272 BRITISH FUNGI 



silky, 1-2 in. across ; gills narrowed behind, rounded in front, 

 crowded, pallid, then clear olive ; stem fibrillose, adpressedly 

 scaly, apex mealy, paler than the cap, 2-2| in. long (spores pip- 

 shaped, 11-13x5-6 ii ; cystidia ventricose ; flesh tinged yellow). 



On the ground in pine woods ; gregarious. 



/. relicina. — Cap conical, then expanded, covered everj^where 

 with spreading scales, dingy brown, up to i in. across ; gills slightly 

 adnexed, crowded, yellow, then oHve ; stem solid, soft, fibrillosely 

 scaly, apex paler, i|-2| in. long (spores pip-shaped, 10-12x7 /x ; 

 cystidia ventricose). 



Most nearly allied to /. dulcamara, which differs in having an 

 umbonate cap with an olive tinge. 



Damp pine woods among Sphagnum, etc. 



I. bongardi. — Cap bell-shaped, then expanded, obtusely imi- 

 bonate, whitish with a rufescent or yellowish tinge, covered with 

 darker squamules, i|-3 in. across ; gills crowded, broad, whitish, 

 then olive-cinnamon, finally dusky cinnamon ; stem straight, 

 tough, almost smooth, colour of the cap, apex with white meal, 

 2-3^ in. long (spores pip-shaped, 8-10 x 5-6 /a ; cystidia ventricose). 

 ■ Flesh reddish when cut. Smell pleasant, like ripe pears. 



In woods. 



/. cincinnata. — Cap convex, then expanded, dusky brown, disc 

 with more or less erect squamules, edge fibrillose, i— i^^ in. across ; 

 gills adnexed, crowded, brownish violet ; stem solid, rigid, slender, 

 fibrillosely squamulose, apex tinged violet at first, i-il in. long 

 (spores pip-shaped, 8-12x5-6 /x ; cystidia ventricose). 



Flesh white except apex of stem, which is lilac at first. 



On the ground in woods. 



** Cystidia absent. 



t Stem whitish or very pale. 



I. perlata. — -Cap convex, then expanded and broadly umbonate, 

 streaked with darker fibrils, disc darker, fuscous, edge paler and 

 incurved, 3-4 in. across ; gills rounded behind, broad, pallid, then 

 pale umber ; stem straight or cur\-ed, fibrously striate, pallid and 

 mealy above, paler below, 3-4 in. long (spores elUptical, 9-12 X 6-7/x). 



Resembling /. fibrosa in size, differing in having smooth spores 

 and a darker cap. 



In woods under hornbeam, etc. 



I. perbrevis. — Cap convex, then expanding until almost plane, 

 obtusely umbonate, often depressed round the umbo, fibrillosely 

 silky or minutely squamulose, rufous brown, becoming tinged 

 yellowish, edge fibrillose and often splitting, l-^i i^- across ; gills 

 adnexed, with a decurrent tooth, rather distant, pale, then tan- 

 colour ; stem pallid and white fibrillose, up to i in. long (spores 

 elliptic-oblong, 8-9x4-5-5 /a). 



In beech woods. Solitary. 



