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930. C. aphthosus Fr. (from the pileus, like a " thrush "-diseased 



tongue ; Gr. aphthai^ the " thrush ") a b. 

 P. campanulate, pale dull ochreous; sc. darker, grey-brown or 



dull sienna. St. fibrillose, glossy white. G. adnate, linear, 



black. 

 Subcaespitose. Hollow trees, wood in cellars, kitchens; rare. Autumn. 



if X 3 X ^ in. Var. Boltonii Mass. P. repand, olivaceous. 



931. C. floeeulosus Fr. (from the white-floccose scales of the pileus) a. 

 P. campanulate, pale purplish-grey-tan; mid. brownish; marg. 



striate. St. whitish. G. slate-purple to fuscous-black. 

 Usually solitary, sometimes caespitose. Pastures, gardens ; rare. June-Sept. 

 4 X 5 X | in. 



932. C. similis B. & Br. (from its resemblance to 930 ; similis, 



like) a. 

 P. campanulate, biscuit-white ; sc. wart-like, acute, brownish at 



apex ; marg. striate. St. white. G. adnate, sublinear, 



brownish near edge. 

 Trunks of dead trees. Sept. i X 3 X & in. 



d. Tomentosa. 



933. C. exstinetorius Fr. (from the pileus, shaped like an 



extinguisher, exstinctor) a b c. 

 P. campanulate, tan- or ochreous-white ; mid. livid; marg. 



splitting. St. subrooting, becoming smooth, whitish. 



G. lanceolate, fuscous-blackish to black. 

 On the ground, sandy places, about trunks, ash. Sept. 3 x 6 x J in. 



934. C. flmetarius Fr. (from the habitat ; fimetum^ a dunghill) a b c. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, then cracked and revolute, white- 

 floccose, becoming grey-slate and black. St. subrooting, 

 white villous. G. narrow-lanceolate, black. 



Frequently clustered, sometimes solitary. Dung, horse, rich soil ; common. 

 April-Oct. 2f x 8 X ^g in. Var. pullatus Fr. P. soon naked and 

 black. Dunghills, rich meadows. Var. macrorhizus Fr. St. bulbous, 

 rooting. Var. cinereus Fr. P. ashy-grey. 



935. C. tomentosus Fr. (from the downy pileus ; tomentum, down) a b. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, flocculose, grey-white. St. white- 



villous. G. narrow-lanceolate, fuscous-blackish, edge at first 

 white. 

 Subcaespitose. Dung, rich pastures, gardens. Sept. 2j x 3 X & in. 



936. C. niveus Fr. (from the snow-white pileus ; nix, nivis, snow) a be. 

 P. at length flat, revolute, mealy-floccose or squamulose. 



St. white-downy, sometimes imperfectly annulate. G, adnexed 

 or adnate, blackish to black. 



Csespitose. Dung, horse, deer, sometimes invading mushroom-beds. June- 

 Dec. 2j x 4$ X & in. There is a var. with white gills and (when 

 present) colourless spores. 



