HYPORHODII. 203 



Berk. Out. p. 145. /. 7. /. 7. C. Hbk. n. 265. Illust. PI. 322. S. Mycol. Clitopilus. 

 Scot. n. 251. Hussey ii. /. 47. A. albellus SchcEff. t. 78. A. pallidus Sow, t. 

 143. A, Sowerbei Krojnbh. t. S5-/- 7> 8. 



* A. Orcella Bull. — Pileus beco7ni7ig yellow-ivkite, fleshy, soft, 

 piano-depressed, at the first irregular, slightly silky, so7newhat 

 viscid wheji moist. Stem curt, so\\<\,Jlocailose, thickened upwards. 

 Gills deeply decurrent, crowded, whitish-flesh -colour. 



It differs from A. frunulus, but not in habit and structure. Commonly 

 smaller; pileus thinner, often spotted and zoned, margin at length undulato- 

 lobed ; the softer flesh unchangeable. Stem often excentric. Gills more 

 crowded. Odour wholly that of A. pru?itihis ; growing in troops. 



In open grassy ground. Frequent. July-Oct. 



Its lobed and undulated pileus makes it resemble Ca7itharelliis cibarius in 

 outline. Edible and delicate in flavour. Spores 9x4 mk. W.G.S. Bzill. i. 

 573./". I, 591. Fi: Hym. Eur. p. 197. Monogr. i. p. 280. Sverig. alt. Sv. 

 t. 20. Worth. Sm. Trans. Woolh. Club, 1869, _/f^. C. Hbk. n. 265. Illust. 

 PL 323. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 252. Badh. i. t. 13. ii. t. w. f. 1-2. Vittad. t. 12. 

 f. 2. Ventur. t. 14./. 1-3. A. o\tfSM% Batschf. 216. Bait. t. 39. A. B. f 



445. A. mundulus Lasch. — Pileus about 5 cent. (2 in.) broad, 

 becoming pale-white, then spotted cinereous, at length becoming 

 black, fleshy, thi7ij when young convex and somewhat gibbous 

 with an involute rmxgm,floccoso-soft, soon flattened and depressed, 

 unequal, repand and often excentric, even or rivulose ; flesh soft, 

 white. Stem about 2.5 cent, (i in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, 

 stuffed, somewhat equal, floccoso-villous then becoming smooth, 

 white-villous at the base, at le7igth beco77ii?tg black i7iter7ially . 

 Gills deeply dectirre7it, very c7'owded, narrow, thin, with many 

 shortened ones intermixed, pallid. 



Closely related to A. p7'untdus, but most evidently distinct. When young 

 slightly tough. Odour obsolete ; taste bitter, by which it is well distinguished 

 from A. prunulus, &c. In var, nig7-escens the whole flesh becomes black. 

 Lasch n. 521. 



In woods among leaves. Uncommon. 



Spores 8-11x4-5 J^k. B. Name — viundus, neat, elegant. Lasch n. 518. 

 Fr. Mo?wgr. i. p. 280. Hym. Eur. p. 198. Berk. Out. p. 146. C. Hbk. 71. 

 267. Illust. PI. 375. A. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 253. A. alutaceus Batsch f. 

 119. Battar. t. xb.f. F. 



446. A. popinalis Fr. — Pileus 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) broad, citi- 

 ereous, here and there mottled with guttate spots, slightly fleshy, 

 flaccid, convex then depressed, somewhat repand, smooth, opaque; 

 flesh whitish-grey, unchangeable. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, stuffed, equal, often flexuous, naked, 

 paler than the pileus. Gills deeply decurrent, broader than the 

 flesh of the pileus, lanceolate, crowded, dark grey, at length red- 

 dish with the spores. 



