38 OUTLINES OF mtlTlSlI FUXUOLOGY. 



naked at base ; gills deeply decurrent, linear, narrow, very 

 crowded, at first whitish, then same colour as pileus. 

 On lawn. Coed Coch. 



*** Pileus shinimj, lohitish, sprinkled over vntli small superficial 

 Jlocci or becoming smooth. 



193. A. (Clitocybe) catinus, Fr. ; pileus 2 in., at first 

 white, then passing into pale tlesh-colour during rain and 

 into tan colour in dry weather, fleshy, then plane, then 

 infundibuliform, obtuse, even, smooth ; flesh thin, flaccid, 

 white; stem stuffed, internally spongy, elastic, tough, 

 thickened and tomentose at base ; gills decurrent, broad, 

 not much crowded, white. 



Araoug dead leas'es. Ludlow. Epping Forest. 



194. A. (Clitocybe) tuba, Fr. ; wholly white; pileus 

 2-3 in., fleshy, thin, convexo-plaue, umbilicate, even, 

 without striffi at margin, dead white when moist, shining 

 whitish when dry, smooth, but at first covered with a thin 

 silky film ; stem stufi'ed then hollow and compressed, very 

 tough, equal, naked upwards ; gills deeply decurrent, very 

 crowded, broad, white, becoming pale. 



On dead leaves. Coed Coch, etc. 



195. A. (Clitocybe) ericetorum, Bull. ; pileus 1-2 in., 

 white, fleshy, globose, then plane or concave, somewhat 

 turbinate, often exceutric and repand, smooth, shining ; stem 

 solid, floccoso-soft internally, attenuated downwards, some- 

 times compressed, tough, naked, smooth, white ; gills rather 

 shortly decurrent, somewhat distant, connected by veins at 

 the base, white. 



Among short grass. Coed Coch. Epping Forest. 



