CLITOCYBE. 427 



Clitocybe parilis. Fr. 



Pileus about in. across, plane, depressed at the disc, ato- 

 mate, disc flocculose, not striate, greyish-white, not hygro- 

 phanous ; gills deeply decurrent, very much crowded, narrow, 

 greyish-white ; stem about 1 in. long and 1 line thick, equal, 

 even, glabrous, naked, greyish-brown, tough. 



Agaricits (Clitocybe) jtarilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 69 ; Cke., II- 

 lustr., pi. 281 B. 



On the ground in woods. 



Slightly hygrophanous, but not becoming white. (Cooke.) 



E * Pileus coloured or pallid, glabrous. 



Clitocybe geotropa. Bull. 



Pileus 2-5 in. across, flesh thick, white ; convex, then plane 

 and finally more or less depi-essed, obtusely umbonate, the 

 prominence 'remaining after the pileus becomes depressed, 

 very smooth, even, margin thin, incurved, downy, pale 

 pinkish-tan or buff; gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, simple, 

 white, then coloured like the pileus ; stem 3-5 in. long, 1 in. 

 <>r more thick at the base, slightly attenuated upwards, com- 

 pact, fibrillose, coloured like the pilens or paler, solid ; spores 

 elliptical, 6-7 x 4^5 /*. 



Agaricus geotrof>us, Bull., t. 573, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., p. 53; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 83. 



In woods and on their borders. Often in rings or troops. 



Differs from C. maximia in being firmer, glabrous, and 

 colour much more variable ; from C. gilva in the thinner 

 pilens, leiss crowded gills, and white flesh. 



Pileus H-3 in. across, truly fleshy, convex then piano-de- 

 pressed, usually gibbous, even, very smooth, moist in rainy 

 weather, flesh-coloured tan, with drop-like spots when young, 

 these however usually disappear with age, margin thin, pu- 

 bescent, in flexed ; flesh white ; gills deeply decurrent, simple, 

 2-3 lines broad, somewhat crowded, white becoming pallid ; 

 stem solid, fleshy, not elastic, 2-3 in. long, slightly attenu- 

 ated upwards, slightly fibrillose, white, then tinged yellow. 

 (Fries.) 



Clitocybe spinulosa. Stev. & Sm. 

 Pileus li-3 in. broad, creamy flesh-colour, fleshy, convex, 



