Clitocybe AGARICACE^ 57 



219. C. fragrans Quel, (fragrans ^ sweet-scented) a b c. 



P. broadly depressed, pallid white • marg. substriate. St. colour 



as P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat crowded. 



Odour strong of anise. Woods, pastures. July-Jan. 2^X3X T 3 ^in. Often 

 attacked by the mould, Sporodinia Aspergillus. 



220. C. angustissima Gill, (from its very narrow gills; a?igusttis, 



narrow) a b. Pallid white. 

 P. broadly umbilicate, very thin, firm. St. fibrous, flexuous. G. 



decurrent, very crowded. 

 Odour none. Woods, amongst leaves. Oct. 2 X 2.\ x \ in. 



221. C. obsoleta Quel, (from its pallid tint ; obsoletiis, faint) a c. 



Hygrophanous. 



P. piano-depressed, pale grey or flesh-colour, soon white. St. 



not flexuous. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat broad, pale grey. 



Gregarious. Slightly fragrant of bitter almonds or anise. Amongst grass 

 and leaves. Oct. -Nov. i^xifx^in. 



f. Versifor??ies. 



222. C. eetypa Gill, (from the projecting sooty squamules in the 



middle of the pileus ; Gr. ektupos^ worked in relief) a b. 



P. fleshy, piano-depressed, yellowish or brownish ; marg. striate. 



St. attenuate upwards, dull light yellow, becoming black at 



base. G. decurrent, white, then rufous-spotted. 



Gregarious, often caespitose. Odour pleasant of anise, becoming fetid. 

 Meadows, damp places. Dec. 2| x 55 X T % in. Often greatly resembles 69. 



223. C. bella Gill, (bellus, beautiful) a c. 



P. convex, umbilicato-depressed, orange ; sq. rufescent. St. pale 



orange. G. adnato-toothed, broad, yellow, rufescent or pale 



flesh-colour. 



Subcaespitose. Fetid. Plantations, fir, sometimes on rotten fir- wood ; 

 uncommon. Sept. if X if X 3^ in. 



224. C. laeeata Quel, (from the red colour — as of gum-lac — of the 



pileus) a b c. 

 P. convex, plano-umbilicate, then repand, mealy-squamulose, 

 rufescent, becoming ochreous. St. usually attenuate down- 

 wards, nbrillose, colour as P. G. adnato-toothed, flesh-colour. 



Odour sometimes of garlic. Woods, forests, commons ; common. May-Dec. 

 2 X 3 X f in. The pileus is sometimes brilliant or blackish-purple, 

 becoming lavender, with stem and gills bright purple {Agaricus amethy- 

 stimts Bolt.). A very small form with a hair-like stem occurs. 



Agaricus Sadleri B. & Br. placed in this position by Stevenson is probably 

 the same as 824. Berkeley has proposed a new genus, Laccaria, for the 

 reception of 224 and its allies. 



224a. C. proxima Boud. (from its being like the brown form of 



224) a. 



P. convex, then plane, glabrous, yellowish-brown. St. even, 



smooth, paler than P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat pink. 



Woods. Oct. 1 J x i\ X ^ in. Differs from 224 in the glabrous P. and 

 warted spores. 



