96 AGAEICINI. 



265. Agaricus (Clitopilus) prunulus. Scop. " Plum Clitopilus." 



Pileus fleshy, compact, at first convex, regular, at length de- 

 pressed, repand, pruinose, dry ; stem solid, ventricose, naked, 

 striate ; gills strongly decurrent, rather distant, white, then flesh- 

 coloured. — Fr. Epicr. p. 148. Trans. Woolh. CI. 1869, plate. 

 Berk.OutJ. t. 7, /. 7. Iluss.ii.t.il. Scha^ff.t. 78. Sow. t. 143. 

 Hogg <^' Jolinst.t.'20. Lenz.t.26. Kromh. t. 55,/. 7-8. Eng. Fl. 

 Y.p.76. Smith E.M.f. lb. 



. In woods. June — -Oct. Esculent. [United States.] 



Pileus fleshy, compact, at first convex, then expanded, becoming depressed 

 in the centre, irregularly waved, slightly pruinose, 2-5 in. broad, surface dry, 

 soft, white, or sometimes grey, flesh thick, white, unchangeable ; stem 

 white, soHd, firm, slightly ventricose, 1 in. or more long, ^ in. thick, naked, 

 often striate, and villous at the base ; often excentric; gills crowded, deeply 

 decurrent, white, then of a pale, dull, flesh colour, or yellowish brown; spores 

 pale brown, oval, with an apiculus at one end, '00045 X '0002 in. Odour of 

 new meal, strong. — H. G. B. (PL HI., fig. 14, reduced.) 



var. Orcella. — Trans. Woolh. CI. lS6d,Jig. Badh.i. t. 13. ii. f, 

 11,/. 1-2. Ve?it.t. 14,/. 1-3. 



In open places. June — Oct. Esculent. 



Pileus thin, irregular, depressed in the centre, lobed, undulated, 2-3 in. 

 broad, clear white, sometimes tinted with pale brown on its prominences, 

 occasionally with a grey centre, or slightly zoned with grey ; surface soft 

 and smooth to the touch, except in wet weather, when it becomes soft and 

 sticky ; flesh soft, colourless, and unchangeable; stem smooth, white, solid, 

 short, decreasing in size, central when young, becoming excentric from the 

 pileus growing irregularly ; gills crowded, decurrent, at first nearly white, 

 then pinkish grey, at length with a light brown tint ; spores pale brown, 

 '00035 X "00018 in. ; odour pleasant ; smaller than the typical form, less fleshy, 

 and grows in more open glades. — R. Q. B. 



266. Agaricus (Clitopilus) cretatus. Berh. "Chalky 



Clitopilus." 



Small ; pileus membranaceous, at length umbilicate, dead- 

 white, shining, margin involute ; stem very short, tomentose ; 

 gills decurrent, narrow, rosy. — Ann. N .H. no. 903. 



On naked soil in woods and pastures. 



Single or gregarious ; pileus 5-f in. across, at first convex, then umbili- 

 cate, of a dead white, but shining, membranaceous, not striate, margin invo- 

 lute ; stem a few lines high, 1 line thick, often curved at the base, and some- 

 times thickened, tomentose. especially below, white; gills pale pink, not 

 broad, very decurrent ; mycelium white, floccose. — M.J.B. 



267. Agaricus (Clitopilus) mundulus. Lasch. "Delicate 



Clitopilus." 



Pileus fleshy, thin, tough, plane, then depressed, unequal, un- 

 polished, dry ; stem stuffed, thin, flocculose, thickened at either 



