LEUCOSPORI. 93 



(1-2 in.) broad, often flexuous, even, smooth, hygrophanous,yfcy/z- ciitocybe. 

 colour when moist, at length tan colour and flaccid, the spread- 

 ing margin naked, whitish when dry. Stem 4-5 cent. (1^-2 in.) 

 long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, spongy-stuffed then hollow, elastic, 

 flexile, equal, round, even, smooth, pallid, naked at the apex, 

 pubescent at the base. Gills adnate, but sharp-pointed behind 

 and decurrent with a tooth, crowded, 2 mm. (i lin.) broad, at first 

 white-flesh-colour then becoming pale-white. 



Almost inodorous. Easily distinguished by its unusual colour. Pileus 

 slightly rigid when young. The stem is not cartilaginous. 



In pine wood. Coed Coch. Autumn. 



In ' Hym. Eur.' Fries describes the stem as tense and straight. Name 

 StaTprjTos, perforate. Meaning not apparent. Fr. Monogr. i. /. 135. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 104. B. 6* Br. n. 1406. C. Illust. PL 232. 



188. A. fragrans Sow. Pileus 2.5-5 cent - ( I-2 in -) broad, of 

 one colour not darker at the disc, watery pallid when moist, whit- 

 ish when dry, slightly fleshy, rather plane, at first convex then 

 somewhat depressed, smooth, even or when moist slightly striate 

 at the margin. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) 

 thick, stuffed then hollow, elastic, equal, smooth, even, most 

 frequently, however, villous at the base, and here and there ob- 

 soletely pruinose at the apex. Gills adnate, sharp-pointed be- 

 hind, somewhat decurrent, rather crowded, broader than the 

 watery flesh of the pileus, whitish. 



Habit not distinguished, but very remarkable for its strong fragrant odour 

 of anise. 



In mossy places in woods and pastures. Common. July-Jan. 



Spores 6x 4 mk. W.G.S. Very remarkable for its power of standing cold. 

 On the 30th December 1882 I gathered it, after very severe frost (Ther. o 

 for three nights in succession) and a week of complete thaw, in a perfectly 

 fresh condition, and with the smell unchanged. Name -fragrans, sweet- 

 scented. Sow. t. 10. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 135. Hym. Eur. p. 105. Berk. 

 Out. p. 112. C. Hbk. n. 104. Illust. PL 124. S. Mycol. Scot. n. 106. Pers. 

 Myc. Eur. 3. t. 27. /. 5. Krombh. t. i./. 34-38. Letell. t. 658. Brig. t. 19. 

 Hoffm. Anal. t. $.f. 2. 



189. A. angustissimus Lasch. Pileus about 5 cent. (2 in.) 

 broad, watery white, shining whitish when dry, fleshy, thin, piano- 

 depressed, not umbilicate, even, smooth ; margin spreading, 

 slightly striate when old ; flesh, though very thin, moderately 

 firm. Stem stuffed, internally fibrous, 2-3 mm. (i-iK l m -) thick, 

 often curved and flexuous, 5 cent. (2 in.) long, smooth or pubes- 

 cent at the base, naked at the apex. Gills somewhat decurrent, 

 very crowded, thin, narrow, white. 



