CL1TOCYBE. 429 



coloured like the pileus, solid; spores subglobose or very 

 broadly elliptical, 4-5 /x. 



Agaricus gilvus, Persoon, Syn., p. 448 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 55 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 186. 



In pine woods. &c. 



Distinguished by the ochraceous colour of every part, 

 also the flesh. A stouter plant than C. splendens ; C. in- 

 versus differs in the rufescent gills, and C. flaccidm in the 

 thin, flaccid, infundibuliform pileus, and the subflexuous, 

 longer stem. 



Clitocybe splendens. Pers. 



Solitary. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thick, white ; 

 plane then depressed or infundibuliform, glabrous, shining, 

 yellowish; gills deeply decurrent, narrow, crowded, simple, 

 white ; stem about 1 in. long, 3 lines thick, glabrous, 

 coloured like the pileus, solid, slightly thickened at the 

 base or equal. 



Agaricus splendens, Persoon, Syn., p. 452 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 56 ; Cke., Slustr., pi. 109 (small form). 



In woods, among pine leaves, &c. 



Stem solid, l|-2 in. long, 4-5 lines thick, sometimes equal 

 and straight, at others thinner at the base and ascending, 

 even, glabrous, coloured like the pileus. Pileus slightly 

 fleshy, thin especially towards the shortly reflexed margin, 

 piano-depressed, and at length infundibuliform, 3 in. across, 

 even, glabrous, shining, gilvous then yellowish. In some 

 specimens the pileus is excentric, and the greater part of the 

 margin wavy. Gills deeply decurrent, thin, crowded (but 

 less so than in C. gilva), simple, white, but with a yellow 

 tinge when old. 



Intermediate between C. gilva and C.flaccida. The typical 

 form of C. gilvus differs in the compact pileus, often with 

 drop-like markings, the very much crowded, somewhat 

 branched, pale ochraceous gills and flesh. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe inversus. Scop. 



Pileus 23 in. across, flesh thin ; fragile ; convex, soon 

 iufundibulifcrm, margin involute, glabrous, even, rufescent 

 or dull brownish-orange, gills decurrent, simple, pallid then 

 rufescent; stem about 1 in. long, 2 lines thick, glabrous, 



