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Clitocybe ericetorum. Bull. (figs. 14, 15, p. 301.) 



White. Pileus about 1 in. across, disc fleshy; at first 

 almost globose, then depressed and more or less top-shaped, 

 glabrous, even, shining when dry; gills slightly decurrent, 

 distant, rather broad, connected by veins ; stem about 1 in. 

 long, 2 lines thick, thinner at the base, glabrous, tough, 

 stuffed. 



Agaricus ericetorum, Bulliard, Champ., Fr., t, 561, f. Id; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 57; Cke., Blustr., p. 138. 



On heaths, &c. 



Eesembling Hygrophoms niveus in general appearance, 

 the two being scarcely distinguishable from drawings, but 

 very distinct in structure. The present species is arid, soft, 

 elastic, smell pleasant. (Fries.) 



IV. CYATHIFOEMES. 



Clitocybe cyathiformis. Bull. 



Pileus 1^3 in. across, flesh thin, piano-depressed when 

 young, then infundibuliform, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, 

 rather slimy and usually dark brown when moist, becoming 

 pale and opaque when dry, undulate in large specimens, the 

 margin remains involute for a long time; flesh watery, 

 similar in colour to the pileus, splitting ; gills adnate, 

 becoming decurrent with the depression of the pileus, joined 

 behind, distant, greyish-brown, sometimes branched ; stem 

 spongy and stuffed inside, elastic, at length often hollow, 

 2-4 in. long, 3-4 lines thick, attenuated upwards, brownish- 

 fibrillose, fibrils forming an imperfect reticulation, coloured 

 like the pileus or a little paler, apex naked (not mealy), base 

 villous. 



Agaricus cyathiformis, Bull., t. 575, f. M. ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 57 ; Cke., IHustr., pi. 113. 



On the ground in pastures and woods, rarely on rotten 

 wood. 



Usually blackish-umber, but varies to paler greyish-brown, 

 pinky- tan, pale cinnamon, or brownish ; then dingy ochrace- 

 ous or tan-colour. Margin expanded when old, and also 

 indistinctly striate. (Fries.) 



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