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p;labroiis, covered at first with a slight siikiness, colour 

 variable, but ahvays dark, somewhat olive or umber, rather 

 ochraceous when dry. Gills very broad behind, obtusely 

 adnate, resembling a segment of a circlf^, closely crowaled, 

 olive or umber in every stage ; spores white. (Fries.) 



*'* Gills luliitish. 



Clitocybe diatreta. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, tough, convex when 

 young, regular, obtuse, margin involute, pubescent ; flattened 

 and depressed when adult, often wavy, even, glabrous, dingy 

 flesh-tint when moist, at length tan-colour and flaccid, margin 

 spreading, naked, wdiitish when dry ; gills adnate, but nar- 

 rowed and with a decurrent tooth behind, crowded, 1 line 

 broad, Avbitish flesh-tint at first, tlien pallid whitish ; stem 

 li-2 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, round, even, glabrous, 

 pallid, apex naked, base downy, stuifed then hollow^ elastic, 

 rather wavy. 



■ Agariciis (Clitoa/'be^, d'latretns. Fries, Epicr., p. 78; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 60 ; Cke.', Illustr., pi. 232. 



In pine woods. 



Smell almost obsolete. Stem not c irtilaginous. 



Gathered at the same time wdth C. fragrans, from which it 

 was at once distinguished by the total absence of the 

 peculiar odour of that s[)ecies. (B. and Br.) 



Clitocybe fragrans. Sow. 



Smell strong, spicy. Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh rather 

 thick ; convex, soon expanded and slightl}'' depressed or 

 umbilicate, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, uniform watery 

 white, disc not darker, whitish when dry ; gills slightly 

 decurrent, rather crowded, 1 lino broad, distinct, whitish ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, equal, slightly curved, elastic, 

 glabrous, whitish, stuffed then hollow. 



Agariciis fragrans, Sovverby, pi. 10; Cke., Illustr., pi. 121 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 60. 



In woods among moss, &c. 



Distinguished from other species resembling it in colour 

 and size, by the fragrant smell resembling aniseed. 



