Clitocybe AGARICACE^2 



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219. C. fragrans Quel. (fragrans, sweet-scented) a b c. 



P. broadly depressed, pallid white ; marg. substriate. St. colour 

 as P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat crowded. 

 Odour strong of anise. Woods, pastures. July-Jan. 2jX3X^in. Often 

 attacked by the mould, Sporodinia Aspergillus. 



220. C. angustissima Gill, (from its very narrow gills; angustus, 



narrow) a b. Pallid white. 

 P. broadly umbilicate, very thin, firm. St. fibrous, flexuous. G. 



decurrent, very crowded. 

 Odour none. Woods, amongst leaves. Oct. 2 x 2\ X \ in. 



221. C. obsoleta Quel. (from its pallid tint; obsoletus, faint) a c. 



Hygrophanous. 

 P. piano-depressed, pale grey or flesh-colour, soon white. St. 



not flexuous. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat broad, pale grey. 

 Gregarious. Slightly fragrant of bitter almonds or anise. Amongst grass 



and leaves. Oct. -Nov. i| X if X J in. 



f. Versiformes . 



222. C. eetypa Gill, (from the projecting sooty squamules in the 



middle of the pileus ; Gr. ektupos^ worked in relief) a b. 



P. fleshy, piano-depressed, yellowish or brownish ; marg. striate. 

 St. attenuate upwards, dull light yellow, becoming black at 

 base. G. decurrent, white, then rufous-spotted. 



Gregarious, often caespitose. Odour pleasant of anise, becoming fetid. 

 Meadows, damp places. Dec. 2f x 5 \ X T % in. Often greatly resembles 69. 



223. C. bella Gill, (bettus, beautiful) a c. 



P. convex, umbilicato-depressed, orange ; sq. rufescent. St. pale 

 orange. G. adnato-toothed, broad, yellow, rufescent or pale 

 flesh-colour. 



Subcaespitose. Fetid. Plantations, fir, sometimes on rotten fir-wood ; 

 uncommon. Sept. if X if X T 3 5 in. 



224. C. laecata Quel. (from the red colour as of gum-lac of the 



pileus) a b c. 



P. convex, plano-umbilicate, then repand, mealy-squamulose, 

 rufescent, becoming ochreous. St. usually attenuate down- 

 wards, fibrillose, colour as P. G. adnato-toothed, flesh-colour. 



Odour sometimes of garlic. Woods, forests, commons ; common.^ May-Dec. 

 2 X 3 X f in. The pileus is sometimes brilliant or blackish-purple, 

 becoming lavender, with stem and gills bright purple (Agaricus amethy- 

 stine Bolt.). A very small form with a hair-like stem occurs. 



Agaricus Sadleri B. & Br. placed in this position by Stevenson is probably 

 the same as 824. Berkeley has proposed a new genus, Laecaria, for the 

 reception of 224 and its allies. 



224a. C. proxima Boud. (from its being like the brown form of 

 224) <z. 



P. convex, then plane, glabrous, yellowish-brown. St. even, 

 smooth, paler than P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat pink. 



Woods. Oct. if X 2j X & in. Differs from 224 in the glabrous P. and 

 warted spores. 



