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giUs sligLtly clecurrent, equally narrovred beMnd, rather 

 distant, yellow ; stem about 1 in. long, 3 lines thick, equal, 

 even, glabrous, yellow, fixm, tough, stuffed. 



Agaricus (Clitocyhe) vernicosus. Fries, Epicr., p. 60 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 47 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 265a. 



In larch woods, &c. 



Superficially resembling Tricholoma cerinum, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by the gills not being crowded, but truly decur- 

 rent, and not sinuate. Stem stuifed, firm, tough, 1 in. long, 

 about 3 lines thick, equal, glabrous, yellow ; pileus fleshy, 

 convex then expanded, obtuse, 1-2 in. and more across, even, 

 glabrous, shining, yellow with a red tinge, margin involute ; 

 flesh firm, white ; gills adnato-decurrent, equally attenuated 

 behind, yellow, rather distant. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe venustissima. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh coloured ; convex then plane, 

 obtuse, margin even when young then striate and elegantly 

 crenate, glabrous, orange with a tinge of red, becoming pale ; 

 gills decurrent, rather distant, coloured like the pileus ; stem 

 1-1^ in. long, 1-2 lines thick, smooth but not polished, equal, 

 glabrous, reddish-orange, stujEFed then hollow ; spores ellip- 

 tical, smooth, 6 X 3"5 /x. 



Agaricus (Clitocyhe) vembstisssirnus. Fries, Monogr., ii. p, 289 ; 

 Cke., niustr., pi. 265b. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 47. 



Among rotten pine leaves, &c. 



Gregarious, inodorous, slenderer than C. vernicosa ; stem 

 stuiFed when young, then hollow, ] i in. long, 2-3 lines thick, 

 equal, glabrous, reddish-orange, base with white down. 

 Pileus slightly fleshy, convex then expanded, regular, obtuse 

 or somewhat umbilicate when old, 1-2 in. broad, silky, 

 smooth, shining tawny, or reddish-orange, but becomiug 

 pale, margin sometimes even, sometimes crenate in large 

 forms. Flesh similarly coloured. Gills truly decurrent, 

 rather distant, golden yellow with a red or tawny tinge. 

 (Fries.) 



Clitocybe subalutacea. Batsch. 

 Pileus 1-2 in. across, fleshy, soft, convexo-plane then de- 

 pressed, obtuse, unequal, glabrous, yellowish, becoming pale ; 

 gills adnato-decurrent, broad, rather distant, whitish ; stem 

 2 in. long, stufl^ed, firm, elastic, naked. 



