CLITOCYBE. 415 



variable, sometimes erect, sometimes decumbent, at times 

 glabrous above, white. Pileus fleshy, convex then piano- 

 depressed, obtuse, but never truly infundibuliform, often 

 excentric and repand, 2-4 in. across, pale tan then pallid- 

 white (same colour both moist and dry), surface with a very 

 delicate silky down, silky towards the margin. Gills adnate, 

 slightly decurrent, 2-3 lines broad, scarcely crowded, white 

 at first then becoming pallid or almost whitish-tan. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe pithyophila. Fr. 



AVhite. Pileus li-3 in. across, flesh thin, more or less 

 plane and umbilicate, often becoming waved and lobed, 

 hygrophanous, becoming shining white when dry, glabrous ; 

 gills slightly decurrent, about 2 lines broad, crowded, per- 

 sistently white ; stem about 2 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, 

 often compressed, white, glabrous, base downy, imperfectly 

 hollow. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) piihyophilus, Fries, Hym. Eur., p. 87 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 49 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 103A (colour too pallid- 

 tan, both pileus and gills). 



On the ground in pine woods, &c. 



Gregarious or slightly caespitose. Allied to C. phyllophila, 

 but distinguished by the persistently white gills aud white 

 pileus. Smell pleasant. C. tuba closely resembles the 

 present species, but differs in the deeply decurrent gills. 



Gregarious, somewhat caespitose, white, but watery when 

 moist, somewhat hygrophanous, in which respect it differs 

 from C. phyllophiluSj which is the same colour moist and dry ; 

 stem imperfectly hollow, round then compressed, equal, even, 

 glabrous, base (not bulbous), with white down. Pileus thin, 

 almost plane, umbilicate, at length deformed, wavy and 

 undulately lobed, 2-3 in. broad, even, glabrous, flaccid, 

 whitish when moist, shining- white when dry, margin 

 slightly striate when old. Gills adnate, slightly decurrent, 

 very much crowded, plane, 2-3 lines broad, distinct, quite 

 entire, white. Smell not remarkable. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe tornata. Fr. 



White. Pileus 1-2 in. across, disc fleshy, remainder thin, 

 flesh white ; orbicular, flattened or somewhat depressed 

 round the gibbous disc, at length minutely downy, somewhat 

 shining ; gills very slightly decurrent, horizontal, crowded ; 



