60 A CATALOGUE OF ESCULENT BRITISH FUNGI. 



Pileus. One to two inches across, white ; at first hemispherical, 

 then expanding ; thin, soft, elastic. Margin very fine, incurved. 

 Cuticle clammy and wrinkled. 



Stem. One to three inches high, Avhite, very slender, sub- 

 incrassate below, often crooked. Ring white, striate, persistent, 

 patent or reflexed. 



Section. Flesh white, very thin. Stem stuffed, almost solid, 



juicy. Gills white, broad, distant, rounded behind, almost decur- 



rent, serrulate. Odour faintly aromatic. Taste bitter. Spores 



white. 



Obs. An esculent, but uncommon, small, and of peculiar flavour. — W. D. H. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-gemis CHAM^OTA. 



(9.) AGARICUS CRETACEUS; Chamaeota cretacea; The 

 Chalky-cap. 



Habitat. Gardens, orchards, and grass-fields. Solitary. 



Season. July and August. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, dead white ; convex, then 

 nearly plane ; smooth or squamulose, disc sometimes tinged with 

 fawn. Cuticle separable. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, cylindrical, elastic, evenly 

 attenuate, enlarged below, thick, white. Ring horizontally 

 reflexed. 



Section. Flesh white, thickish. Stem hollow. Gills broad in 

 front, numei'ous, unequal, remote, white at first, soon rosy. Odour 

 faint. Taste bland. Spores pink. 



Obs. It is probably often eaten by mistake, people supposing it to be the 

 Wliite I'ratelle, which it resembles. It is quite as good eating, however. — 

 W. D. 11. 



Genus AGARICUS. Sub-genus CLITOCYBE. 



(10.) AGARICUS CERUSSATUS; Clitocybe cerussata ; The 

 White-cap. 



Habitat. In woods of fir and pine. In groups or rings. 



Season. April to September. Not uncommon. 



Pileus. Two to three inches across, white ; convex at first, soon 

 j)lane, obtuse, even, not umbonate ; smooth, sleek, moist. 



Stem. Two to three inches high, white, not stout, tough, elastic 

 naked, incrassate, rooting slightly. 



