CLITOCYBE 281 



P. 1230 cm., tan colour, becoming paler, or whitish, fleshy, some- 

 what flaccid, broadly infundibuliform, gibbous, umbo central, very dry, 

 becoming silky, or squamulose; margin involute, pubescent. St. 7 

 10 x 1 cm., whitish, attenuated upwards, fibrillosely-striate, elastic. 

 Gills whitish, deeply decurrent, pointed at both ends, somewhat 

 crowded, soft. Flesh white, thick at the disc, soft. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 4-6 x 3-4^. Smell and taste pleasant. Edible. Woods, 

 and pastures. July Nov. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



852. C. infundibulifonnis (Schaeff.) Fr. Holland, Champ, t. 26, no. 61. 



Infundibuliformis, funnel-shaped. 



P. 3-6 cm., flesh colour, then pale tan, fleshy, moderately firm, con- 

 vexo-depressed, gibbous with an umbo, at length infundibuliform, 

 silky, bibulous ; margin at first involute. St. 3-8 cm. x 4-8 mm., 

 concolorous, conico-attenuated, rarely equal, firm, elastic; base swollen, 

 and white tomentose. Gills shining white, very decurrent, somewhat 

 crowded, very pointed at each end, soft. Flesh white, thick at the disc, 

 soft. Spores white, ovoid, 6-7 x 6 /A, pointed at the base, punctate, 

 1-guttulate. Smell and taste pleasant. Edible. Woods, heaths, and 

 pastures. June Dec. Very common, (v.v.) 



var. membranacea (Fl. Dan.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 1135, t. 646. 



Membranacea, skinny. 



Differs from the type in being thinner in all its parts, in the equal 

 st., and the brighter coloured, and not umbonate p. Pine woods, and 

 pastures. June Dec. Not uncommon, (v.v.) 



853. C. trullaeformis (Fr.) B. & Br. Tndlaeformis, ladle-shaped. 

 P. 35 cm., fuscous cinereous, fleshy, infundibuliform, flattened at 



the margin, always obtuse, flocculosely villous, dry. St. 5 cm. x 8- 

 10 mm., cinereous, attenuated upwards, firm, elastic, fibrillosely- 

 striate, base villous. Gills shining white, decurrent, distant, 4-6 mm. 

 broad, connected by veins. Flesh snow white, equal. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 6 x 3-4/z, minutely punctate. Borders of fir wood, hedge- 

 rows, and thickets. Oct. Uncommon. 



854. C. incilis Fr. Incilis, incised. 



P. 2-5-5 cm., brick-red, fleshy, plano-umbilicate, then infundibuli- 

 form, silky -flocculose, obtuse ; margin involute, crenate. St. 1-2 cm. 

 x 4-6 mm., concolorous, attenuated downwards, often compressed, 

 tough, at first covered with an evanescent, flocculose pruina. Gills 

 white, becoming pale, decurrent, arcuate, 4-6 mm. broad, distant, often 

 reticulated with veins. Flesh whitish, thin at the margin. Spores white, 

 elliptical, 8-9 x 5-6/u,, 1-guttulate. Smell of new meal, sometimes 

 absent. Coniferous woods. March Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



