l8o BRITISH FUNGI 



C. gangrcBuosa. — Cap fleshy, convex, then plane, obtuse, whitish, 

 at first sprinkled with white powder, then naked and variegated, 

 streaked, 2-3 in. across ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, dingy 

 white ; stem somewhat bulbous, soft, striate, solid, up to li in. 

 long. 



Stinking; large, flesh becoming blackish or marbled with i)lack. 

 stem curved, sometimes excentric ; cap at first whitisli, here and 

 there greenish, livid, etc., at length becoming jet-black. 



On the ground in \\oods. 



var. nigrescens. — Whitish ; cap thin, soft, con\-ex, then plane 

 and somewhat depressed ; gills decurrent, very much crowded, 

 narrow ; stem solid, downy. 



Smell rather sweet. Taste unpleasant. 



In larch plantations. 



C. polius.— Cap very fleshy at the disc, con^■ex, then plane, 

 often obtusely gibbous when young, smooth, pale grey, not hygro- 

 phanous, 1-2 in. across ; gills rather deeply decurrent, closely 

 crowded, very narrow, white ; stem slightly narrowed upwards, 

 smooth, whitish, solid, 2-3 in. long. 



Tufted ; clusters sometimes small, at other times composed of 

 numerous specimens ha\-ing the stems grown together at the base ; 

 in such cases the cap is thinner and often wa\-y. Somewhat re- 

 sembles states of C. fimiosa, which differs in the sooty, then li\-id cap, 

 mealy apex of the stem, and greyisli white gills. 



C. inornata. — Cap fleshy, plane or depressed, obtuse, even, 

 smooth, cuticle separable, pale ding\- gre\'ish tah \\\i\\ an olive tinge, 

 3-4 in. across ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded ; stem stout, nearly 

 equal, longitudinally wrinkled, firm, greyish, about i| in. long. 



Not observed since Sowerby's time, and not well understood. 



Among grass. 



C. hirneola. — Cap thin, plane, then depressed, uml)ilicate, very 

 even, shining, slightly viscid when fresh, minutely silky and hoary, 

 about ^ in. across ; gills slightly decurrent, crowded, thin, rather 

 broad, greyish white ; stem slender, equal, wa\'y, elastic, smooth, 

 grey, apex with white meal, up to 2 in. long. 



Small, gregarious, tough, but not hygroplianous. Only to be 

 confounded with C. gallinacea, which differs in being wholly white, 

 and stem at first floccosely mealy. 



Among moss and grass by roadsides, etc. 



var. major. — Cap i^ in. across, wa\'y, whitish, and somewhat 

 zoned. 



** Cap violet or rufescent. 



C. cyanophcea. — Cap rather fleshy, convex, then ]:)lane, obtuse, 

 smooth, brownish with a blue tinge ; gills deeply decurrent, violet, 

 becoming pale ; stem narrowed upwards, bluish when young, base 

 abruptly white, solid, smooth, about 3 in. long. 



