43S FUNGUS-FLORA. 



volute at first, rugose or plicate, as if pinclied up at regular 

 intervals; gills deeply decurreut, rather distant, 2 lines 

 broad, distinctly connected by veins, grey; stem about 2 in. 

 long, J-^ in. thick, equal, slightly curved, even, smooth, 

 white, downy at the base, stuffed, expanding into the pileus; 

 spores elliptical, 8 x ^ yu. 



Agaricus (^Chjtocyhe) zii</02)hjllus, Cke. and Mass., Grev., xv. 

 p. 67 ; Cke., lllustr., pl.*948 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 367. 



Among leaves. 



Eeadily known among the grey-gilled species by the 

 deeply decurrent gills being connected by veins, and the 

 puckered margin of the pileus. 



Clitocybe ditopa. Fr. 



Smell strong, resembling meal. Pileus l-lf in. across^ 

 flesh thin ; convex then plane, at length depressed, dingy 

 brownish-grey, even, glabrous, hygrophanous : gills slightly 

 decurrent, crowded, thin, about 1 line broad, dark brownish- 

 grey; stem about 1 in. long, 1| line thick, equal, almost 

 smooth, coloured like the pileus, hollow% 



Agaricus (^Clitocyhe) ditopus, Fries, Syst. Myc, i. p. 171; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 59; Cke., lllustr., pi, 116. 



In woods, especially pine. 



Eesembling C. metachroa in stature, but distinguished by 

 the strong smell of new meal. Pileus brownish-grey, convex 

 when small, the larger forms depressed and wavy. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe pausiaca. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane,, 

 even, glabrous, umber with an olive tinge, ochraceous when 

 dry; gills obtu.>^ely adnate, ventiicose, crowded, olivaceous- 

 umber; stem 2-3 in. long, 1^, lino thick, equal, striate, 

 coloured like the pileus, apex j^owdered with white meal^ 

 hollow. 



Agaricus (^Clitocijhe) pausiacus, Fries, Epicr., p. 77 ; Cke.^ 

 Hdbk., p. 59 ; Fries, Icon., t. 58, f. 2. 



In pine woods. 



Smell weak, but distinct^ mealy. Stem imperfectly 

 hollow, 2-3 in. long, Ih line thick, equal, striate and the 

 surface undulated, apex with white meal, coloured like the 

 yjileus. Pileus fleshy, thin, at first convex, somewhat um- 

 bonate, then plane or slightly depressed, 1 in. broad, even. 



