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HYMENOMYCETES 
comprises plants that at maturity are either deeply infun¬ 
dibuliform, or with the centre of the pileus deeply umbili- 
cately depressed. The following are well known : 
C. maxima (maximus, the greatest). 
P. 6-12 in., broadly infundibuliform and somewhat um- 
bonate, pale tan or whitish, margin involute, even, slightly 
silky or downy at maturity. G. deeply decurrent, rather 
crowded, whitish. S. 3-4 in., stout, attenuated upwards. 
Frequent in sum. and ant. in woods and pastures, banks and 
hedges. 
C. gigantea is closely allied to the preceding. 
P. 6-10 in. G. broad, slightly decurrent. 5 . seldom 
exceeding 2 in., very thick. Autumnal, in woods. Un¬ 
common. 
C. geotropa (Gr. ge, the earth ; trepo, to turn—from the 
often strongly deflected margin of the pileus). 
P. 2-5 in., differs from C. maxima in its firmer substance, 
and glabrous pinkish-tan or buff pileus, which is obtusely 
umbonate, the umbo always remaining after the pileus has 
become depressed. 
C. infundibuliformis ( infundibulum , a funnel ; forma, form) 
P. 3 in., margin involute, umbo gibbous; convex, then 
depressed. At maturity entirely infundibuliform; more or 
less reddish, yellowish, flesh colour, or buff, becoming 
pallid. G. truly decurrent, much narrowed at both ends, 
rather crowded, white. S. 2-3 in., slender, firm, stuffed, 
attenuated upwards. Common amongst moss in fields and 
woods in sum. and aut. Fries observes that C. catina 
(catinus, a bowl—from its bowl-shaped pileus) is “ allied to 
C. infundibuliformis, having the same pleasant smell, but 
differs in being white at first; pileus never gibbous, 
glabrous, but when quite young with superficial down, 
which soon disappears. Clitocybe phyllophila differs in the 
pileus never being infundibuliform, slender stem, adnate 
gills, and absence of smell.” 
