CLITOCYBE. 419 



Several stems are frequently grown together at the base. 

 Pileus not becoming much expanded, and often irregular 

 from mutual pressure. A very fine and distinct species. 

 One of the many interesting fungi found by the late Dr. 

 Carlyle, of Carlisle. 



Clitocybe ampla. Pers. 



Pileus 3-6 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, becoming thin 

 towards the margin, when young almost cartilaginous and 

 tough, convex then plane, somewhat gibbous, unequal, 

 vvavy ; lax when old, even, glabrous, rarely virgate, sooty 

 when moist and young, then livid, hoary or slightly silky 

 when dry; stem solid, stout, up to 6 in. long, 1 in. thick, 

 nearly equal, but often twisted, naked, white, apex downy, 

 fleshy-fibrous internally, but the surface polished and some- 

 what cartilaginous; gills often rounded on one side and 

 decurrent on the other, up to 1 in. broad, rather distant, 

 often crisped when young, more or less serrulate, at first 

 smoky horn-colour then whitish. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe} amplus, Fries, Syst. Myc., i. p. 95 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 365. 



In woods among moss, &c. 



Gregarious, sometimes in small clusters. Usually very 

 large (pileus 1 foot broad, stem 6 in. long, 1 in. thick, gills 

 up to 1 in. broad), but also smaller. Pileus somewhat 

 gibbous, never depressed, sooty then livid, sometimes very 

 smooth, at others virgate, hoaiy and somewhat silky when 

 dry. Gills often sinuate on one side, rather crisped and 

 serrulate. Stem slightly thickened at the apex, slightly 

 downy. Smell none. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe aggregata. Schaeff. 



Pileus 24 in. across, flesh thin, flaccid ; convex then ex- 

 panded, often gibbous, wavy and often very irregular, silkily 

 virgate or minutely wrinkled, greyish livid or pale yellow- 

 rufescent, becoming pale; gills unequally decurrent, crowded, 

 broad, pinkish-yellow or pallid ; stems often growing to- 

 gether at the base, variable in size, unequal, somewhat 

 fibrillose, thinner at the base, pinkish-yellow or whitish. 



Agaricus aggregate, Schaeffer,t. 305 and 306; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 51 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 182. 



In oak woods ; on sawdust, &c. 



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