272 CLITOCYBE 



p., thick at the disc, thin at the margin. Spores white, elliptical, 

 8-9 x 4/x, with a large central gutta. Amongst leaves. Oct. Nov. 

 Uncommon, (v.v.) 



**P. violet, or rufescent. 



818. C. cyanophaea Fr. Gonn. & Rabenh. Heft. 8-9, t. 17, fig. 3, as 

 Tricholoma nudum. Kvavos, dark blue; <j>aid, dusky. 



P. 7-10 cm., fuscous, becoming azure-blue, rather fleshy, convex, 

 then plane, obtuse, smooth. St. 7-8 x 1-2 cm., bluish when young, 

 attenuated upwards from the thickened base, apex abruptly white, 

 smooth. Gills violet, then pale, deeply decurrent, crowded. Woods. 

 Rare. 



var. Pengellei B. & Br. Cke. Illus. no. 131, t. 264. 



T. W. Pengelly, the geologist. 



Differs from the type in having the st. attenuated at the base. 



C. opipara Fr. = Tricholoma opiparum (Fr.) Quel. 



C. amara (A. & S.) Fr. = Tricholoma amarum (A. & S.) Quel. 



819. C. socialis Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 49, lower figs. Socialis, sociable. 

 P. 2-3 cm., reddish yellow, fleshy, convex, then expanded, acutely 



umbonate when young, smooth, dry. St. 2-3 cm. x 4-6 mm., reddish, 

 ascending, fibrous, rooting base peronately hairy. Gills becoming yellow, 

 plano-decurrent, scarcely crowded. Flesh white, thin. Spores white. 

 Densely gregarious. Amongst pine needles. Sept. Oct. Rare. 



***P. becoming yellow. 



820. C. amarella (Pers.) Fr. (= Paxillus amarellus (Pers.) Quel., 

 Clitopilus popinalis Fr. sec. Quel.) Amarella, bitterish. 



P. 45 cm., pale yellowish, or pallid fawn colour, fleshy, plane, firm, 

 subumbonate, smooth. St. 5 cm. x 4-6 mm., concolorous, equal, tough, 

 white villous at base. Gills pallid, somewhat shining, subdecurrent, 

 crowded, here and there dichotomous. Spores white, "5-6 x 2-3 /i" 

 Rick. Smell strong, like prussic acid, taste very bitter. Woods. Oct. 

 Rare. 



821. C. vernicosa Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 50, upper figs. Vernicosa, varnished. 

 P. 5-6 cm., pale yellowish, shining, fleshy, convex, then flattened 



or piano-depressed, obtuse, sometimes infundibuliform, smooth, 

 margin involute. St. 2-3 cm. x 6-8 mm., yellow, firm, tough, equal, 

 smooth. Gills light yellow, adnato-decurrent, or deeply decurrent, 

 equally attenuated behind, subdistant. Flesh whitish, firm. Spores 

 white, "subglobose, 3-4 /*, nearly spinulose" Rick. Fir and larch 

 woods. Sept. Oct. Rare. 



