igo BRITISH FUNGI 



white ; stem hollow and soon compressed, smooth and shining, 

 white, about ij in. long. 



In pine woods, etc. 



C. senilis. — Cap thin, infundibuliform, smooth, often concen- 

 trically cracked, edge straight, spreading, dingy greyish tan-colour, 

 about 2 in. across ; gills decurrent, narrow, crowded, white, then 

 the colour of the cap ; stem equal, smooth, whitish, solid, i-ij in. 

 long. 



Colour difficult to describe, dingy clay-colour. Gills deeply 

 decurrent in lines, very narrow, much crowded. Allied to C. fiaccida, 

 but differing in colour. 



In pine woods, etc. Gregarious. Inodorous. 



*** Cap shining white. 



C. catina. — Cap fleshy at the disc, edge thin, plane, then infundi- 

 buliform, dry, smooth, white at first, with a tinge of flesh-colour 

 in rainy weather, pallid or yellowish when dry and old, about 2 in. 

 across ; gills decurrent, crowded, white ; stem white, elastic, solid, 

 base slightly thickened, i-|-3 in. long. 



Allied to C. infundihulijormis, having the same pleasant smell, but 

 white at first, cap never gibbous, glabrous. C. phyllophila differs in 

 the cap never being infundibuliform, slender stem, adnate gills 

 and absence of smell. 



Among dead leaves, etc. 



C. hiha (PI. XVI, fig. 4). — Cap thin, convexo-plane, umbilicate, 

 even, whitish when moist, shining white when dry, somewhat 

 hygrophanous, smooth, but at first silky here and there from remains 

 of the veil, 2-3 in. across ; gills deeply decurrent, closely crowded, 

 white, then pallid ; stem equal, very tough, at length compressed, 

 white, apex naked, about 2 in. long. 



Very similar to C. pithyophila, of which it may possibly be a form 

 with an umbilicate cap, and deeply decurrent gills narrowed behind. 



In pine woods, etc. Entirely white. Appearing late in the season. 



C. ericetorum. — Cap with a fleshy disc, at first almost globose, 

 then depressed and more or less top-shaped, smooth, even, white, 

 shining when dry, about i in. across ; gills slightly decurrent, 

 distant, rather broad, connected by veins, white ; stem smooth, 

 tough, thinner at the base, -white, about i in. long. 



Resembling Hygrophorus niveus in general appearance, but very 

 distinct in structure. The present species is dry, soft, elastic ; 

 smell pleasant. 



D. — Cyathiformes 



C. cyathiformis. — Cap thin, piano-depressed when young, then 



infundibuliform, even, smooth, hygrophanous, rather slimy, and 



usually dark brown when moist, becoming pale and opaque when 



dry, often wavy when large, edge inturned for a long time, i|-3 in. 



