i84 BRITISH FUNGI 



In sunny places among grass, etc. Often occurring in niushrooni 

 beds. Solitary or tufted. 



var. minor. — Smaller and more elegant than the typical form, 

 pure white, opaque. Smell like meal. 



Among dead leaves. Gregarious. 



C. gallinacea. — White, taste acrid. Cap rather fleshy at the disc, 

 becoming tliin towards the edge, convex, then depressed, but not 

 infundibuliform, even, dry, opaque, i-i| in. across ; gills sliglitly 

 decurrent, narrow, crowded, tliin ; stem solid but not cartihiginous, 

 ascending or wavy, e.xcentric, at first floccosely mealy, opaque, w hile, 

 1^—2 in. long. 



Resembling C. dcalbata in shape, but smaller, opaque, dingy 

 white, and acrid to the taste. Smell strong. 



Among grass, moss, etc., in woods. 



B. — DiFFORMES 



C. decastes — Cap soon becoming expanded and plane, gibbous 

 or obtuse, edge at first inturned, then spreading, and usually irre- 

 gularly wa\'ed or lobed, even, smooth, dingy brown or livid when 

 moist, pale clay-colour when dry, 5-12 in. across ; flesh very thin, 

 except at the disc ; gills adnato-decurrent or often more or less 

 adnexed, often up to \ in. broad, narrowed towards the edge, often 

 wavy, whitish ; stem stout, entirely fibrous, solid, usually curved, 

 white, many stems usually coalescing into a solid mass at the base, 

 4-8 in. long. 



Tufted ; clusters sometimes containing 30-50 plants. Cap 

 smoky brown or livid, shining as if oiled. 



On the ground. 



C. sitbdecastes. — Cap rather thin, bell-shaped or convex, even, 

 smooth, disc pale ochraceous, becoming paler or whitish towards 

 the more or less lobed margin, 1.^-3 in. bioad and high ; gills 

 adnate, slightly rounded behind, rather crowded, narrowed in 

 front, white ; stem stout, equal, fibrillose, whitish, 4-5 in. long, 

 several stems usually grown together at the base. 



Cap not becoming expanded, often irregular from mutual pressure. 



On the ground. Densely clustered or tufted in habit. 



C. molybdina. — Cap campanulate, then expanded and umbonate, 

 edge thin, even, smooth, somewhat sooty grey or umber, paler 

 towards the edge, 4-6 in. across ; gills adnate, broad, pale yellowish 

 salmon-colour ; stem stout, solid, rather coarsely fibrous, pallid or 

 tinged yellowish salmon-colour, base white, minutely squamulose 

 above, 5-7 in. long. 



Closely resembling a large specimen of Pluteus ccrvinits, for which 

 it may easily be mistaken, and probably often is, unless special 

 attention is paid to the adnate gills. 



In woods. Often clustered. 



