42 AGARICINI. 



100. Agaricus (Clitocybe) flaccidus. Sow. "Flaccid 



Clitocybe." 



Pileiis rather fleshy, thin, flaccid, umbilicate, then funnel- 

 shaped, even, margin broadly reflexed ; stem stuff'ed, unequal, 

 sub-flexuose, villous at the base ; gills decurrent, crowded, arcuate, 

 yellowish. — Sow. 1. 185. Fj\ Epicr. p. 71. Eng. Fl. r.p. 32. 



In fir woods. 



Often densely csespitose ; pileus bright in colour, sometimes streaked ; 

 flaccid when young, 2-3 in. broad, always of a peculiar form and substance, 

 orbicular, depressed, rather plane than infundibuliform, by reason of the de- 

 flexed margin, very even and smooth, generally reddish, sometimes white ; 

 gills very much attenuatedbehind, very close, tender, and narrow, not running 

 far down; stem 1-2 in. long, 2 lines thick, slender, generally equal, smooth, 

 with a sub-cartilaginous bark, stuffed, soon hollow, not rooting, nor incras- 

 sated, and villous, except from peculiarity of situation. — Fries. Spores slightly 

 spinulose, nearly spherical ■00019 in. — W. G. S. 



D. Cyathiformes — pileus cup-shaped, 



101. Agaricus (Clitocybe) cyathiformis . Fr. "Cup-shaped 



Clitocybe." 



Pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, at first depressed, 

 then infundibuliform, even, nearly smooth, moist, hygrophanous ; 

 margin for a long time involute, even ; stem stuffed, elastic, at- 

 tenuated upwards, fibrilloso-reticulate ; gills adnate, then decur- 

 rent, united behind, dingy. — Fr. Epicr. p. 73. Sow. t. 363. Huss. 

 ii.t.l. Bull.t.bloJ.M. Vaill.t.U,/. 1-3. Bolt.t.Uo. 



In meadows, &c. Common. [Cincinnati.] 



Pileus 2 in. across, variable in colour, generally dark brown or bistre. 

 Spores -00033 X '00018 in.— T^. G. S. 



102. Agazicus (Clitocybe) brumalis. Fr. " Wintry Clitocybe." 



Inodorous ; pileus between fleshy and membranaceous, at first 

 umbilicate, then funnel-shaped, smooth, flaccid, hygrophanous ; 

 margin reflexed, even ; stem at length hollow, equal, somewhat 

 incurved, smooth, whitish ; gills decurrent, distinct, pallid. — Fr. 

 Epicr. p. 76. Bull.t.24:8,f.A.Jj. A.metachrous. Eng.Fl.Y.p.Q7, 



In woods. Oct. 



Livid grey when moist, nearly white when dry ; pileus 1-2 in. broad, in its 

 earliest stage conic, gradually depressed, but not deeply infundibuliform, 

 almost membranaceous, margin pellucid; gills of the same colour as the 

 pileus, adnate, scarcely decurrent, not turning pale sofast as the pileus, often 

 separating from the stem at the base ; stem 3 in. or more high, at length hol- 

 low, outer flesh livid, inner white, downy at the base, minutely fibrillose above, 

 apex pulverulent. — Eng. Fl. Spores nearly spherical '00013 in. — W. G. S. 



