CLASSIFICATION 243 



Closely allied to L. aspnila. The stem is sometimes brownish or 

 bluish. 



In woods, especially pine. 



var. suavis. — Cap i|-2 in. across, convex, then expanded, um- 

 bilicate, fawn-colour, stem 3-4 in. long, equal, pale greyish blue ; 

 gills broad, adnate, salmon-colour. 



It is doubtful whether the type form has been met with in this 

 country. The variety suavis has once been collected in a Sphagnum 

 swamp, on Seamer Moor, near Scarborough. 



**** Gills grey or glaucous. 



L. asprella. — Cap thin, convex, then expanded, umbilicate, centre 

 downy, then squamulose, the remainder sometimes smooth, some- 

 times fibrillose, hygrophanous, at first smoke-colour or mouse- 

 colour, then hvid grey, i-i| in. across ; gills adnate, then separating 

 and becoming free, rather distant, gradually narrowed from the 

 stem to the edge, greyish white ; stem 1-2 in. long, slender, smooth, 

 hollow, livid, fuscous, green and blue mingled, base with white down. 



A variable species. The cap sometimes squamulose everywhere. 

 Some forms resemble a Nolanea, cap hemispherical, then cam- 

 panulate, disc sometimes with a minute depression, sometimes with 

 a papilla. 



Among grass. 



L. nefrens. — Cap thin, convex, then plane, at length infundi- 

 buliform, hygrophanous, not striate, slightly squamulose, often 

 rather wavy, livid sooty, centre darkest, pale livid when dry, 

 1-2 in. across ; gills adnexed, but soon separating from the stem, 

 broad, crowded, pale grey, edge blackish ; stem i-ii in. long, 

 smooth, hollow, livid brown. 



Allied to L. serrulata, but distinguished by the quite entire edge 

 of the gills, and the absence of black points at the apex of the 

 stem. 



In damp places among moss, etc. 



Clitopilus 



Cap regular or excentric, edge at first incurved ; gills more or less 

 decurrent ; stem fleshy or fibrous, not cartilaginous externally, 

 central. 



Differs from Eccilia in the fibrous stem, and from Entoloma in the 

 decurrent gihs. 



I. Gills deeply decurreni ; cap excentric or wavy. 



C. prunulus (PI. XVII, fig. 2), — Cap 2-4 in. across, fleshy, wavy 

 or unequal, white, rarely tinged grey ; gills slightly crowded, 

 becoming flesh-colour ; stem i in. or more long, stout, smooth, 

 white. 



Smell pleasant, resembling new meal. Edible. 



In woods, etc. 



