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236. C. xylophlla Gill. (Gr. xulon, timber, philos, loving) a
/ ’. campanulate, subpapillate, very thin, ivory-white; mid. ivory-
butt. St. ivory-buff, pale yellowish-brown within. G adnate
with a tooth, white.
Gregarious, cæspitose. Stumps and rotten trunks of elm, etc. Sept.
3 Ì X 3 X 4 in.
b. Vestipedes.
237. C velutipes Quél, (from the velvety stem ; vellus, fleece, pes a
foot) abc . ’ ) 2 > "•
-P. plane, fleshy, viscid, yellow ; mid. brown. St. yellow above
ffi-own and almost black towards base, or wholly brown’
G. adnate or adnexed, pallid white or yellowish.
agreeable. Trunks, stumps, sometimes on timber;
common Ang.-Apnl. 2f x 2 | X ¡n. Sometimes springs from E
luxuriant golden byssoid mycelium (Ozonam mmcomum Link) some-
imes from thick cord-like, branching and deeply rooting myceHum or
spoued. 1®®®- The var. rnbeccens S a c c .\e c o 7 e s foxy!
i ’. convexo-plane, moist, white. A7. white above, rich brown
below. G. adnexo-free, white.
On wood, chips, twigs. Feb. I X 3J X A in-
239. C. mimica Sacc. (from its resemblance to 709) a b.
P. flat, thm smooth, with a separable cuticle, pale yellow-buff;
mid. buff-brownish. St. solid, apex subpruinose, with brownish
baA, attenuate downwards, fibrilloso-strigose at base, yellow-
buff above, deep brown below. G. adnate with a tooth.
Taste and odour strong of fish. On deal-shavings. Nov. i f X 2 X J in.
240. C. floeeipes, Gill, (from the floccose-woolly stem; floccosus,
floccose, pes, a foot) a b. ^ , j ,
aP. plane, umbonate, deep umber. St. hollow, black punctato-
floccose on a white ground. G. adnexed, white.
On the ground and about trunks. Sept. l f X 2 x A in .
241. C. vertirugis Sacc. (from the rugose pileus ; vertex, the top, ruga
a wrinkle) abc . ui * ,
P. convexo-plane, radiato-wrinkled, minutely pulverulent, brown-
ashy or i^igo-lead colour. St. strigose at base, brown, paler
above. G. adnate, whitish. ^
Rootstocks of dead ferns, twigs, stumps, etc. Sept.-Oct. f X 3j X A in.
242. C. stipitaria Gill, (from its habitat ; stipes, a stem) abc .
P. umbihcato-plane, velvety or fibrillose; mid. pale ochre to
sienna ; marg. whitish. St. tough, fibrilloso-shaggy, light to
dark sienna. G. adnexo-free, white.
Frequent. July-Nov. f X i f x A ¡n-
243. C. hariolorum Quél, (from its fancied use by soothsayers;
hariolus, a soothsayer) a b.
P. campanulato-convex, smooth, pale ochreous-white ; mid.
ochreous. St. colour as P. or gradually dark fuscous below,
naked and pallid above. G. adnato-free, whitish.
Densely gregarious, somewhat cæspitose. Odour strong. Woods, amongst
dead leaves, beech, sometimes on rotten wood. Sept. l | X 2f x f in.
Closely allied to Marasmius.
244. C. eonfluens Quél, (from the confluent stems) abc.
P. convexo-plane or subumbonate, tough, white-buff. St. compressed,
pulverulento-woolly, white or pale brownish-lavender
or purplish.
In troops, or connate confluent rows. Amongst flr-leaves ; frequent.
June-Oct. 2 X 34 X J in. Closely allied to Marasmius.
245. C. ingrata Quél, (from the unpleasant odour; ingratus, unpleasant)
a b.
P. umbonato-expanded, very thin, pale livid buff. St. brownish-
purple, white mealy above. G. free, colour as P.
Cæspitose. Taste none, or slightly sweet ; odour slight, mouldy, fungoid,
sweetish-unpleasant. Woods, pine, damp places ; uncommon. Aug.-Oct.
2Î X 3 i X I in. There is a smaller form one-half the size of type.
246. C. eonigena Quél, (from its habitat ; conus, a cone, gigno, to
bear) abc.
P. convexo-plane or slightly umbonate, smooth, whitish-ochre or
brownish. St. strigose at base, white. G. adnexo-free, white.
Usually gregarious. Under conifers on the cones and amongst the leaves.
June-Dee. I X 2^ X | in. Must not be confounded with 259 and 260.
247. C. elrrhata Quél, (from the twisted base of the stem ; cirrus, a
curl) abc.
P. convexo-plane, slightly silky, white; mid. pale sienna. St.
flexuous, attenuate and twisted at the smooth or strigoso-
fibrillose base. G. adnate, white.
In troops. Amongst leaves of fir, etc., and decaying fungi. Aug.-Nov.
J X 3 X A Must not be confounded with 1424a.
248. C. tuberosa Quél, (from the tuberous base of the stem) abc.
P. convexo-plane, suliumbonate, slightly silky, w'hite ; mid. faintly
ochreous. St. slightly pulverulent, base smooth, sometimes
fibrillose, occasionally proliferous, attached to a sclerotium.
G. adnate, white.
Gregarious. On dead Agarics, Russuloe (1306, 1307), Lactarii, on Polyfortis
squamosus, fir-leaves, rotten fir-twigs, amongst moss, etc. Aug.-Nov.
2 | X 44 X A Fries says the summer form has no sclerotium; this is
very doubtful. The autumnal forms may have no sclerotium as the floccose
mycelium condenses in winter and forms a summer sclerotum.
249. C. racemosa Quél, (from the glandular hairs round the stem ;
racemus, a cluster) a b.
P. expanded, papillate, subtomentose, white or faintly greyish.
St. racemose, apparently proliferous with minute hairs bearing