always opaque, white. 

 Pileus slightly fleshy, convex then plane, not depressed, 

 obtuse, -^-l in. broad, unequal, dry, pruinosely hoary ; flesh 

 white, compact, but thin. Gills adnato-decurrent, thin, 

 crowded, plane. (Fries.) 



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