192 URITISII FUNC.I 



C. brnmalis. — Cap thin, soon expanded, umbilicate, then in- 

 fundibuhform, and usually variously waved and lobed, smooth, 

 flaccid, hygrophanous, livid, whitish or yellowish when dry, disc 

 often darker, about i in. across ; gills decurrent, narrow, crowded, 

 pallid ; stem nearly equal, slightly curved, smooth, whitish, often 

 compressed, imperfectly hollow, up to 2 in. long. 



Truly autumnal, being most al^undant in No\-ember. Sometimes 

 entirely watery white. 



In woods, etc. 



C. obscurata. — Cap plane, then depressed or funnel-shaped, 

 moist, greyish umber, paler towards the edge, 2 in. across ; gills 

 decurrent, rather distant, white ; stem solid, smooth or slightly 

 striate, slightly narrowed downwards, never clavate, colour of cap, 

 about il in. long. 



Odour of meal. 



Among grass and dead leaves, etc. 



E. — Orbiformes 



* Gills grey or olive. 



C. orbiformis. — Cap thin, convex, then plane, very ol)tuse, not 

 distinctly depressed, orbicular, smooth, smoky grey, hygrophanous, 

 edge spreading, even, about 2 in. across ; gills adnately decurrent, 

 rather distant, broad, greyish white ; stem equally narrowed 

 upwards from the thickened, downy base, tough, somewhat striate, 

 grey, naked upwards, fibrous outside, elastic, about 3 in. long. 



Grassy places in pine woods, etc. 



C. metachroa. — Cap thin, convex at first, soon plane or slightly 

 depressed, brownish grey when moist, then livid, whitish when dry, 

 edge even, or slightly striate when old, 1-2 in. across ; gills adnate 

 or scarcely decurrent, crowded, narrow, thin, greyish white ; stem 

 soon hollow and compressed, equal, tough, fibrous outside, grey, 

 apex with white meal, about i\ in. long. 



Very variable, but easily recognized by the following points : 

 smell none, apex of stem mealy, cap con\ex, then plane or depressed, 

 gills greyish white. 



In dry pine woods, etc. 



C. zygophylla. — Cap fleshy at the disc, thin elsewhere, convex, 

 then expanded, disc often slightly depressed, tough, flaccid, hygro- 

 phanous, with a greyish tint when moist, pale ochraceous white 

 when dry, 2-4 in. across, edge thin, incurved at first, rugose or 

 plicate, as if pinched up at regular intervals ; gills deeply decurrent, 

 rather distant, connected by veins, grey ; stem e(]ual, slightly 

 curved, smooth, white, base downy, about 2 in. long. 



Readily known among the grey-gilled species by the deeply 

 decurrent gills connected by veins, and the puckered edge of the cap. 



Among leaves in woods, etc. Rare. 



