CLASSIFICATION I47 



** Gills very broad, more or less distant. 



C. lacerata. — Cap about i| in. across, campanulate, streaked dark 

 brown on a pale ground, disc darker ; gills broad, greyish white ; 

 stem 2-4 in. long, twisted, fibrillosely striate, brown. 



Tufted. Cap often sooty brown, becoming pale and shining. 



On the ground near trunks in pine woods. 



C. 7mmna.—Ca.p i-i| in. across, becoming expanded, rugulose or 

 minutely squamulose, dark brown and pale when dry ; gills be- 

 coming grey, very broad ; stem 2-3 in. long, grey. 



On the ground under oaks, etc. 



C. protracta. — Cap up to i in. across, soon plane, greyish brown, 

 shining, edge paler, and striate ; gills very broad, gre}^ ; stem 

 about 3 in. long, grey, rooting. 



Distinguished by the very broad gihs and rooting stem. 



On the ground in pine woods. 



C. tesquorum. — Cap up to \ in. across, blackish brown, then pale ; 

 gills free, broad, pale greyish brown ; stem up to 2 in. long, brown, 

 apex pruinose. 



Distinguished by the broad, free gills. 



Among grass in sunny places. 



C. clusilis. — Cap J-i in. across, umbilicate, livid, then pale ; gills 

 almost semicircular, pallid ; stem I0-2 in. long, colour of the cap. 



In woods. 



C. tylicolor. — Cap |-| in. long, somewhat umbonate, bluish 

 grey, powdered with white meal when young ; gills free, broad, 

 grey ; stem about i in. long, grey, powdered with white meal. 



Known by being entirely grey, and powdered with white meal, 

 at least when young. 



In woods. 



C. caldarii. — Cap | in. across, hemispherical, umbonate, brown, 

 wrinkled, not turning pale ; gills adnato-decurrent, greyish ; stem 

 about 2 in. long, slender, paler than the cap. 



On Sphagnum in an orchid house. Probably an introduced 

 species. 



C. dorothecE. — Cap i in. and more across, at first globose and dark 

 brown, then expanded and with a slight umbo, eventually de- 

 pressed, pale brown, and grooved almost to the centre, covered with 

 short white bristles ; gills distant, white ; stem 2-2I in. long, 

 slender, brownish above, pale below. 



On a dead fern stem in a greenhouse. Probably an exotic species, 

 introduced with the plant it was growing upon. 



Marasmius 

 Cap regular, thin, tough ; gills thin, pliant, variously attached, 

 often connected by ridges or veins ; stem central, cartilaginous or 

 horny. 



