78 AGARICUS. 



Clitocybe. fistulose, equal, even, smooth^ shining, incurved rooting and villous 

 at the base. Gills at first adnate, then decurrent, crowded, very 

 thin, narrow, straight, almost linear. 



The silky film on the pileus is like that of neighbouring species. Slightly 

 tough, approaching Omphalice in the nature of the stem. In fir woods there 

 is a remarkable form : pileus plane, not umbilicate, naked (without silky 

 villous down) ; stem thinner, flexuous, smooth at the base ; gills scarcely 

 decurrent. 



In woods among leaves. Common. July-Nov. 



Spores 4-6 X 4 mk. B. '^2ccvi.^—ca7idico, to be shining white. Pers. Syji. 

 p. 456. Fr. Mo7iogr. \. p. iii. Hym. Eur. /. 88. Icon. t. 51./. 3. Berk. 

 Out. p. 109. C. Hbk. n. 88. Illust. PL 82, S. Mycol. Scot. n. 91. 

 Saund. &f Sm. t. 29- /• i- Bull. i. S7S-f- ^' 



152. A. dealbatus Sow. — Pileus about 2.5 cent, (i in.) or a 

 little more broad, white, slightly fleshy, tough, convex then plane 

 and at length revolute and undulated, always chy (not watery in 

 rainy weather), even, smooth, somewhat shi7iing, but as if innately- 

 pruinose under a lens; flesh thin, arid, white. Stem 2.5 cent, 

 (i in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, stuffed, wholly fibrous, at length 

 also fistulose, equal, but often ascending, whitish, mealy at the 

 apex. Gills adnate, scarcely decurrent, thin, crowded, white. 



Pileus sometimes orbicular, sometimes very repand. Odour weak, pleasant, 

 but not very remarkable. Most distinct from A. candicans in the nature of 

 the stem. 



In woods and pastures. Common. July-Oct. 



Edible. Its top is exceedingly like ivory. Its charming flavour is exceed- 

 ed by very few other fungi. Spores 4x2 mk. W.G.S. Name — dealbo, to 

 whitewash. Sow. t. 123, Fr. Monogr. i. p. 112. Hytn. E^ir. p. 88. Berk. 

 Out. p. 109. C. Hbk. n. 89. Illust. PI. 104. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 92. Hogg 

 fr' Johnst. t. 10. Var. minor, C. Illust. PI. 173. 



153. A. gallinaceus Scop. Dingy white. — Pileus 1-2.5 cent. 

 {Yz-i in.) broad, slightly fleshy, convex then 'gl^.nt, 7iot depressed, 

 obtuse, unequal, dry, opaque, spriiikled with prui7iaj flesh white, 

 compact, though thin. Stem about 5 cent. (2 in.) long, solid, by 

 no means cartilaginous, equal, ascending or flexuous, excentric, 

 at the first flocculose-prui7iose, always opaque and white. Gills 

 ad7iato-decurre7it, thin, crowded, plane. 



Growing in troops. Its stature is almost that of A. dealbatus, but smaller, 

 opaque, dingy white with a somewhat acrid taste. The pileus is not revolute, 

 rather plane and always very obtuse. 



In woods and pastures. Common. Autumn. 



Distinguished from A. dealbatus by its opaque pileus and strong fungoid 

 smell. M.J.B. l>ia.mQ—galli?ia, a hen. Meaning not apparent. Scop. 

 Cam. p. 433. Fr. Monogr. \. p. 112. Hym. Eur. p. 88. Berk. Out. p. 109. 

 C. Hbk. n. 90. Illust. PI. 174. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 93. Hussey i. t, 39. 



