CLITOCYBE. 425 



not changeable. Smell weak, pleasant, almost as in CI. 

 giganteus. (Fries.) 



Clitocybe infundibaliformis^ Schaeff. 



Pileus up to '6 in. across, disc fleshj', remainder thin ; 

 when young quite firm, convex then depressed, umbo gibbous, 

 margin involute, softer and flaccid wlien adult and entirely 

 infundibuliform, with a silky sheen, yellowish flesh-colour 

 then bufi", becoming pallid ; flesh soft, white ; gills truly 

 decurrent, rather crowded, much narrowed and acute at both 

 ends, soft, white; .stem 2-3 in. long, 3-5 lines thick, stuffed, 

 externally firm, elastic, conically attenuate, rarely equal,, 

 pallid, bas3 with white down ; spores 5-6 x 3-4 /j.. 



Agaricus (Clitocyhe) infundibuliformis, Cke. Illustr., pi. 107 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 54. 



Agaricus infundibuliformis, Schaeffer, t. 212. 



Among moss in fields and woods. 



Smell pleasant ; disc fleshy, margin thin, not moist, but 

 rather silky under a lens, colour variable, as in most species- 

 in the present section, more or less rufescescent or flesh- 

 colour, passing through bufi' to whitish, &c., but not white at 

 first. 



Var. membranaceous, Fries, Monogr., i. p. 24; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 54 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 646. 



Differs from the typical form in every part being more 

 slender ; stem equal ; pileus not umbonate and brighter in 

 colour. 



In pine woods. 



Clitocybe truUaeformis. Fr. 



Pileus about 2 in. across, flesh equal, snow-white, infun- 

 dibuliform, margin flat and speading, always obtuse, floc- 

 cosely down}-, dry, greyish-brown, not changing colour ; gUls 

 trul}' decurrent, distant, connected by veins, 2-3 lines broad, 

 shining white; stem about 2 in. long, stuffed, firm, elastic, 

 attenuated upwards, fibrillosely striate, grey, downy below. 



Agaricus (Clytocyhe') truUaeformis, Fries, Epicr., p. 68 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 54. 



Among grass, bushes, &c. 



Smell scarcely evident, resembling C. cyathifoi-mis in general 

 form, and in the colour of the stem and pileus, but differs in 



