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Section. Flesh thickish, white, tough, unchanging. Stem solid, 

 spongy. Gills white, numerous, thin, crowded, acutely adnate. 

 Odour faint. Taste agreeable. Spores white. 



Obs. Sometimes plentiful in its own habitat, particularly in Spring. It is 

 wholesome, and of pleasant flavour. Much eaten in some countries. — W. D. II. 



(11.) AGAEICUS CYATHIFORMIS ; Clitocybe cyatMformis ; 

 The Goblet. 



Habitat. Amongst moss in woods. In groups. 



Season. October and ISTovember. N^ot uncommon. 



Pileus. Two inches across, dull dark umber, smooth, moist, 

 hygrophanous ; disc depressed. Margin raised, even, sometimes 

 involute at first. Cuticle separable. 



Stem. Two or three inches high, pale brown, cylindrical, slender, 

 reticulated with loose fibres, attenuate, elastic, naked. 



Section. Flesh brownish, thin, membranaceous. Stem stuffed. 

 Gills dingy, whitey-brown, distant, sub-decurrent, sometimes 

 anastomosed behind. Odourless. Flavourless. Spores white. 



Ohs. A species of little value. It has neither flesh nor flavour, nor is it 

 plentiful. It is useful only to add to a dish of other liinds. — W. D. H. 



(12.) AGARICUS DEALBATUS ; Clitocybe dealbata ; The 

 Cream-clot. 



Habitat. Grassy spots in woods. Fields. Old beds where A. 

 hortensis has been cultivated. In clusters. 



Season. August to October. Common. 



Pileus. One or two inches across, white, creamy, pinkish ; 

 smooth, polished ; at first convex, then plane, or ^evol^^te and 

 cyathiiorm. The variety on mushroom beds is crisped and lobed. 



Stem. One inch high, white, slender, often curved, mealy, 

 naked. 



Section. Flesh thick, white. Stem stuffed, fibrillose. Gills 

 white, rather broad, brittle, crowded, thin, adnate. Odour like 

 Pratelles. Flavour of flour. Spores white. 



Obs. First-rate eating, and often plentiful. It has long been known to 

 English fungus-eaters. If the conditions of its growth on old mushroom beds 

 were noted, it might perhaps be successfully cultivated, and as an esculent it 

 would well repay the trouble. — W. D. H. 



