CLITOCYBE. 413 



The colour approaching that of G. metacliroa. Very 

 fragrant. (Cooke.) 



Clitocybe rivulosa. Pers. 



Pileus 1-3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane and 

 depressed, obtuse, often undulately lobed, dingy flesh-colour 

 or rufescent, becoming pale, glabrous, then covered with a 

 whitish down ; gills slightly decurrent, broad, rather 

 crowded, pinkish white; stem about 2 in. long, 3-4 lines 

 thick, rather fibrillose, tough, elastic, whitish, stuffed; 

 spores elliptical, 6 X 3 5 //.. 



Agaricus rivulosus, Persoon, Syn., p. 369 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 48 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 200A. 



Among grass by road-sides, &c. 



Mossy pastures, road-sides &c. From its variability in 

 size and colour not usually recognised; solitary or caes- 

 pitose, most luxuriant in late autumn during rainy weather. 

 Stem stuffed, pith spongy, often becoming hollow, tough, 

 elastic, 1-2 in. long, about 3-4 lines thick, equal, somewhat 

 fibril lose, becoming whitish. Pileus fleshy, rather thin, 

 convex, then plane, at length depressed, never umbonate, 

 regular when young, 1-2 in. across, but becoming succes- 

 sively expanded, and at length 3-4 in. across, wavy, undu- 

 lately lobed, at first with whitish, closely adpressed down, 

 at length truly broken up and downy; margin at first, 

 incurved, downy ; at first with a tinge of flesh-colour, but 

 becoming white when old and dry, sometimes tinged 

 brownish ; flesh compact, white ; gills obliquely acute 

 behind, not equally attenuated, adnate then somewhat 

 decurrent, broad, rather crowded, with a flesh-colour tinge, 

 then whitish, smell pleasant, taste sweet. (Fries.) 



Var. Neptuneus, Batsch, Elench., fig. 18; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 200B. 



Smaller than the typical form. 



***** Pileus icliite, shining when dry. 



Clitocybe cerrusata. Fr. 



Pileus H-3 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, becoming 

 thin towards the margin ; convex then almost plane, obtuse, 

 even, minutely floccose then almost glabrous, white; gills 

 adnate, then decurrent, very much crowded, thin, perma- 



