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HYMENOMYCETES 
S. i in., very slender, cartilaginous, stuffed, glabrous, grey. 
On rotten trunks, old walls, etc., in Sept. Corresponds in 
form and size with Omphalia umbellifera , and might be mis¬ 
taken for it in the young state, when the gills are white. 
CLITOPILUS 
(Gr. klitos, a declivity ; pilos , a cap—from the decurrent 
hymenophore) 
C. prunulus (from the pruinose appearance of the pileus). 
Plate XLII. 13. 
P. 2-4 in., wavy, very fleshy ; “ white, shining, or opaque, 
with a slight tendency to cinereous; smooth, but under a 
lens minutely, though densely, tomentose, so that the im¬ 
pression of a finger is left upon it; margin involute ” 
(Berkeley). G. very decurrent, slightly crowded, white ; 
then flesh colour. S. 1-1J in., thick, often striate, white, 
base downy. Smell resembling new meal. A common 
species in woods and open pastures in sum. and aut. 
Edible. 
C. orcella (orgella , like an ear), allied to the preceding 
species, is smaller, less fleshy; stem more excentric, shorter, 
and grows in more open places. Worthington Smith 
observes that these species are not eaten by insects. 
LEPTONIA 
(Gr. lepos f slender—from the slender growth) 
L. lampropoda (Gr. lampvos , shining; pons, a foot), “ Blue- 
foot.” Plate XLII. 3. 
P. 1-1J in., mouse colour or bluish-grey, never striate. 
G. adnate, seceding, and becoming almost free, whitish, 
then rosy. S. 1-1^ in., rather thick, glabrous, cartilaginous, 
hollow, bluish-violet. Common amongst grass in late sum. 
and aut. 
