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paler towards the margin. Stem about 2 in. long, | in. 

 thick. Pileus often unequal and wavy, not polished under 

 a lens ; flesh firm but not thick. Taste very bitter. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe socialis. Fr. 



Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh rather thick at the disc ; 

 convex, soon expanded, rather acutely umbonate when young, 

 then usually obtuse with age, even, glabrous, pale yellowish- 

 red or almost flesh-colour; gills very slightly decurrent, 

 scarcely crowded, becoming yellowish ; stem about 1 in. 

 long, 1-2 lines thick, ascending, glabrous, reddish, solid. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) socialis, Fries, Icon., p. 47, pi. 49 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 47 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 134n. 



On fallen pine leaves. 



A very pretty species, densely gregarious, inodorous. 

 Stem solid, fibrous, usually ascending, 1 in. long, 1 line or a 

 little more thick, base thickened and rooting among pine 

 leaves, strigose as in Marasmius peronatus. Flesh of pileus 

 thin, white, convex then expanded, acutely umbonate, espe- 

 cially when young, about 1 in. broad, even, glabrous, dry, 

 reddish or for the most part reddish-yellow. Gills plano- 

 decurrent, not crowded, becoming yellowish. (Fries.) 



*** Pileus becoming yellowish. 



Clitocybe amarella. Pers. 



Smell strong ; taste very bitter. Pileus about 2 in across, 

 plane, firm, somewhat umbonate, glabrous, reddish-yellow or 

 pale fawn-colour, glabrous ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, 

 pallid with a grey tinge, dichotomous, somewhat shining ; 

 stem about 2 in long, 2 lines thick, tough, equal, base with 

 white down, solid. 



Agaricus amarellus, Persoon, Myc. Eur., iii. p. 99 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 47. 



Among grass (a doubtful native). The taste is bitter 

 and disgusting, the smell like that of prussic acid. (B. & Br.) 



Clitocybe vernicosa. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick, convex then ex- 

 panded, regular, obtuse but depressed when old, even, 

 glabrous, shining deep yellow, margin incurved ; flesh white ; 



