192 Transactions British Mycological Society. 



ments, 5-6 /a in diameter, containing orange-coloured granules. 

 Basidia small, 25-30 x 5-7 ju., contents slightly granular; 

 sterigmata 4, erect. Spores hyaline, smooth, ovoid or slightly 

 pip-shaped, not apiculate, 6-8 x 3-4 /u. (average 6-7 x 3ju,). 



Habitat. In short grass, on mossy banks, etc. Not uncom- 

 mon. 



The species is distinguished from C. inaequalis by its small 

 size and apricot-yellow clubs, with the apex not infrequently 

 white. The flesh also is practically identical in colour with 

 the exterior of the club, whereas in C. inaequalis the flesh is 

 whitish. The smooth ovoid spores moreover distinguish it. On 

 drying the plant rapidly loses its apricot hue, and finally becomes 

 pale ochraceous, the stem usually retaining the colour longer 

 than the club, and becoming twisted. The white apex from 

 which the plant takes its name is more marked in some cases 

 than in others, and may be altogether absent; it appears to 

 be more obvious in the field, and disappears on drying. 



Some remarkably large specimens were found growing 

 amongst holly leaves at Haslemere. These plants grew in 

 clusters or singly, with the habit and markings of C. rugosa. 

 The spores were 7-10 x 4-5 /u. (average 8 x 4ju,), slightly larger 

 than those of typical C. luteo-alba, but the colour of the clubs 

 and flesh was normal. 



32. C. PERSiMiLis Cotton, m Trans. Brit. Myc. Soc. iii. 1909, 

 p. 182. 



Illustrations: None published. 



Plants small unbranched, isolated or fasciculate, orange- 

 yellow to orange, becoming darker on drying. Clubs slender, 

 3-5 cm. high, 2-3 mm. thick, cylindrical or somewhat com- 

 pressed, apex usually acute. Stem not sharply defined. Flesh 

 pale. Internal structure composed of loosely packed, longi- 

 tudinally running filaments 3-6 /x in diameter, not pseudo- 

 parenchymatous in transverse section. Basidia small, 30-35 

 X y-Sfi, contents granular; sterigmata 4, erect. Spores 

 smooth, hyaline, subglobose to oblong, with a conspicuous 

 lateral oblique apiculus, 5-6 x 4/i, guttulate. 



Habitat. In short grass. Not uncommon. 



The present species is very similar to C. luteo-alba Rea, and 

 difficult to distinguish from it in the field. An unfailing 

 character is found in the spore, which is subglobose to oblong 

 with a very well-marked oblique apiculus, and not ovoid and 

 non-apiculate as in C. luteo-alba. It differs also in other 

 characters, namely, in the different shade of colour when 

 fresh, the absence of a white tip, and in becoming dark orange 

 on drying. 



