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213. C. eoneava Gill, (from the concave pileus) a c
P. deeply umbilicato-depressed, very thin, tough, grey- or olive-
c oT o u r ;sT " -" ° ‘ ' ‘™‘" '57. ashy-grey, ^ .’ fer^ crowded,
Often gregarious. Odour none. Plantations, woods, fir, pastures- rare
Sept. 2 f X I X 3^^ in. Must not be confounded with Omphalia. ’
wrnterf?^?.“'^- appearance;
"^tVhahnir Pp. ^ G. crowded, hvid to yellowish-white. ■5’^- hollow, paler
Taste sometimes slightly nauseous ; odour weak, earthy not unolpTsmf
e. Orbiformes.
214a C. orbiformis Gill, (orbis, a circle, >m t r , form) rr a
nh°,TU’ ^ depressed, glabrous, hygrophanous,
smoky-grey; marg. spreading, even. 5 /. stuffed
elastic somewhat staate, attenuate and naked upwards, grey
whim adnato-decurrent, somewhat distant, greyish!
Odour none. Grassy places in pine-woods. Autumn 2 X t X J t in
Analogous wnth, but not allied to 208. 2 X 3 X * in.
changing colour) a b c.
P. umbonate, then piano-depressed, ochreous-whitish to brownisharirylvhirifh."
^-adnato-decurrent,
‘^ ■ o h v ? «T ohve-coloured gills; pausia, an
P. piano-depressed, subumbonate, tan, brown or grey. A7 ashy-
grey, white above. G. obtusely adnato-rounded
Odour weak of meal. Woods, pine. Oct. i f X i f X J in
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p . broadly umbilicate, horny, dark ashy-grey, or dull brown- or
fuscous-ochre; marg. douded-sooty. A7. hollow, pale ashy-
grey. G. adnate, crowded, colour as P R y
Odour strong of new meal. Woods, pine, dead leaves. Oct. 3 X 2 X i; in.
^'foratef« Perforate stem; Gr. diatretos, per-
P. piano-depressed, flesh-colour, then tan. A7. pallid flesh-
colour. G. adnato-decurrent, colour as St.
Odour almost obsolete. Woods, pine. Autumn, i j X iJ x J in.
219. C. fragrans Quél, {fragrans, sweet-scented) a b c.
P. broadly depressed, pallid white ; marg. substriate. St. colour
as P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat crowded.
Odour strong of anise. Woods, pastures. July-Jan. 2jX 3Xx%in. Often
attacked by the mould, Sporodinia Aspergillus.
220. C. angustissima Gill, (from its very narrow gills; angustus,
narrow) a b. Pallid white.
P. broadly umbilicate, very thin. Arm. St. fibrous, flexuous. G.
decurrent, very crowded.
Odour none. Woods, amongst leaves. Oct. 2 X 2j X J in.
221. C. obsoleta Quél, (from its pallid tint ; obsoletus, faint) a c.
Hygrophanous.
P. piano-depressed, pale grey or flesh-colour, soon white. St.
not flexuous. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat broad, pale grey.
Gregarious. Slightly fragrant of bitter almonds or anise. Amongst grass
and leaves. Oct.-Nov. i j X i | X J in.
f. Versiformes.
222. C. eetypa Gill, (from the projecting sooty squamules in the
middle of the pileus ; Gr. ektupos, worked in relief) a b.
P. fleshy, piano-depressed, yellowish or brownish ; marg. striate.
St. attenuate upwards, dull light yellow, becoming black at
base. G. decurrent, white, then rufous-spotted.
Gregarious, often cæspitose. Odour pleasant of anise, becoming fetid.
Meadows, damp places. Dec. 2|X 5jXx%in. Often greatly resembles 69.
223. C. bella Gill, {bellus, beautiful) a c.
P. convex, umbilicato-depressed, orange ; sq. rufescent. St. pale
orange. G. adnato-toothed, broad, yellow-, rufescent or pale
flesh-colour.
Subcæspitose. Fetid. Plantations, fir, sometimes on rotten fir-w'ood ;
uncommon. Sept. i f X i f X pj, in.
224. C. laeeata Quél, (from the red colour—as of gum-lac'—of the
pileus) a b c.
P. convex, plano-umbilicate, then repand, mealy-squamulose,
rufescent, becoming ochreous. St. usually attenuate downwards,
fibrillose, colour as P. G. adnato-toothed, flesh-colour.
Odour sometimes of garlic. Woods, forests, commons ; common. May-Dee.
2 X 3 X I in. The pileus is sometimes brilliant or blackish-purple,
becoming lavender, with stem and gills bright purple (Agaricus amethy-
stinus Bolt.). A very small form with a hair-like stem occurs.
Agaricus Sadleri B. & Br. placed in this position by Stevenson is probably
the same as 824. Berkeley has proposed a new genus, Laccaria, for the
reception of 224 and its allies.
224a. C. próxima Boud. (from its being like the brown form of
224) a.
P. convex, then plane, glabrous, yellowish-brown. St. even,
smooth, paler than P. G. adnato-decurrent, somewhat pink.
Woods. Oct. If X 2j X A ia. Differs from 224 in the glabrous P. and
watted spores.