CLASSIFICATION 215 



or smoky when moist, pale when dry, at length wavy, i-2| in. 

 across ; gills decurrent, thick, distant, forked, straight, yellow or 

 grey, at length pruinose ; stem hollow, smooth, yellow, 2-3 in. long. 



On the ground and on rotten wood. Gregarious. 



C. cinereiis. — Cap thin, pliant, infundibuliform, -pierced at the 

 base and continuous with the hollow stem, squamulose, smoky 

 brown, then blackish, 1-2 in. across ; gills decurrent, narrow, thick, 

 distant, grey ; stem gradually widening upwards, hollow, paler 

 than the cap, ih-2 in. long. 



Closety resembling CratcreUiis cuiiiucupioides, liut distinguished 

 by the distinct gills. 



On the ground in woods. 



C. Iwiigh^oni. — Cap thin, convex, umbilicate, edge often wavy 

 and upturned, smooth, pallid white, f-il in. across ; gills very 

 slightly decurrent, narrow, with a pale pink tinge ; stem whitish, 

 i|~2 in. long. 



Cap dirty white, sometimes tinged flesh-colour ; stem rooting. 



On the ground. 



C. leucophcBHs. — Cap very thin, pliant, infundibuliform, smooth, 

 dusky brown, edge usually incurved, about i in. across ; gills 

 decurrent, distant, narrow, white ; stem stuffed, smooth, paler 

 or similar to the cap in colour, about i in. long. 



Regular in form, resembling C. cincreus, but smaller. 



On the ground. 



C. cupiilatus. — Cap thin, plane, then depressed or infundibuliform, 

 often wavy, hygrophanous, pale brown or rufescent, edge striate 

 when moist, flocculose and not striate when dry, about | in. across ; 

 gills decurrent, very distant, grey ; stem polished, colour of the cap, 

 about I in. long. 



Easil}^ known by its small size, rufescent cap and stem and grey 

 gills. 



On the ground. 



C. stevensoni. — Cap orbicular, umbilicate, pallid, smooth, edge 

 incurved, thin, about \ in. across ; gills decurrent, pallid ; stem 

 slender, pulverulent, white, up to | in. long. 



Near to C. cupulatus, but differs in habitat. 



On rotten wood among moss. 



C. replexus. — Cap thin, campanulate, then expanded and the 

 edge turned up, striate, brownish, then grey, |-i in. across ; gills 

 very slightly decurrent, distant, connected by veins to form a net- 

 work, distant, white, then glaucous ; stem smooth, thin, hollow, 

 iJ-2 in. long. 



On the ground. 



var. devexus. — Differs from the tyjic in ha\-ing the edge of the 

 cap bent down, and unbranched grey gills. 



On scorched ground. 



