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of bitter almonds to that of aniseed. The term obaoletm 

 used by Batsch does not refer to an odour less than that of 

 A. fragrans, but to the pallid tint as compared with his 

 A. obsolescens. (B. and Br.) 



VI. VERSIFORMES. 



* Pileus dingy, brownish. 



Clitocybe ectypa. Fr. 



Pileus 2-3 in. across, flesh rather thin, convex then almost 

 plane, centre often slightly depressed, margin sometimes 

 arched, striate, dingy or honey-yellow, then rufescent, squa- 

 mulose or virgate with sooty fibrils ; gills adnate with a de- 

 current tooth, distant, connected by veins, white, soon pallid, 

 then spotted with rufous, mealy with the spores ; stem 2-4 

 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, somewhat bulbous or equal, fibril- 

 lose, dingy yellowish, soon olive and the base becoming 

 blackish ; spores elliptical, 9 X 6 /A. 



Agancus (Clitocybe) ectypus, Fries, Epicr., p. 80; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 61 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 126. 



In swampy place*, &c. 



Gregarious; sometimes several stems are joined at the 

 bottom. Resembling Armillaria mellea in colour and general 

 appearance, but without a trace of a ring. Smell pleasant 

 at first, resembling aniseed, at length foetid. Pileus brown 

 when decaying. (Fries.) 



[Clitocybe difformis. Pers. 



This species must be excluded from the British list. The 

 figure of Bolton (t. 17), supposed to be this species, is C.pitliy- 

 ophila.] 



'* Pileus bright coloured. 



Clitocybe Sadleri. Berk. 



Taste very acrid and bitter. Pileus 1-2 in. across ; convex, 

 soon plane then depressed or umbilicate, margin spreading 

 and often cracking, yellow, disc tawny, silky then smooth; 



