54 AGARICACE^: Clitocybe 



199. C. spinulosa Sacc. (from a mistaken reference to the supposed 



spinulose spores) a b. 



P. plane, subdepressed, umbonate, leathery, pale buff to rufe- 

 scent flesh-colour. St. red-buff above, paler below, concen- 

 trically cracked white, as in 21. G. white, then light yellowish. 

 Flesh white. 



In troops or two or three connate. Odour sweet, pleasant. Amongst grass 

 by roadsides. Nov. 4 X 3f X f in. 



200. C. splendens Gill, (splendens, shining) a b. 



P. depressed, pale shining metallic-yellowish, shaded reddish- 

 brown. St. solid, attenuate upwards, colour as P. G. white, 

 then light yellow. 



Solitary. Woods, amongst dead pine-leaves, etc. Sept. 4 X i X f in. 

 Intermediate between 196 and 202. 



201. C. inversa Quel. (from the down-turned margin of the pileus) 



a b c. 

 P. depressed, somewhat fragile, oily-smooth in appearance, not 



guttate, yellowish-buff to dull crimson-brownish. St. stuffed 



or solid, lighter than P. G. whitish or yellowish. Flesh as 



P. but lighter. 

 Solitary, subgregarious or caespitose. Taste same as mushroom ; odour acid. 



Woods, chiefly fir, sometimes on logs ; frequent. Aug.-Dec. 3$ X 3 X ^ in. 



Not unlike 1299 in general appearance. A luxuriant form is Agaricus 



lobatus Sowerby. 



202. C. flaeeida Quel. (from the limp pileus ; flaccidus, limp) a b c. 

 P. broadly umbilicate, sienna or buff. St. subhollow, pale 



sienna. G. obconico-decurrent, crowded, whitish, becoming 

 yellow. Flesh white to brownish. 



Solitary, sometimes gregarious, forming rings. Taste insipid. Plantations, 

 fir, hills. Sept.-Jan. 3 x i X f in. 201 and 202 are sometimes undis- 

 tinguishable ; the colours \ary yellowish-brown to brick-red. Must not be 

 confounded with 159. Resembles 1278. 



203. C. vermieularis Quel. (from its colour ; vermis, a worm) a b. 

 P. broadly umbilicate, flesh-colour or light brownish. St. yellow 



to white. G. arcuato-decurrent, colour as St. Flesh lighter 

 than P. 



Fir-woods. Sept. -Oct. 2j X 2j x f in. Resembling a small 1288. 



204. C. senilis Gill, (from the wrinkled aspect of the pileus ; seni/is, 



old) a b. 



P. infundibuliform, concentrically cracked, olive-brown or tan- 

 brownish. St. solid, paler than P. G. decurrent in a straight 

 line, paler than St. 



Gregarious. Odour none. Woods, pine, lawns, etc. Autumn. 3|x if X & in. 



205. C. catinus Qudl. (from its bowl-shaped pileus ; cat'inus, a 



bowl) a. 

 P. depressed, becoming flesh-colour. St. spongy-stuffed, attenuate 



upwards. G. colour as P. 

 Odour pleasant. Amongst dead leaves. Autumn. 2f X 2 X f in. 



