CLITOCYBE. 431 



Clitocybe vennicularis. Fr. 



Pileus slightly fleshy, umbilicate then reflexed, infundi- 

 Luliform, wavy, even, glabrous, red, then pinkish- tan; gills 

 decurrent, closely crowded, thin, white ; stem hollow, soon 

 compressed, glabrous, shining, white. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe) vermicularis, Fries, Epicr., p. 72; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 367. 



In pine woods, &c. 



Moist, rather fragile, pileus at first a pretty red, then 

 flesh-coloured tan (almost hygrophanous), very often undu- 

 lately lobed. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe senilis. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh thin, infundibuliform, 

 glabrous, concentrically cracked, dingy greyish tan-colour, 

 margin straight, spreading ; gills decurrent, about 1 line 

 broad, crowded, white, then coloured like the pileus; stem 

 1-1 1 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, equal, glabrous, whitish, solid; 

 spores elliptical, 56 X 4 p. 



Agaricus^ClitocybeJsenilis^rieB, Icon., p. 53, pi. 56, f. 1 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 56; Cke., Illustr., pi. 110 (an uncracked form of). 



In pine woods, &c. 



Gregarious, inodorous. Stem solid, equal, l|-2 in. long, 

 2-3 lines thick, often ascending, glabrous, whitish, base 

 naked. Pileus with thin flesh, flaccid, disc depressed when 

 young, soon infundibuliform, 2 in. and more across, con- 

 centrically cracked, margin not reflexed. Colour difficult 

 to describe, dingy clay-colour. Gills deeply decurrent in 

 straight lines, narrow, very much crowded, white at first 

 then coloured like the pileus. (Fries.) 



The form figured is not identical with that given by Fries 

 in his " Icones," although it accords fairly with the descrip- 

 tion, except for the absence of concentric scars, and its 

 colour. The Eev. M. J. Berkeley considers it a variety, 

 [Found on a lawn.] (Cooke.) 



*** Pileus shining white. 



Clitocybe catina. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, becoming 

 quite thin towards the margin ; plane then infundibuliform, 



