CLITOCYBE. 427 



Clitocybe parilis. Fr. 



Pileus about | in. across, plane, depressed at tlie disc, ato- 

 mate, disc flocculose, not striate, greyish-white, not hygro- 

 phanous ; gills deeply decurrent, very much crowded, narrow, 

 greyish-white ; stem about 1 in. long and 1 line thick, equal, 

 even, glabrous, naked, greyish-brown, tough. 



Agaricus (Clitocylie) parilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 69 ; Cke., II- 

 lusir., pi. 281b. 



On the ground in woods. 



Slightly hygrophanous, but not becoming white. (Cooke.) 



** Pileus coloured or pallid, glabrous. 



Clitocybe geotropa. Bull. 



Pileus 2-.5 in. acro.ss, flesh thick, white ; convex, then plane 

 and finally more or less depressed, obtusely umbonate, the 

 prominence 'remaining after the jjilcns becomes depressed, 

 very smooth, even, margin thin, incurved, downy, pale 

 pinkish-tan or bufif; gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, simple, 

 white, then coloured like the pileus ; stem 3-5 in. long, 1 in. 

 or more thick at the base, slightly attenuated upwards, com- 

 pact, fibrillose, coloured like the pileus or paler, solid ; spores 

 t-Uiptical, 6-7 x 4r-o fj.. 



Agaricus geotro/ms, Bull., t. 573, f. 2; Cke., Hdbk., p. 53; 

 Cke., lUustr., pi. 83. 



In woods and on their borders. Often in rings or troops. 



Differs from C. maximia in being firmer, glabrous, and 

 colour much more variable ; from (J. gilva in the thinner 

 pileus, less crowded gills, and white flesh. 



Pileus li-3 in. across, truly fleshy, ccmvex then piano-de- 

 pressed, usually gibbous, oven, verj' smooth, moist in rainy 

 weather, flesh-coloured tan, witli drop-like spots when young, 

 these however usually disappear with age, margin thin, pu- 

 bescent, inflexed ; flesh white ; gills deeply decurrent, simple, 

 2-3 lines broad, somewhat crowded, white hecoming pallid ; 

 stem solid, fleshy, not elastic, 2-3 in. long, slightly attenu- 

 ated upwards, slightly fibrillose, white, then tinged yellow. 

 (Fries.) 



Clitocybe spinulosa. Stev. & Sm. 

 Pileus lJ-3 in. broad, creamy flesh-colour, fleshy, convex. 



