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ae ata and numerous kinds of OP enaliie which it would lead too far to enumerate. 
_ The same applies to the Clitocybe group, a good many of which smell of flour, although 
# often but faintly. A few Collybic, viz., C. coracina, C. ozes, C. misera and C. mitellina, 
further the tiny Omphalie maura, atropuncta, umbratalis, plumbea and grisea and finally 
I Mycena pelliculosa, Pleurotus cornucopioides, P. lignitalis, P. fimbriatus, P. geogenius and 
Calodon hybridus may be mentioned as having a similar odour. - 
se According to Ricken, Inocybe frwmentacea, smells-of cereals; others say of whisky. 
It is said to be very poisonous. 
+  Clitocybe absinthiaca smells of wormwood. 
¥ It is not always easy to define the odours by comparing them with those of well- 
_ known things in nature. Some mushrooms have quite a special smell of their own 
"and that of others is often not definite enough to be called otherwise than agreeable, 
z sharp or repulsive. 3 
= Cantharellus olidus, Lepiota seminuda and Collybia succinea smell agreeably. 
fs A repulsive smell characterizes Flammula amara, Fl. sapinea, Entoloma liwidum, 
4 hag Friesii, L. cristata, Tricholoma album, T. grammopodium and Thelephora fastidiosa. 
¥ _ A repulsively sweet smell is typical for the ZInocybe species. Entoloma madidum has 
* a inilar odour. Amanita phalloides smells peculiarly sweetish. 
iS | Clitocybe inversa, peters adustus, Polystictus versicolor and Trametes gibbosa have 
+ a sourish smell. 
4 An earthy smell is found in Paxillus involutus, P. helomorphus and Inocybe dulcamara, 
2 whereas a fusty one occurs in Myxaciwm mucosum, Telamonia hinnulea, the panther- 
¥ cap (Amanita pantherina) and Thelephora cristata. 
_ __ * ‘Tricholoma virgatum, T.vaccinum and T. sordidum smell earthy, butin a disagreeable way. 
¥ The smell of Polyporus chioneus is sharp, that of P. stipticus is nauseous. | 
= Hygrophorus nitratus; Mycena alcalina, M. amoniaca, M. leptocephala and Lepiota— 
s meleagris have a pungent smell of ammonia, the last named considerably less than 
=the others. 
> The odour of Entoloma nidorosum reminds one of nitric acid. 
Rather uncommon is the smell of cod-liver oil, as found in Telamonia flabella and 
— Collybia atrata. ; 
A fishy smell occurs in Collybia distorta, C. conigena and Lactaria volema, in this, 
_ however, only when it is old or dried. In a fresh state, it is completely odourless. 
_ Tricholoma mirabile, T. goniospermum and T. putidum smell like mouldy flour, 
a whereas T. semitale has a rancid odour, the same as Clitocybe nimbata, C. ditopus, 
_ €. vibecina, Collybia rancida, C. megalopus, Mycena olida, M. viscosa and M. lasiosperma. 
There is a smell of bugs in Boletus pachypus, whereas the strongly smelling 
_ Limacium cossum reminds one of the goat moth (Cossus ligniperda). 
The smell of radish is rather widely spread, for it occurs in Hebeloma firmum, 
_H. fastibile, H. sinapizans, H. elatum, H. diffractum, Inoloma violaceocinereum, I. argentatum, 
Fi tophaceum, Dermocybe raphanoides, D. colymbadina, D. cinnabarina, D. sanguinea, 
3 _ Hydrocybe armeniaca, Pholiota squarrosa, Ph. aurwwella, Ph. flammans, Naucoria lugubris, 
P N. festiva, Lepiota medullata, tans pura, MM. Os M. Renatr and Hysterangium 
= elathroides. 
Tricholoma sulphureum, T. inamenum, T. ise and Clitocybe amarella smell of 
_ coal-gas. 
de _ As to the relations between smell and edibility, it may be said, generally speaking, 
that mushrooms with an anise, fennel, fruit, strawberry and cucumber smell are edible, 
_ but there are also mushrooms which smell agreeably and are unfit for being eaten. 
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