III. Infundibuliformes. — Funnel sJiaped, or deeply tombilicato 

 depressed, gills deeply decurrent from the first. 



* Fileus coloured or becominy pale, the surface innato-floccidose or 

 silky ; hihulous. 



A. (Clitoeybe) giganteus, Boiv. (p. 110). This is 

 Paxillus giganteus, Fr. 



179. A. (Clitoeybe) maximus, Fr. ; pileus 12 in., pale 

 tan or whitish, fleshy, compact at the disc, thin, somewhat 

 flaccid, broadly iufuudibaliform, with a central umbo, dry, 

 surface silky, even or squamulose ; margin involute, pubes- 

 cent, even ; stem thick, solid, compact, internally spongy, 

 elastic, attenuated upwards, fibrilloso-striate, whitish ; gills 

 deeply decurrent, attenuated at both ends, somewhat 

 crowded, whitish, not changeable. 



On grassy places, banks of hedges, etc. Frequent. 

 Epping Forest. 



180. A. (Clitoeybe) infundibuliformis, Schceff. (p. 110) ; 

 3 in. Epping Forest. 



Var. membranaceous, Fr. ; ditfers in all its parts, thinner, 

 stem equal, pileus without au umbo, colour brighter. 

 In fir woods and grassy places. Rare. 



181. A. (Clitoeybe) truUseformis, Fr. ; pileus 2 in., 

 fuscous-cinereous, unchangeable, fleshy, iufundibuliform, 

 margin flattened, flocculoso-villous, dry ; flesh white ; stem 

 spongy-stuft'ed, firm, elastic, attenuated upwards, fibrilloso- 

 striate, cinereous, villous downwards ; gills decurrent, distant, 

 connected by veins, broad, shining white. 



On the border of a fir wood. Coed Coch. 



182. A. (Clitoeybe) incilis, Fr. ; pileus 2 in., ruddy 

 brick-red, fleshy, plano-umbilicate, then iufundibuliform, 

 smooth when young, then silky-flocculose, inflexed margin 



