CUTOCYBE. 413 



The colour approaching that of C. metachroa. Tery 

 fragratit. (Cooke.) 



Clitocybe rivulosa. Pars. 



Pileus 1—3 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane and 

 depressed, obtuse, often nndulately lobed, dingy flesh-colour 

 or rufescent, becoming pale, glabrous,! then covered ■with a 

 ■svhitish down ; gills slightly decurrent, broad, rather 

 crowded, pinkish white ; stem about 2 in. long, 3-4 lines 

 thick, rather fibrillose, tough, elastic, whitish, stuffed : 

 spores elliptical, 6 x 3 • 5 /x.. 



Aivrrlnis rivulosus, Persoon, S^-n., p. 369 ; C'ke., Hdbk., p. 

 4S ; 'Cke., lllnstr., pL 200a. 



Among grass by rc'ad-sides, ite. 



Mossy pastures, road-sides &c. From its variability" in 

 size and colour not usually recognised; solitary or caes- 

 pitose, most luxuriant in late autumn during rainy weather. 

 Stem stuffed, pith spongy, often becoming hollow, tough, 

 elastic, 1-2 in. long, about 3— t lines thick, equal, somewhat 

 fibrillose, becoming whitish. Pileus fleshy, rather thin, 

 convex, then plane, at length depressed, never umbonate. 

 regular when young, 1-2 in. across, but becoming succes- 

 sively expanded, and at length 3— i in. across, wavy, undu- 

 lately lobed, at iiist with whitish, closely adpressed down, 

 at length truly broken up and downy ; margin at first 

 incurved, downy ; at fiist with a tinge of flesh-colour, but 

 becoming white when old and dry. sometimes tinged 

 brownish ; flesh compact, white ; gills obliquely acute 

 behind, not equally attenuated, adnate then somewhat 

 decurrent, broad, rather crowded, with a flesh-colour tinge, 

 then whitish, smell pleasant, taste sweet. (Tries.) 



Var. Neptunetis, Batsch, Elench., fig. IS: Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 20Qb. 



Smaller than the typical form. 



***** Pileus ichite, shining icTien dry. 



Clitocybe cemisata. Fr. 



Pileus 1^3 in. across, flesh thick at the disc, becoming 

 thin towards the margin ; convex then almost plane, obtuse, 

 even, minutely floccose then almost glabrous, white; gills 

 adnate, then decurrent, very much crowded, thin, perma- 



