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496. E. Wynnei Sacc. (after Mrs. Lloyd Wynne) a b.
P . plane, smooth, sometimes umbilicate, pale umber or smoky ;
marg. crisped, striate, at first smooth, then breaking up into
minute sc. St. hollow, dusky grey. G. sinuate, veined,
pallid salmon.
Taste insipid; odour of bugs or like 1278. Woods, fir. Sept.-Nov.
2j X 3 X A Allied to 497, but with G. less veined, less undulate and
less distant.
497. E. eostatum Gill, (from the transverse ribs or veins on the gills;
costa, a rib) abc . ’
P. plane, fuscous-livid or greyish. St. hollow, colour as P. G.
very broad, almost free, salmon.
Solitary or cæspitose. Odour none. Damp meadows, pastures, swampy
ground, grass-covered stumps : common. Aug.-Nov. 2 f X 2 x A « •
498. E. serieeum Quél, (from the silky pileus ; sericeus, silky) abc .
P. plane, umber ; mid. darker. St. hollow, pale greyish-umber.
G. emarginate, greyish then rufescent.
Gregariims. Odour strong of new meal. Meadows, open woods ; frequent.
May-Oct. 2 X 2j x A This and 499 may be one species.
499. E. Pepsoonii Sacc. (after C. H. Persoon) abc .
P. campanulate, subumbonate, silky-fibrous, splitting, membranous,
white ; mid. faintly ochreous ; marg, striate to disc. St. hollow
above, abruptly bulbous, cartilaginous, white. G. adnexo-
adnate, pale rose or flesh-colour, then darker.
Grassy places. Autumn. 2 X 2j X A in-
500. E. nidorosum Quél, (from its strong odour ; nidor, reeking) abc.
P. plane, ashy fawn-colour, whitish or purple-brown. 5/. stuffed,
whitish. G. emarginate, salmon.
Odour nitrous, alkaline, sometimes obsolete. Lawns, open woods : common
. Aug.-Nov. 3 X 3 f X A in.
501. E. speculum Quél, (from the shining pileus ; speculum, a mirror)
P. plane or depressed, umbonate, whitish-straw or whitish ; marg.
striate. .St. stuffed or hollow, paler than P. G. adnexo-free
ventricose, salmon. ’
Solitary or subcæspitose. Odour none. Amongst grass and twigs. Oct.
X X J in.
502. E. tortipes Mass. (from the twisted stem ; tortus, twisted, pes a
foot) ab .
/ I hygrophanous, thin, splitting, plane, depressed, umbonate, livid
brown. St. solid, with a bark, striate above, pale brown within
and without. G. sinuate, salmon-white.
On dung. Autumn. 3f X 2j x A in-
XVI. CLITOPILUS Quél.
(From the decurrent hymenophore ; Gr. klitos, a declivity,
pilos, a cap.)
Veil indicated by silkiness and flock. Hymenophore confluent and
homogeneous with the fleshy stem. Pileus more or less depressed
or umbilicate, margin at first involute. Stem central, simple, fleshy
or fibrous. Gills decurrent, white, except 506, then salmon. Spores
smooth or warted, salmon, sometimes very pale. (Fig. 25.)
All the species grow on the ground. They have a more or less
mealy odour. Some are tasteless, others edible.
Clitopihis agrees in structure with Clitocybe and in part with
Flammula. Species 503—513
a. Orcellce. Pileus irregular, somewhat excentric, flexuous,
somewhat hygrophanous, margin at first flocculose. Gills
deeply decurrent. 503—509
b. Sericella. Pileus regular, silky or hygrophanous-silky, margin
involute, naked. Gills adnate, slightly decurrent. 510—513
a. Orcellce.
503. C. prunulus Quél, (from the pruinose appearance of the pileus)
abc.
P. plane or convex, broadly subumbonate ; when young faintly
grey, then whitish. St. solid, frequently central, paler than P.
G. subdistant, flesh-colour.
Edible. Odour strong of new meal, or like 1527. Woods and open
places ; common. June-Oct. 3Ì X 2J x J in. This and 604 are not
insect eaten.
504. P. oreella Quél, (from the old Italian popular name ;
like an ear) abc.
P. plano-depressed, lobed, undulate, white. St. solid, flocculose,
often excentric, colour as P. G. crowded, whitish flesh-colour.
In troops. Edible. Odour as in 503 or of Syringa leaf or cucumber, or fresh
meal and cucumber. Open grassy places, sometimes in rings 20 feet in
diam. ; frequent. June-Oct. 4® x J X J in. Intermediate forms occur
between this and 503.
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