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gills adnate, very crowded, thin, then decurrent, unchanged in 

 colour.— Fr. Epicr. p. 61. Fl. Dan. t. 1796. Ann. N.H. no. 670. 



In fir woods. April. — Sept. Probably esculent. 



Not umbonate as A. opacus. Often gregarious. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, a little 

 convex, soon plane, and obtuse, rather sbining. Gills not decurrent. Stem 

 2-3 in. bigh, somewhat thickened at the base, furnished frequently with fib- 

 rillose radicles. —i^r^'e.^. Forming very large rings. Sometimes producing a 

 merulioid hymenium on the top of the pileus.— J/. /. B. Spores nearly spheri- 

 cal -00013 in.— TF. C?. .S. 



86. Agaricus (Clitocybe) phyllophilus. Fr. "Leaf-loving 



Clitocybe." 



White. Pileus fleshy, convex, then plane, soon depressed and 

 umbilicate, even, dry ; marked with a white lustre round the mar- 

 gin ; stem stuffed, then hollow, spongiose and fibrillose ; gills ad- 

 nate, decurrent, moderately distant, white, then yellowish. — 

 Epicr. p. 62. Eng. Fl. v. p. 34. Fl. Dan. t. 1847. 



Amongst leaves in woods. Sept. [Carolina, U.S.] 



Generally sweet-scented, sub-csespitose. Pileus 2-3 in. broad, slightly fleshy, 

 when young nearly plane, sometimes repand. Stem 2-3 in. long, obliquely 

 rooted at the hsLse.-Fries. Spores -00024 X -00013 in.— IF. G. S. 



87. Agaricus (Clitocybe) pithyophilus. Fr. "Fir-wood 



Clitocybe."' 



White; pileus fleshy, thin, becoming plane, umbilicate, smooth, 

 growing pale; stem nearly hollow, round, then compressed, smooth 

 (whitish tomentose at the base) ; gills adnato-decurrent, crowded, 

 plane, always white. — Fr. Ep.p. 62. B. 4' Dr. Ann. N.H. (1866) 

 no. 1107. 



In fir woods. Oct. Coed Coch. 



Gregarious, sub-crespitose; pileus 2-3 in. broad, even, smooth, flaccid, dirty 

 white when moist, white when dry. 



88. Agaricus (Clitocybe) candicans. Fr. " Whitish Clitocybe." 



White ; pileus somewhat fleshy, convex, then plane, or de- 

 pressed, even, shining, with a thin dead white film ; stem sub- 

 fistulose, even, waxy, shining ; gills adnate, crowded, thin, at 

 length decurrent. — Fr. Epicr. p. 63. Bull. t. 575,/. E. Fl.Dan. 

 f.2021,/. 1. Bolt.f.17. Eng.Fl.Y.p.36. 



Amongst leaves in woods. [Carolina, U. S.] 



Pileus 1 in. across ; when moist white, when dry dead white, sub-carnose, 

 tough, regularly deflexed at the margin, rarely sub-deformed ; gills rather 

 close ; stem 1-2 in high, 1-2 lines thick, nearly equal, incurved at the base, 

 rooted and villous, the rest smooth ; aberrant forms numerous. — Fnes. 



