CLASSIFICATION 275 



fibrillose, edge incurved at first ; gills sinuate, adnexed ; stem 

 central, fibrillose. 



Inocybe differs in the cuticle of the cap being scaly or fibrillose. 



* Stem white or whitish. 



H. sinuosum. — Cap 3-6 in. across, wavy, brick-red or yellowish 

 red, edge crenulated ; gills broad, crowded, becoming rusty ; stem 

 4-6 in. long, fibrillosely striate, apex flocculose, white. 



In woods. 



H. fastibile (PI. XXIV, fig. 4). — Cap 2-3 in. across, pale yellow 

 tan, then paler ; gills becoming cinnamon, edge paler ; stem wholly 

 fibrous, white, slightly bulbous, veil forming a more or less distinct 

 ring-zone. 



Differs from H. crustidiniforme by more distant gills and presence 

 of ring. Smell strong, something like radishes. 



In woods. 



H. senescens. — Cap 2-4 in. across, ochraceous flesh-colour with 

 a tinge of rust, rusty yellow when old, with the edge crisped and 

 hoary ; gills becoming dark rusty ; stem 3-4 in. long, lower part 

 brownish with concentric squamules, upper part persistently 

 white. 



In pine woods. 



H. glutinosimi. — Cap 2-3 in. across, soon plane, with a tough, 

 glutinous film, yellowish white with white squamules ; gills yel- 

 lowish, then cinnamon ; stem about 3 in. long, whitish with whitish 

 squamules and fibrils, apex mealy. 



Among dead leaves, twigs, etc. Smell pecuHar, not unpleasant. 



H. testaceum. — Cap 1-2 in. across, pale brick-red or ochraceous 

 tan ; gills crowded, narrow, rusty ; stem about 3 in. long, some- 

 what bulbous, pallid, floccose. 



Known amongst the viscid species bj/ the almost free, closely 

 crowded, narrow gills. Smell of radishes. 



In woods. 



H. firmum. — Cap 2-3 in. across, umbonate, brick-red ; gills 

 rusty, edge whitish, serrulate ; stem 2-3 in. long, pale, darker 

 below, covered everywhere with white, floccose scales. 



On the ground in fir woods. 



H. claviceps. — Cap 1-2 in. across, gibbous, pallid, disc darker ; 

 gills crowded, pallid, then dingy ; stem about 2 in. long, every- 

 where covered with white meal, brownish below. 



In woods. 



H. punctatmn. — Cap 1-2 in. across, soon plane, centre umber, 

 remainder tan-colour, disc papillose ; gills crowded, narrow, pallid ; 

 stem 2-4 in. long, often wavy, pale, apex mealy, rest silky. 



In woods. Gregarious. 



