92 AGARICUS. 



Clitocybe. Protean, but the essential marks by which it can always be easily distin- 



guished are these : odour none, stem pruinose at the apex, pileus co7ivex (and 

 somewhat umbonate) then plane and depressed, gills cinereous-whitish. One 

 variety has the darker disc fuscous, another is flesh-coloured, another dingy- 

 rufescent {Batschf. 102). 



In grassy woods, among leaves, &c. Common. Aug.-Nov. 



Spores 6x3 mk. W.P. Name — jaera, of change of condition; xp^Si 

 colour. Changing colour. Fr. lilonogr. i. p. 133. Hym. Eur. p. T03. Berk. 

 Out. p. 112. C. Hbk. ?i. 103. Illust. PI. 115. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 105. 



185. A. pausiacus Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, ciner- 

 eous, becoming somewhat olive, fleshy, thin, at first convex 

 (sometimes umbonate), then plane and depressed, even, smooth 

 (when young covered over with hoary silky dew). Stem 5-7.5 

 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 3 mm. (i^ lin.) thick, tough, somewhat hol- 

 low, equal, striate and often undulated on the surface, smooth, 

 but white pruinose at the apex, a7iereoiis. Gills very broad be- 

 hind and obtusely adnate, very crowded, seniicircula7', manifestly 

 inclining to olivaceous at every stage of growth. 



Odour weak, but frumentaceous. Allied to A. metachroiis, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by its very broad and olivaceous gills. Intermediate between A. 

 metachrous and A. ditopus. 



On the ground. Coed Coch, 1878. Oct. 



Name — pausia, an olive. From the colour of the gills. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 

 133. Hym. Eur. p. 104. Icon. t. 58. f. 2. B. 6= Br. n. 1737. 



186. A. ditopus Fr. — Pileus 5 cent. (2 in.) and more broad, 

 cinereous, somewhat fleshy, tough, at first convexo-plane and ob- 

 tuse, at length inverted, infundibuliform and often undulato- 

 lobed. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 6 mm. (3 lin.) and more thick, 

 hollow theii compressed., equal, 7iaked, pale cinereous, pubescent at 

 the base. Gills adnate, crowded, thin, at length turned upwards 

 and divergent in the lobes, dark ci7iereous. 



Its stature is that of A. metachrojis, but it has a very strong odour of ?iew 

 meal. Remarkable as compared with the rest for its toughness and irregular- 

 ity of form, and for being found only in a rotten condition in later autumn 

 when the rest are in fullest vigour. 



Among dead leaves. Moccas Park, 1881. 



Name — 5itt6s, twofold ; ttov?, a foot. Probably from stems growing two 

 together. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 133. Hyjn. Eur. p. 104. C. Illust. PL 116. 



** Gills whitish. 



187. A. diatretus Fr. — Pileus slightly fleshy, tough, when 

 young convex, regular, obtuse, 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, the involute 

 margin pubescent, when full grown piano-depressed, 2.5-5 cent. 



