CLASSIFICATION 245 



C. vilis. — Cap about i in. across, umbilicate, grey, silky-fibrillose ; 

 gills almost triangular, crowded, whitish ; stem 2-3 in. long, rather 

 rough, colour of cap. 



Resembles a Leptonia in the umbilicate cap, differing in the 

 decurrent gills. 



Among grass, moss, etc., in open places. 



C. angnstus. — Cap thin, soon expanded until almost plane, slightly 

 umbonate or sometimes obtuse, margin remaining more or less 

 arched for a considerable time, smooth, even, grey with a tinge 

 of green, silky-shining, 1-2 in. across ; gills adnato-decurrent, some- 

 what crowded, rather narrow, for a long time pallid, at length 

 becoming tinged flesh-colour ; stem rather stout, almost equal, 

 stuffed, even, smooth, white, base more or less strigose when growing 

 amongst damp leaves, 3-4 in. long (spores tinged pink, slightly 

 nodulose, 7-8x5 j>). 



Very distinct in build and colour from any of our other species of 

 Clitopilus, and superficially closely resembling Entoloma priinuloides, 

 from which it is distinguished by the decurrent gills. First British 

 specimens found in Mulgrave Woods, during the Y.N.U. Fungus 

 Foray, September, 1910. 



On the ground in woods, among dead leaves, etc. 



C. straminipes. — Cap 1-2 in. across, smooth, even, whitish, 

 becoming expanded and depressed ; gills shortly decurrent, 

 whitish, then rosy ; stem about 2 in. long, smooth, straw-colovr 

 below, sprinkled with white meal above. 



Known by the white, shining cap and straw-coloured stem. 



Among grass. 



C. stilbocephalus. — Cap |-i| in. across, sometimes slightly um- 

 bonate, yellowish white or greyish, sparkling with atoms, white 

 when dry ; gills adnate or adnexed, veined, salmon-colour ; stem 

 2-3 in. long, silky-fibrous, white. 



Distinguished by the cap being covered with glistening particles. 

 Not a typical Clitopilus. 



On the ground. 



C. smithii. — Cap |-ij in. Inroad, soon plane, sometimes wavy, 

 even, white, or with a yellow tinge, atomate ; gills broadly adnate, 

 with a decurrent tooth, salmon-colour, stem 2-3 in. long, pallid 

 with a reddish tinge below, surface undulated. 



Differs from C. stilbocephalus in the plane cap and tinted stem. 



On the ground. 



ECCILIA 



Cap regular, thin, at first umbilicate, then often funnel-shaped ; 

 gills truly decurrent ; stem central, cartilaginous externally. 



Allied to Clitopilus in the decurrent gills, differing in the car- 

 tilaginous or polished, and not fibrous stem. 



