178 OUTLINES OF BRITISH FUNGOLOGY. 



About old stumps aucl ou the naked soil in gardens. Very 

 common. Often densely cKspitose. Pileus of a dull^ dingy 

 white or ochre, slightly rugose, sometimes sparkling. 



4. C. luridus, Fr. ; pileus submembranaceous, ovato-conical, 

 irregular, smooth, viscid, even ; stem firm, solid, equal, brown ; 

 gills free, ventricose, blue-black. — Bolt. t. 25. 



On the ground. Not found since the time of Bolton. 

 Perhaps a mere state of the last. 



5. C. fuseeseens, Fr. ; pileus submembranaccous, ovato- 

 expanded, polished ; disc slightly fleshy, even or cracked, scaly ; 

 stem hollow, brittle, curved, slightly fibrillose, scarcely annu- 

 late; gills fixed; umber-black. 



On dead stumps. Rare. Kilmory, Argyllshire, Lady Onle. 



G. C. pieaceus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, ovato-campa- 

 nulate, striate, variegated with broad, white, superficial scales ; 

 stem hollow down to the rootless bulb, brittle, smooth ; gills 

 free, ventricose, cinereous-black. — Sow. t. 170. 



On roadsides. Rare. Smell often extremely disagreeable. 

 Pileus 2 inches or more across, pied. 



7. C. apMhosus, Fr. ; pileus membranaceous, ovato-campa- 

 nulate, free from striae, sprinkled with superficial, floccose 

 scales, then naked; stem hollow, equal, twisted, fibrillose; 

 gills adnate, linear, white, then black. — Bolt. t. 26. 



In hollow trees, cellars, etc. Not common. 



8, C. extinctorius, Fr. ; pileus submembranaccous, clavato- 

 campanulate, straight, margin striate, at first sprinkled with 

 floccose scales ; stem hollow, smooth, attenuated from the 

 rooting base ; gills reaching the stem, lanceolate, white, then 

 brownish-black.— 5o//. /. 21. 



On the ground. Bolton's plant has not exactly the same 

 habit as Bulliard's, t.437. f. 1, but Fries considers it identical, 

 and it is perhaps a caespitose variety. 



