CLASSIFICATION 269 



/. degliihcns. — Cap convex, then expanded and obtusely um- 

 bonate, the cuticle becoming broken up into adpressed fibres, 

 disc more or less squamulose, brownish bay, then yellowish, fibres 

 and squamules smaller, up to i in. across ; gills adnate, rather 

 distant, greyish, then cinnamon ; stem almost smooth, palhd, 

 sometimes tinged lilac, apex rather rough' with brown 

 points, 2-2| in. long (spores pip-shaped, 8-10 x 5-6 /x; cystidia 

 ventricose). 



Differs from /. lacera in the apex of the stem being darkest and 

 not white and mealy. 



On the ground in pine woods, etc. 



/. destricta. — Cap convex, then expanded, usually becoming 

 depressed round the umbo, pallid, then rufescent, the cuticle 

 cracked and showing the white flesh, cuticle sometimes broken up, 

 2-3 in. across ; gills adnate, crowded, whitish, then dusky with an 

 olive tinge ; stem smooth, fibrillosely striate, whitish, reddish with 

 age, apex shghtly mealy, i|— 2 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 8-9 x 

 5-6 /A ; cystidia abundant, ventricose). 



The cap becomes dark brown with age, especially the disc. 

 Cuticle usually much cracked. 



On the ground in pine woods, etc. 



/. godeyi. — Cap campanulate, obtusely umbonate, silky-fibrillose, 

 cracked, whitish, becoming tinged rosy, and ochre, edge splitting, 

 i|-2 in. across ; gills almost free, some\^'hat crowded, dusky with 

 an olive tinge, edge white, downy ; stem slightly bulbous, colour 

 of the cap, apex with white meal, i|-2|- in. long (spores elliptical, 

 9-12x5-6 /a; cystidia ventricose) . 



Smell strong, unpleasant. One of the larger species, characterized 

 by the cap and stem being pure white or nearly so, and silky when 

 young, then becoming tinged rosy or rosy ochre. These tints also 

 appear when the plant is bruised. 



On the ground in woods. 



/. lucifuga. — Cap convexo-campanulate, then expanded and 

 more or less umbonate, fibrillose or covered with minute adpressed 

 scales, olive or brownish, rarely fawn-colour, then pale, up to 

 I in. across ; gills nearly free, crowded, white, then yellowish, at 

 length dark olive ; stem almost smooth, often rather wavy, pallid, 

 apex with white meal, 1 1-2 in. long (spores pip-shaped, 9-10 X 5-6 ju ; 

 cystidia ventricose). 



Smell strong, somewhat resembling radishes. Known by the 

 deep olive gills, almost smooth stem and strong smell. 



In pine woods, etc. 



/. ccBsariata. — Cap convex, then expanded, broadly subumbonate, 

 tawny ochraceous, densely covered with spreading ochraceous fibrils 

 which are sometimes in tufts, f-i| in. across ; gills adnexed, pale 

 ochraceous, edge quite entire ; stem loosely fibrillose, pale ochra- 



