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glabrous, covered at first witli a sliglit silkiness, colour 

 variable, but always dark, somewliat olive or umber, rather 

 ockraceous when dry. Gills very broad behind, obtusely 

 adnate, resembling a segment of a circle, closely crowded, 

 olive or umber in every stage ; spores white. (Fries.) 



** Gills idM tish. 



Clitocybe diatreta. Fr. 



Pileus 1-2 in. across, flesh thin, tough, convex when 

 young, regular, obtuse, margin involute, pubescent ; flattened 

 and depressed when adult, often wavy, even, glabrous, dingy 

 flesh-tint when moist, at length tan-colour and flaccid, margin 

 spreading, naked, whitish when dry ; p;ills adnate, but nar- 

 rowed and with a decnrrent tooth behind, crowded, 1 line 

 broad, whitish flesh-tint at first, tiien pallid whitish ; stem 

 11-2 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, round, even, glabrous, 

 pallid, apex naked, base downy, stuffed then hollow, elastic, 

 rather wavy. 



Agaricus (Clitocybe^, diatretus. Fries, Epicr., p. 78 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 60 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 232. 



In pine woods. 



Smell almost obsolete. Stem not cartilaginous. 



Gathered at the same time with C. fragrans, from which it 

 was at once distinguished by the total absence of the 

 peculiar odour of that species. (B. and Br.) 



Clitocybe fragrans. Sow. 



Smell strong, spicy. Pileus about 1 in. across, flesh rather 

 thick ; convex, soon expanded and slightly depressed or 

 umbilicate, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, uniform watery 

 white, disc not darker, whitish when dry ; gills slightly 

 decurrent, rather crowded, 1 line broad, distinct, whitish ; 

 stem about 2 in. long, equal, slightly curved, elastic, 

 glabrous, whitish, stuffed then hollow. 



Agaricus fragrans, Sowerby, pi. 10 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 124 ; 

 Cke., Hdbk., p. 60. 



In woods among moss, &c. 



Distinguished from other species resembling it in colour 

 and size, by the fragrant smell resembling aniseed, 



