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149. A. pithyophilus Seer. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, ciitocybe. 

 dead-white when moist, shining whitish when dry, fleshy but 



thin, rather plane, umbilicate, at length irregularly shaped, repand 

 and undulato-lobed, even, smooth, flaccid, the margin slightly 

 striate when old. Stem somewhat hollow, rounded then com- 

 pressed, equal, even, smooth, obsoletely or scarcely pruinose at 

 the apex, white tomentose at the (not bulbous) base. Gills adnate, 

 somewhat decurrent, very crowded, plane, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) 

 broad, distinct, quite entire, white. 



Odour not remarkable, but pleasant. Gregarious, somewhat casspitose ; 

 white indeed, but when moist watery and somewhat hygrophanous, in which it 

 evidently differs from A. phyllophilus. A. tuba, which appears in the same 

 places, is very like it. 



In fir woods. Frequent. Sept.-Oct. 



Spores 6~7X4mk. B, Name TTITU?, pine; </>i'Aos, loving. Seer. n. ion. 

 Fr. Monogr. \. p. no. Hym. Eur. p. 87. B. & Br. n. 1107. C. Hbk. n. 87. 

 Illust. PI. 103. a. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 90. 



150. A. tornatus Fr. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - (*- 2 in -) broad, wholly 

 white, fleshy at the disc, otherwise thin, convex then becoming plane 

 at length depressed round the gibbous disc, absolutely dry, properly 

 smooth, but somewhat silky with a glued film, and at length 

 delicately rimoso-rivulose ; flesh white. Stem 4 .cent, (i^ in.) 

 long, 3-4 mm. (i^- 2 li n -) thick, stuffed,, tough and fibrous, equal 

 or attenuated downwards, round, smooth but unpolished, white, 

 the base pubescent. Gills horizontal, wholly adnate with only a 

 small decurrent tooth, plane, very crowded, 2 mm. (i lin.) a little 

 more broad. 



Inodorous. It can be easily recognised among neighbouring species by its 

 small stature, and by its being remarkably regular with a. circinate pileus. The 

 pileus is here and there darker on the disc. The glued film on the pileus is 

 like that of A. rivulosus, to which it is allied, but from which it differs in its 

 thinness, its regular form, its pure white unchangeable colour, and its more 

 crowded gills. B. smaller, pileus smooth, gills somewhat crowded. 



Among grass beside decayed elm-stumps. North Kilworth, 

 1870, c. Oct. 



Name torno, to turn in a lathe. Regular as if turned. Fr. Monogr. i. 

 /.no. Hym. Eur. p. 87. Icon. t. 41. /. i. B. & Br. n. 1200. C. Illust. 

 PL 103. 



151. A. candicans Pers. Wholly white. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) 

 broad, dead white when moist, shining whitish when dry, slightly 

 fleshy, convex then plane and depressed, umbilicate, sometimes 

 regular, sometimes a little excentric, even, shining with a super- 

 ficial-adpressed silky film. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) long, 2-4 

 mm. (1-2 lin.) thick, cartilaginous-waxy, polished, somewhat 



