430 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



rather rigid, paler than the pileus ; stuifed, soon hollow ; 

 .spores siibgiobose, 4 yu, diam. 



Agaricus inversus, Scopoli, Carn., p. 445 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 56; Cke., Illustr., pL 84. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Gregarious, subcaespitose, forming very large tufts, espe- 

 cially late in the autumn, deformed. Smell peculiar, 

 slightly acid. Stem sometimes stuffed, usuall}^ hollow, 

 hence compressed, rather rigid and corticated outside, not 

 elastic, -without a bulb, glabrous, whitish; the somewhat 

 rooting base with white down, and often growing together 

 in tufts, variously deformed, curved, ascending, &c. Pileus 

 fleshy, rather fragile, convexo-plane, obtuse then infundi- 

 buliform and undulate, 2-3 in. broad, even, very glabrous, 

 moist when growing, but not exuding drops, brick-red, or 

 liver-coloured rufous, margin bent down, sometimes excen- 

 tric. Flesh not thick but compact, coloured like the pileus. 

 Gills truly decurrent, scarcely 2 lines broad, crowded, 

 simple, whitish, the margin at length becoming coloured 

 like the pileus. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe flaccidus. Sow. 



Pileus 2-3 in, across, flaccid, orbicular, umbilicate, umbo 

 persistently absent, margin spreading, arched, glabrous, 

 even, rarely cracking into minute squamules, tawny ferru- 

 ginous, shining, not becoming pale ; flesh thin, pallid, rather 

 fragile when fresh, but quite flaccid when dry; gills deeply 

 decurrent, arcuate, crowded, narrow, about 1 line broad, white 

 then tinged yellowisb ; stem imperfectly hollow, elastic, 

 tough, 1-2 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, somewhat equal, polished, 

 naked, reddish rust-colour, base thickened, downy ; spores 

 subglobose, 4-5 x 3-4 fx. 



Agaricus flaccidus, Sowerby, t. 185; Cke., Hdbk., p. 56; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 123. 



Among leaves, &c. 



Gregarious, stems often connate at the base. Sometimes 

 solitary and regular. 



Var. lobatus, Sow., t. 185; Cke., Hdbk., p. o6; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 137. 



Caespitose, darker in colour ; pileus lobed or contorted at 

 the margin. 



