146 BRITISH KUNGI 



C. ocellata. — Cap about | in, across, brown or yellowish, with a 

 small, paler umbo ; gills crowded, white ; stem i-i| in. long, 

 brownish or yellowish, smooth, rooting. 



Differs from C. cirrhata in the glabrous stem. 



Among grass in pine woods. Dry and persistent. 



C. mitscigena. — Pure white. Cap 1-3 lines across. 



Among moss, near stumps, etc. 



2. Gills greyish ; hygrophanous. 



* Gills crowded, very narrow. 



C. rancida. — Smell strong. Cap 1-2 in. long, soon plane and 

 umbonate, greyish black, becoming pale ; gills dark grey ; stem 

 3-6 in. long, smooth, livid, with a long downy rooting base. 



Known amongst the strong-smelling species by the long rooting 

 stem. 



C. coracina. — Smell strong. Cap up to i|- in. across, brownish, 

 then grey ; gills greyish white ; stem about ij in. long, apex pale 

 and mealy, with white squamules, rest brown, not rooting. 



Among grass in woods. 



C. ozes. — Smell strong. Cap i-ij in. broad, soon plane and um- 

 bonate, greyish brown, pallid when dry ; gills smoky olive ; stem 

 2J— 4 in. long, wavy, smoky grey, apex with white meal. 



On pine leaves, etc. 



C. inolens. — Cap 1-2 in. across, soon plane and broadly umbonate, 

 livid, pale tan when dry ; gills greyish white ; stem 2-4 in. long, 

 wavy, livid, pale when dry, apex with white squamules. 



On the ground in pine woods, etc. 



C. plexipes. — Cap 1-2 in. across, campanulate and umbonate, not 

 expanding, somewhat wrinkled and striate, blackish with a pale edge, 

 then livid-sooty ; gills free, very much narrowed behind, ventricose, 

 white, then tinged green ; stem about 3 in. long, shortly and 

 abruptly rooting, hollow, livid. 



Inodorous. Tough, firm, exactly the habit of a Mycena, but from 

 analogy nearest to C. rancida, from which it differs in the absence 

 of smell, and from C. protracta in the free gills. 



Among grass, near stumps, etc. 



C. atrata. — Cap i-i| in. across, expanded, pitch-black and 

 shining when moist, brownish when dry ; gills becoming brownish ; 

 stem up to I in. long, brown. 



On the ground in sunny places, especially where fires have been. 



C. ambnsta. — Cap J-i in. across, soon plane with a minute umbo, 

 brown, then livid ; gills crowded, tinged brown ; stem about i in. 

 long, brown. 



On scorched ground. Cap often sooty brown. 



Differs from C. atrata in the umbonate cap. 



