CLITOCYBE. 417 



dry, even, glabrous, ratber shining, at length minutely mealy 

 under a lens, white; gills adnate, scarcely decurrent, thin, 

 crowded, white ; stem about 1 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, 

 often ascending, whitish, apex mealy, stuffed, often becoming 

 hollow, entirely fibrous, white; spores elliptical, 4-5 x 

 '2-0 fx. 



Agaricus dealhatiis, Sowerby, t. 123 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 60 ; 

 Cke., Illustr., pi. 104. 



In sunny places among grass, &c. A form often occurs on 

 ■old mushroom beds. 



Small, sweet, inodorous, or nearlj' so, tough, entirely white. 

 Pileus orbicular, or irregular and wavy. G. ericetorum 

 differs in the distant, decurrent gills. Solitary or often 

 caespitose. 



Var. ijoinor, Cke., Hdbk., p. 60 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 173. 

 Smaller and more elegant than the typical form, pure 

 white, pileus opaque ; smell like mea l. 

 Among dead leaves. Gregarious, 



Clitocybe gallinacea. Scop. 



AVhite; acrid. Pileus 1-1 i in. across, rather fleshy at the 

 disc, margin thin ; convex then depressed, but not infundi- 

 buliform, even, drj', opaque ; gills slightly decurrent, narrow, 

 crowded, thin; stem about Ih in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, 

 even, solid. 



Agaricus gallinaccus, Scopoli, Cam., p. 433 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p, 60 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 174. 



Among grass, moss, etc. 



Strong odour. (Cke. ) 



Eesembling CI. dealbata in form, but smaller, opaque, 

 dingy white, taste somewhat acrid. Stem solid, but not 

 cartilaginous, about 2 in. long, equal, ascending or flexuous, 

 excentric, at first floccosely mealy, always opaque, white. 

 Pileus slightly fleshy, convex then plane, not depressed, 

 obtuse, ^1 in. broad, unequal, dry, pruinosely hoary ; flesh 

 white, compact, but thin. GUIs adnato-deourrent, thin, 

 crowded, plane. (Fries.) 



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