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186. C. eryptarum Mass. (from its occasional appearance in cellars •
crypta, a vault) a b. ’
P. subconical, then depressed, floccose, pale buff or brown,
spotted. St. hollow, paler than P., mottled within. G. sub!
decurrent, white.
Densely cæspitose. Taste insipid ; odour none. Sawdust. Oct. 2 i x X i in
With the vaiying habit and size of 184.
187. C. monstrosa Gill, (monstrostis, strange) a b. White.
P. convexo-umbonate. St. solid, white-farinose above. G.
rounded, crowded.
Often densely cæspito.se. Probably edible. On the ground. Sept.-Oct.
2 j X i j X 4 in. May be an autumnal form of 122 or a variety of 133, or
a form of 94. It may be a Tricholoma, as suggested by Berkeley but
cannot be a form of 124 as suggested by Fries. It is more probably a
form of 123 ; the spores are the same in size. Stem sometimes 6 in. long.
188. C. opaea Gill, (from its opaque colour) a b c. White with a
silvery glare.
P. convexo-plane, subumbonate then repand, floccose. St.
stuffed. G. adnato-decurrent, very crowded. Flesh pale
brownish.
W°°ds. Oct.-Nov. 3 X 2f X A in. A close ally
189. C. oeeulta Mass. (from its doubtful characters ; occultus, hidden) a.
Cartilaginous, tough.
P. convexo-plane, then slightly depressed, innato-virgate ; mid.
hvid-smoky ; marg. whitish. St. solid, paler than P. or white.
G. subdecurrent, subdistant, white.
Gregarious. Charred ground. Nov. 3 X 2 j X | in.
c. In f undibuliformes.
190. C. maxima Quél, {maximus, the greatest) a b.
P . thin, umbonate; marg. even. St. solid,
not branched. Flesh white.
Tan-whitish.
G. subcrowded,
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Odour weak and pleasant, sometimes strong. Grassy places, hedge-banks
woods, pastures ; frequent. July-Nov. lo f X q j x i f in. SoiSelimes i
loot or more high and broad. Often confounded with 1172 ; the latter has
no umbo, has a sulcate margin, is less infundibuliform, has branched gills
and a short stem. ’
191. C. infundibuliformis Quél, {infundibulum, a funnel, forma,
form) a b c.
P. thin, typically umbonate, pale buff then white. St. spongy-
stuffed, ivory-white. G. subcrowded, ivory-white.
Odour usually weak and pleasant, often like anise, sometimes none Woods
grassy places, near trees, beeches, rarely on rotten wood; common’
June-Dee. 34 X X J m. A variable species. There is a wholly white
variety. Var. membranacea Gill. P. membranous; brick-red. Woods
pine. ’
192. C. tPulla3formis Karst, (trulla, a \aCS.&, forma, form) a c.
P. thin, flocculoso-villous, dry, brown-grey to brown. St. spongy-
stuffed, ashy-grey. G. distant, connected by veins, white.
Borders of fir-woods, amongst grass and bushes. Oct. 2j x i j X J in.
Must not be confounded with 208.
193. C. ineilis Gill, (from its incised or crenate pileus; incilis,
incised) a b.
P. piano-depressed, silky-flocculose, reddish. St. hollow, attenuate
downwards, colour as P. G. distant, veined, white.
Odour strong of meal, sometimes none. Woods, under firs. Nov.
2j X J X J in. Resembles a small 1297.
194. C. sinopiea Gill, (from Sinope in Patagonia, where red-lead is
found—from the vermilion-brownish pileus) a b c.
P. slightly depressed, floccoso-rivulose, dry. St. stuffed, colour
as P. or buff. G. subdecurrent, very crowded, white, then
yellowish.
Woods, chiefly on burnt places. Oct. I§ x i j X A Resembling a
small 1300.
195. C. parilis Gill, (from its symmetrical growth) a b c.
P. subdepressed, atomate or flocculose, brownish, mottled darker,
then white-grey. St. stuffed, pale yellowish-brown or brown-
grey. G. very crowded, ivory-grey.
Woods, sides of plantations. Sept.-Oct. 2j X i j X J in. Resembling a
Lactarius. Must not be confounded with Tricholoma or Omphalia.
196. C. gilva Quél, (gilvus, pale yellowish-brown) a b c.
P. subdepressed, sometimes reddish, guttate-spotted. St. paler
than P. G. pallid, then ochreous.
Woods, pine. Oct.-Dec. 3 X 24 X 4 ia. Staining paper umber when
dried. Resembles in form Paxilltis and Lactarius.
197. C. subinvoluta W. G. Sm., Agaricus subinvolutus W. G. Sm.
(from the subinvolute margin of the pileus) a b. Wholly pale
buff, at length slightly spotted or clouded buff or yellow.
P. fleshy, plane, subdepressed ; mid. darker guttate-spotted ;
marg. at first subinvolute. St. solid, subbulbous, darker
below. G. decurrent, broad. Flesh buff-white, darker
below.
Under firs. Oct. 3f X 2j
X I in. Not Agaricus subinvolutus Batsch,
which is a form of 1181.
198. C. geotropa Quél, (from the often strongly deflected margin of
the pileus ; Gr. ge, the earth, trepo, to turn) a b c.
P. depressed, typically umbonate, pale brown, at first guttate-
spotted. St. attenuate upwards, tan-brownish. G. white.
Sometimes in fairy-rings of great size. Odour of almonds. Woods, pastures.
Sept.-Dec. 6j x 6 x 4 in. Pileus sometimes 9 in. in diam. Varies with
a short stem and exumbonate. Intermediate forms occur between this
and 197.
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