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cannot be distinguisftcd safely from C. pholldeus, except when 

 tlie specimens are young, in which state the colour of the gills 

 is distinctive. 



Subgenus 4. Deemoctbe. — Pileus thin, silky with innate down, 

 dry, not hygrophauous ; stem equal or attenuated, not bulbous. 



23. C. (Dermocybe) ochroleueus, Fr. ; pilous fleshy, con- 

 vex, obtuse, even, nearly smooth, pallid-white ; stem solid, 

 firm, ventricose, white, fibrillose above, veiled; gills adnexed, 

 nearly free, crowded, dirty-white, then clayey-ochre. — Sc/neff. 

 t. 31. 



In woods. Eare. Mossburnford, A. Jerdon, Esq. Pileus 

 about 2 inches across. 



24. C. (Dermocybe) tabularis, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, equal, 

 soon flattened, flocculose, then smooth, brownish-clay, be- 

 coming pale ; stem stuffed, tough, elastic, white, closely fibril- 

 loso-squamose or smooth ; gills emarginate, crowded, dirty- 

 white, then clay-coloured. — Bull. t. 431. /. 5. 



In woods. A common species. Distinguished best from 

 C. anomalus by the differently coloured gills. 



25. C. (Dermocybe) diabolicus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, thin, 

 hemispherical, obtuse, then gibbous, brownish, clothed with 

 grey threads, at length smooth, yellow-tawny ; stem stuffed, 

 rather slender, smooth, pallid, bluish above ; gills somewhat 

 emarginate, adnexed, crowded, dirty-white or evanescent pale 

 blue, then ochraceous-cinnamon. 



In woods. South of England, C. E. Broome. 



26. C. (Dermocybe) caninus, Fr. ; pileus fleshy, convex, 

 flattened out, obtuse, at length smooth, bright-rufous, chang- 

 ing colour; stem clavato-bulbous, clastic, closely fibrillose, 

 pallid violet above; gills emarginate, broad, rather distant, 

 purplish, then cinnamon. 



