432 . FUNGUS-FLORA. 



dry, glabi'ous, white at first, with a tinge of flesh-colour in 

 rainy weather, pallid or yellowish when dry and old ; gills 

 decurrent, crowded, white ; stem li-3 in. long, 3-5 lines 

 thick, slightly incrassated at the base, white, elastic, 

 solid. 



Agaricus (Clitocijhe) catimis, Fries, Epicr., p. 72 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 57 ; Cke., Illustr., pL 111, 



Among dead leaves. 



Stem stuffed, spongy inside, elastic, tough, 3 in. long, 

 ^ in. thick, in the Swedish form thickened and downy at 

 the base. Flesh of pileus thin, plane then infundibuliform, 

 always obtuse, even, glabrous, 2 in. broad, at first white, 

 then distinctly pale fle;?h-colour during rain, pale tan in dry 

 weather. Flesh flaccid, white. Gills decurrent, descending 

 in straight Hues, broader than in neighbouring species, and 

 less crowded, persistently white. 



Allied to C. infundibuliformis, having the same pleasant 

 smell, but differs in being white at first, pileus never 

 gibbous, glabrous; but when young with superficial down, 

 which soon disappears. Clliocybe pliyllopMla differs in the 

 pileus never being infundibuliform, slender stem, adnate 

 gills, and absence of smell. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe tuba. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh thin, convexo-plane, umbilicate, 

 even, the extreme margin even, never striate, whitish when 

 moist, shining white when dry, somewhat hygrophanous, 

 properly glabrous, but at first with exceedingly thin, silky 

 patches of the veil, which soon disappear ; gills deeply and 

 truly decurrent, horizontal, very crowded, about 3 lines 

 broad, white then pallid ; stem about 2 in. long, 2-3 lines 

 thick, equal, very tough, at length compressed, apex naked, 

 white, stuffed then hollow. 



Agaricus {Clitocybe) ^m6«, Fries, Epicr., p. 72; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 112; Cke., Hdbk., p. 57. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Gregarious, entirel}^ white, appearing late. Very similar 

 to C. pithyophila, of which it is perhaps a form with an um- 

 bilicate pileus, and gills deeply decurrent and attenuated 

 behind. (Fries.) 



