Clitopilus AGARIC ACE^E 109 



XVI. CLITOPILUS Quel. 



(From the decurrent hymenophore ; Gr. klitos, a declivity, 



pilos, a cap.) 



Veil indicated by silkiness and flock. Hymenophore confluent and 

 homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus more or less depressed 

 or umbilicate, margin at first involute. Stem central, simple, fleshy 



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Fig. 25. — Sections of Clitopilus prttnulus Quel. 

 One-half natural size. 



or fibrous. Gills decurrent, white, except 506, then salmon. Spores 

 smooth or warted, salmon, sometimes very pale. (Fig. 25.) 



All the species grow on the ground. They have a more or less 

 mealy odour. Some are tasteless, others edible. 



Clitopilus agrees in structure with Clitocybe and in part with 

 Flammula. Species 503 — 513 



a. Orcellce. Pileus irregular, somewhat excentric, flexuous, 



somewhat hygrophanous, margin at first flocculose. Gills 

 deeply decurrent. 503 — 509 



b. Sericellce. Pileus regular, silky or hygrophanous-silky, margin 



involute, naked. Gills adnate, slightly decurrent. 510 — 513 



a. Orcellce. 



503. C. prunulus Quel, (from the pruinose appearance of the pileus) 



a b c. 



P. plane or convex, broadly subumbonate ; when young faintly 



grey, then whitish. St. solid, frequently central, paler than P. 



G. subdistant, flesh-colour. 



Edible. Odour strong of new meal, or like 1527. Woods and open 

 places ; common. June-Oct. 3^ X 2| x | in. This and 504 are not 

 insect eaten. 



504. P. oreella Quel, (from the old Italian popular name ; orgella, 



like an ear) a b c. 



P. piano-depressed, lobed, undulate, white. St. solid, flocculose, 



often excentric, colour as P. G. crowded, whitish flesh-colour. 



In troops. Edible. Odour as in 503 or of Syringa leaf or cucumber, or fresh 

 meal and cucumber. Open grassy places, sometimes in rings 20 feet in 

 diam. ; frequent. June-Oct. 4§ X £ X h in. Intermediate forms occur 

 between this and 503. 



