CLITOCYBE 289 



882. C. fragrans (Sow.) Fr. (= Clitocybe suaveokns (Schum.) Fr. sec. 

 Quel.) Sow. Eng. Fung. t. 10. Fragrans, scented. 



P. 2-5 cm., watery pallid when moist, whitish when dry, of one colour, 

 not darker at the disc, slightly fleshy, convex, then plane, or sub- 

 depressed smooth ; margin slightly striate when moist. St. 5-7 cm. 

 x 46 mm., concolorous, or yellowish, equal, elastic, smooth, apex 

 obsoletely pruinose, base very often villous. Gills whitish, adnate, 

 sharp-pointed behind, subdecurrent, rather crowded, broader than the 

 flesh of the p. Flesh white, watery, thin. Spores white, elliptical, 

 6-7 x 4/i. Smell and taste very pleasant, of aniseed. Edible. Woods, 

 and pastures. July Jan. Common, (v.v.) 



883. C. angustissima (Lasch) Fr. Fr. Icon. t. 59. 



Angustissima, very narrow. 



P. 3-5 cm., cream, or flesh coloured, shining whitish when dry, fleshy, 

 thin, piano-depressed, smooth; margin spreading, slightly striate 

 when old. St. 5-7 cm. x 2-3 mm., concolorous, often curved, or 

 flexuose, internally fibrous, base sometimes pubescent. Gills white, 

 subdecurrent, very crowded, narrow, thin. Flesh whitish, very thin, 

 moderately firm. Spores white, elliptical, 3-4 x 2-3/z. Woods, and 

 amongst leaves. Sept. Oct. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



884. C. obsoleta (Batsch) Fr. Obsoleta, worn out. 

 P. 2-3 cm., grey, or cream colour, soon turning whitish, clay white 



when dry, sometimes inclining to flesh colour, somewhat fleshy, soft, 

 convex, or gibbous, then plane, or depressed, hygrophanous, smooth. 

 St. 5 cm. x 6-8 mm., whitish, elastic, tough, round, often compressed, 

 equal, smooth, apex pruinose. Gills greyish, then whitish, obtusely 

 adnate, almost rounded behind, then adnato-decurrent, broad, crowded. 

 Flesh whitish, thin, soft. Spores white, elliptical, 7 x 4-5/z. Smell 

 faint, pleasant. Coniferous woods, and amongst grass and leaves. 

 Oct. Nov. Uncommon. 



. P. deformed, more or less squamulose. 



885. C. ectypa Fr. (= Collybia ectypa (Fr.) QueL) Fr. Icon. t. 59, fig. 1. 



eTV7ro5, wrought in relief. 



P. 4-7-5 cm., dingy, or light yellow honey colour, then rufescent, or 

 brownish, fleshy, somewhat thin, convex, then rather plane, or de- 

 pressed, disc streaked with innate fibrils radiating from the centre, as if 

 sprinkled with soot, or squamulose; margin very thin, striate. St. 

 5-10 x -5-1 cm., dingy light yellow, then olivaceous, becoming black at 

 the often bulbous base, elastic, equal. Gills white, soon pale, then spotted 

 rufous, somewhat mealy, adnate, or decurrent with a rather delicate 

 tooth, distant, often connected by veins. Flesh pallid straw colour, thin 

 at the margin. Spores white, elliptical, 9 x 6-7 p, 1-guttulate. Smell 



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