50 AGARICACE^E Clitocybe 



173. C. pithyophila Gill. (Gr. pitus, pine, philos, loving) a b c. 



Persistently white. 

 P. plano-umbilicate, thin, hygrophanous. St. somewhat hollow, 



tomentose at base. G. adnato-decurrent, very crowded. 

 Gregarious or subcsespitose. Odour pleasant. Pine- woods ; frequent. 



Sept.-Nov. 2| X f X T % in. Must not be confounded with 206. 



174. C. tornata Qudl. (from its shape ; torno, to turn on a lathe) a. 

 P. gibbous; mid. fleshy. St. stuffed, pubescent at base. G. 



adnate with a decurrent tooth, very crowded. 



Odour none. Woods, amongst grass, by decayed stumps, elm. Oct. 

 2 X 2 X \ in. Always small. 



175. C. eandieans Quel. (candicans, shining-white) a b c. 



P. mid. not fleshy. St. somewhat hollow. G. adnato-decurrent, 

 crowded. 



Odour of new meal. Woods, amongst damp leaves ; common. July-Nov. 

 if X \\ X in. Must not be confounded with 176. 



176. C. dealbata Gill, (dealbatus, whitewashed) a b c. 



P. not fleshy. St. stuffed or hollow. G. adnate or adnato- 

 decurrent, crowded. 



Odour sweet, weak, pleasant, mealy but fungoid. Woods and pastures, 

 sometimes on old mushroom-beds ; common. July Nov. 2.\ x i X in. 

 Some small, delicate forms, var. minor Sacc., are at times confounded 

 with 175. 



177. C. gallinaeea Gill, (from its colour, like a hen's egg ; gallina, 



a hen) a b c. 

 St. solid. G. adnato-decurrent, crowded. 



In troops, sometimes in rings, amongst grass. Taste slightly fetid-acrid ; 

 odour strong, earthy. Woods and pastures, amongst grass and moss ; 

 common. Sept.-Nov. if X i X \ in. 



b. Difformes. 



178. C. ampla Gill, (amplus, large) a b. 



P. fleshy, somewhat silky, sooty or ochreous-brown. St. white 

 or brownish- white. G. decurrent or sinuato-adnate and toothed. 

 Flesh fibrous. 



Tasteless ; odour none. Woods, amongst moss. Sept.-Nov. 6f X 3f X if in. 



178a. C. molybdina Gill, (from the dark, lead-coloured pileus ; Gr. 



molubdaina, lead-ore) a. 



P. fleshy, campanulate, expanded, umbonate, even, glabrous ; 

 marg. thin, somewhat dark sooty-umber; mid. sooty-buff. 

 St. solid, stout, fibroso-striate, mealy-squamulose above, pallid 

 or yellowish salmon-white, white at base. G. adnate, broad, 

 pale yellowish-salmon. 



Caespitose. Woods. Autumn. 5J X 6f X f in. With the general appear- 

 ance of 458 (var. extmius), but the adnate gills and white spores very 

 different. 



