52 AGARIC ACE^: Clitocybe 



186. C. eryptarum Mass. (from its occasional appearance in cellars ; 



crypta, a vault) a b. 

 P. subcorneal, then depressed, floccose, pale buff or brown, 

 spotted. St. hollow, paler than P., mottled within. G. sub- 

 decurrent, white. 



Densely caespitose. Taste insipid ; odour none. Sawdust. Oct. 2lx3^x£in. 

 With the varying habit and size of 184. 



187. C. monstrosa Gill, (monstrosus, strange) a b. White. 



P. convexo-umbonate. St. solid, white-farinose above. G. 

 rounded, crowded. 



Often densely caespitose. Probably edible. On the ground. Sept. -Oct. 

 2£ X 1^ X § in. May be an autumnal form of 122 or a variety of 133, or 

 a form of 94. It may be a Tricholoma, as suggested by Berkeley, but 

 cannot be a form of 124 as suggested by Fries. It is more probably a 

 form of 123 ; the spores are the same in size. Stem sometimes 6 in. long. 



188. C. opaea Gill, (from its opaque colour) a b c. White with a 



silvery glare. 

 P. convexo-plane, subumbonate then repand, floccose. St. 

 stuffed. G. adnato-decurrent, very crowded. Flesh pale 

 brownish. 



Single or connate. Woods. Oct.-Nov. 3 x 2§ x T 5 5 in. A close ally 

 of 171. 



189. C. occulta Mass. (from its doubtful characters ; occultus, hidden) a. 



Cartilaginous, tough. 

 P. convexo-plane, then slightly depressed, innato-virgate ; mid. 



livid-smoky ; marg. whitish. St. solid, paler than P. or white. 



G. subdecurrent, subdistant, white. 

 Gregarious. Charred ground. Nov. 3 x 2£ x § in. 



c. Infundibuliformes, 



190. C. maxima Quel, (maximus, the greatest) a b. Tan-whitish. 



P. thin, umbonate ; marg. even. St. solid. G, subcrowded, 

 not branched. Flesh white. 



Odour weak and pleasant, sometimes strong. Grassy places, hedge- banks, 

 woods, pastures ; frequent. July-Nov. iof X 4$ X if in. Sometimes a 

 foot or more high and broad. Often confounded with 1172 ; the latter has 

 no umbo, has a sulcate margin, is less infundibuliform, has branched gills, 

 and a short stem. 



191. C. infundibuliformis Quel, (infwidibulum, a funnel, forma, 



form) a b c. 

 P. thin, typically umbonate, pale buff then white. St. spongy- 

 stuffed, ivory-white. G. subcrowded, ivory-white. 



Odour usually weak and pleasant, often like anise, sometimes none. Woods, 

 grassy places, near trees, beeches, rarely on rotten wood ; common. 

 June-Dec. 3| X 1^ X ^ in. A variable species. There is a wholly white 

 variety. Var. membranacca Gill. P. membranous ; brick-red. Woods, 

 pine. 



