CLASSIFICATION 143 



C. ventricosa. —Ca,-p i-i| in. across, umbonate when expanded, 

 pale tan or pale dingy ochre ; gills rather crowded, rufescent ; stem 

 3-4 in. long, ventricose or swollen near the base, colour of the cap, 

 ending in a rooting base. 



In woods. 



C. thelephora. — Cap §-i| in. across, campanulate, umbopapillate, 

 acute, smooth, dingy ochre, disc darker ; gills adhate, whitish ; 

 stem 3-4 in. long, base purplish brown, paler upwards. 



Known by the campanulate, lax cap, and acute umbo. 



In partly dried-up Sphagnum bogs. 



Gregarious. Inodorous. Habit of a Mycena. 



C. leucomyosotis. — Strong-scented, rather fragrant. Cap about 

 I in. across, convex, then expanded, sometimes umbonate, pale 

 mouse-colour, disc darker, whitish when dry ; gills adnate, sinuate, 

 whitish ; stem 4-5 in. long, very brittle, pallid. 



Known by the strong scent, and adnate, sinuate gills. 



On Sphagnum in bogs. 



C. stevensoni. — Cap about | in. across, hemispherical, viscid, 

 pale yellow ; gills broadly adnate, distant, white ; stem about 

 i| in. long, externally and internally rufous. 



Somewhat resembling C. esculenta, differing in the cap not be- 

 coming plane, and in the broad, adnate, distant gills. 



On the ground. 



C. psathyroides. — Ivory-white, cap about f in. across, cam- 

 panulate, viscid ; gills broadly adnate, triangular ; stem 3-4 in. 

 long, hollow, rather tough. 



With the habit of a Psathyra. Known by the \\hite colour and 

 the very broad, broadly adnate gills. 



On the ground. 



C. xanthopoda. — Cap 1-2 in. across, umbonate, tan-colour, be- 

 coming pale ; gills crowded, very broad, whitish ; stem 3-^ in. 

 long, even, smooth, tawny-yellow, base with rooting fibres. 



Allied to C. dryophila, but distinguished by the umbo, very broad 

 gills and strigose rooting base of the stem. C. succinea differs in not 

 being umbonate. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. nitellina. — Cap i-i| in. across, convex, shining, tawny, often 

 with a brick-red tinge, pale when dry ; gills broadly adnate, 

 white, then pallid ; stem 2-3 in. long, smooth, tawny. 



Among grass by paths in pine woods, etc. 



C. succinea. — Cap i in. or more across, expanded, rufous or brown- 

 ish, cracked when dry ; gills very broad, pallid, edge minutely 

 toothed ; stem 1-2 in. long, polished, pale rufescent. 



Distinguished from C. dryophila by the broader, thicker, less 

 crowded gills, and from C. xanthopoda by the absence of an umbo. 



Among grass under trees, etc. 



