440 FUNGUS-FLOILV. 



Pileiis 1-2 in. broad, convex, then plano-convex, minutely 

 dimpled, dirty-white, very rarely slightly zoned, when dry 

 nearly white ; margin thin and transparent, turned in when 

 young and minutely tomentose. Gills very broad, decurrent, 

 distinct, not pure white. Stem 2-3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, 

 attenuated upwards, minutely iibrillose, villous at the base, 

 sometimes pruinose above. Odour very agreeable, like that 

 of aniseed. (Berk.) 



Clitocybe augustissima. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, even, glabrous, watery-white, 

 shining white when dry; plane then depressed, not um- 

 bilicate, margin spreading, minutely striate when adult ; 

 flesh very thin but firm ; gills rather decurrent, very much 

 crowded, thin, narrow, white; stem about 2 in. long, 1-2 

 lines thick, often curved and flexuons, white, base downy, 

 apex naked, stuffed, fibrous within ; spores elliptical, 

 5 X 3 /x. 



Agaricus (^Clitocyhe) augustissimus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 105; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 60; Cke., Illustr., pi. 125. 



In w^oods, &c. 



Closely resembling G. fragrans^ but inodorous, and a clearer 

 white. Less watery than its allies. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe obsoletus. Batsch. 



Smell spicy, but w^eak. Pileus about 1 in. across, rather 

 fleshy ; convex then plane or slightly depressed, sometimes 

 papillate, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, pailid or pale pinky- 

 tan, whitish when dry ; gills obtuse behind, adnately decur- 

 rent, sometimes almost rounded behind, broad, crowded , 

 whitish ; stem about 1 in. long, 1^ line thick, whitish, elajstic, 

 hollow. 



Agaricus ohsoletus, Batsch, f. 103; Cke., Hdbk., p. 60 ; Cke., 

 Illustr., pi. 233. 



Among grass and leaves. 



Exactly intermediate between C fragrans and C. metachroa. 

 Smell pleasant, resembling aniseed, but not strong. Stem 

 straight, apex pruinose, base often downy. Pileus somewhat 

 nmbonate when young, yellowish-white when dry; pallid, 

 livid or pinky-tan when moist. (Fries.) 



Just the plant of Bitsch, but the odour varying from that 



