110 AGARIC AC E^E Clitopilus 



505. C. mundulus Gill, (mundus, neat) a b c. 



P. convex, then depressed, white. St. stuffed, sometimes 



excentric, white, becoming black internally at base. G. 



crowded, whitish salmon. Flesh white. 



Taste bitter ; odour none. Woods, amongst leaves ; uncommon. Autumn, 

 ifxf X T 3 5 in. In var. nigrescens Sacc. the flesh becomes wholly black. 



505a. C. Sarnieus Mass. (after the place of finding — Sarnia, the 

 Roman name for Guernsey) a. 



P. campanulate, plane, subumbonate, often more or less depressed 

 round the um., slightly striate when moist, even when dry, 

 minutely silky-flocculose, mouse-colour or grey, paler with a 

 ruddy tinge when dry. St. minutely fistulose, equal, sub- 

 flexuous, even, glabrous, white. G. subcrowded, plane nearly 

 to the stem, then suddenly decurrent, pinkish-salmon. Flesh 

 very thin. 



On the ground, in Guernsey, i^ X i^ X ^ in. Allied to 505. 



506. C. popinalis Gill, (from its edible qualities ; popina, a cook- 



shop) a b c. 

 P. convex, subumbonate or depressed, ashy or dull slate. St. 

 stuffed, paler than P. G. crowded, grey or brown, becoming 

 reddish. 



Solitary or gregarious. Odour of new meal or rank and strong. Downs, 

 fields, grassy roadsides. Aug.-Oct. 2| X ij X \ in. 



507. C. undatus Gill, (from the undulate pileus) a b c. 



P. expanded, depressed, sometimes much lobed, sometimes with 

 a papilla, dull ashy or tan-ochreous. St. hollow, colour as P. 

 or paler, faintly salmon-shaded. G. not crowded, salmon, 

 sometimes reddish. 



Odour none. Downs, etc. Oct. i§ X if X £ in. 



508. C. eanerinus Quel, (from the frequently cracked pileus ; cancer, 



a lattice) a b c. 

 P. hemispherical, depressed, dry, at length shining and silky 



fibrillose, whitish. St. stuffed or fistulose, colour as P. G. 



distant, flesh-colour. 

 Odour none. Pastures. July-Oct. ij X i| X J. 



509. C. eretatus Sacc. (from the colour of the pileus ; creta, chalk) 



a b c. 

 P. lobed, umbilicato-depressed. St. excentric, tomentose, colour 

 as P. G. rose. 



Solitary or gregarious. Woods, pastures ; uncommon. Oct. | X | X ^ in. 

 Resembles a small 504. 



b. Sericellce. 



510. C. earneoalbus Gill, (from the flesh-coloured gills and white 



pileus ; caro, flesh, albiis, white) a b c. 

 P. convexo-plane, subdepressed, white, faintly greyish or rufescent. 



St. stuffed or hollow, white. G. subdistant, flesh-colour. 

 Gregarious. Odour none. Woods, heathy places. Sept. if X 2 X T 3 5 in. 



