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E. Orhiformes — ^pileus rounded. 



103. Agaricus (Clitocybe) xnetachrous. Fi\ " Ob-conio 



Clitocybe.*' 



Inodorous ; pileus somewhat fleshy, convex, then 'plane, de- 

 pressed, rather smooth, hygrophanous ; stem stuffed, then hol- 

 low, equal, tough, pruinose above ; gills adnate, crowded, pale 

 cinereous. — Fr. Epicr.p. 77. 



In woods amongst leaves. 



Pileus 1^-2 in. across, when young cinereous brown, then livid, wbitisb when 

 dry ; stem about 1^ in. long, 2 lin. thick, broader when compressed, grey, fros- 

 ted with white above ; gills adnate, not truly decurrent. 



104. Agaricus (Clitocybe) fragrans. Sow. "Fragrant 



Clitocybe." 



Fragrant; pileus rather fleshy, convex, then plane, or de- 

 pressed, even, smooth, hygrophanous ; stem stufl'ed, then hollow, 

 elastic, smooth ; gills sub- decurrent, rather crowded, distinct, 

 whitish. — Sow. t. 10. Fr. Epicr.p. 78. Pers. My. Eur. t. 27, /. 5. 

 Letell. t. 658. Krombh. t. \.f. 34-35. Eng. Fl. v. p. 67. 



In woods. Common. Esculent, 



Pileus 1\ in. across, ocbraceous, with a sweet anise odour ; convex, then 

 plano-convex, minutely dimpled, dirty white, very rarely slightly zoned, 

 when dry nearly white, margin thin and transparent, turned in when young, 

 and minutely tomentose ; gills very broad, decurrent, distinct, not pure white; 

 stem 2-3 in. high, 2-3 lines thick, attenuated upwards, minutely fibrillose. vil- 

 lous at the base, sometimes pruinose above. — J/. /. B. Spores "00026 X '00016 

 'm.— W.G.S. 



T. Versiformes — pileus variable. 



105. Agaricus (Clitocybe) difforxais. P. " Deformed Clitocybe." 



Pileus somewhat membranaceous, convex, then plane, and sub- 

 umbilicate, smooth, hygrophanous, striate when moist, even when 

 dry, at length between squamulose and rimose ; stem hollow, 

 equal, smooth, shining ; gills adnate, distant, whitish. — Fr.Epicr. 

 p. 79. Bolt.t.n. 



In fir plantations. Near Halifax. 



Stem tough, 2-3 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, smooth, and shining whitish, 

 usually contorted and compressed : pileus variable in form, I in. and more 

 broad, when moist striate and livid, silky and shining, whitish when dry. 



