A treatise on the esculent funguses of England / containing an account of their classical history, uses, characters, development, structure, nutritious properties, modes of cooking and preserving, etc.

by David Badham

Subgenus 8. Clytocybe.[126]

Bot. Char. Veil none; pileus at first convex, at length infundibuliform; gills unequal. The characteristics of this subgenus are rather negative than positive; many of the contained species vary considerably amongst themselves, but the subdivisions founded on such variations are all well marked.

Subdivision Dasyphylli.[127] Gills in close juxtaposition, decurrent or acutely adnate.

Esculent species: Ag. nebularis.

Subdivision Camarophylli.[128] Pileus subcompact, dry; gills very distant, vaulted, decurrent.

Esculent species: Ag. virgineus.

Subdivision Chondropodes.[129] Pileus tough, dry, gills nearly free, close, white, external coat of stem subcartilaginous.

Esculent species: Ag. fusipes.

Subdivision Scortei. Pileus subcoriaceous; gills free, subdistant.