396 _ NORTH AMERICAN FLORA 
Hygrophorus purpurascens (Alb. & Schw.) Fries, Epicr. Myc. 322. 
1805.) Reported from New York by Peck, 
who says that the American plant is quite different from the European. 
Reported from New York by Peck 
purpurascens Alb. & Schw. Consp. Fung. 182. 
Hygrophorus Queletit Bres. Fungi Trid. 1:11. 1881. 
[VorumE 9 
1838. (Agaricus 
in 1889, but the specimens so determined were later referred to H. pudorinus, 
Hygrophorus tephroleucus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 328. 
Reported from some of the 
eastern states by the older mycologists, who probably confused it with forms of H. hypothejus. 
40. CLITOCYBE (Fries) Quél. Champ. Jura Vosg. 48. 
Omphalius Roussel, Fl. Calvados ed. 2. 66. ren Not Omphalea L. 1759. 
Agaricus § Clitocybe Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 78. 
1872. 
Pileus fleshy, putrescent, mostly glabrous and not viscid, usually solitary or gregarious, 
cespitose but not wood-loving in a few species: lamellae decurrent, often adnate or varying to 
adnate: spores hyaline, usually smooth: stipe central, fleshy: veil none. 
Type species, Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch) Quél. 
J. SPECIES OCCURRING IN TEMPERATE NorTH AMERICA, EXCEPT THOSE CONFINED 
TO THE PACIFIC COAST 
Pileus white or whitish, sometimes differently colored on the disk. 
Pileus usually 3-5 cm. broad, rarely reaching 7 cm. 
Stipe 2.5~-5 cm. long. 
Hymenophore entirely white throughout, unvarying and un- 
changing. 
Species growing in grassy places. 
Hymenophore gregarious. 
Hymenopbore cespitose. 
Species growing on decayed wood. 
Stipe glabrous. 
Stipe strigose below, often eccentric. 
Species growing among leaves in woods. 
Pileus 1-3.5 em. broad. 
Stipe 2 mm. thick. 
Stipe 3-6 mm. thick. 
Pileus 4~7 cm. broad. 
Hymenophore whitish, partly tinged with some other color or 
varying to yellowish. 
Species growing in grassy places. 
Species growing on decayed wood. 
Spores globose. 
Spores ovoid. 
Species growing on the ground in woods. 
Stipe brown when moist, paler when dry. 
Stipe white or whitish. 
Context with farinaceous odor. 
Surface whitish, tinged with brown, at least on the 
disk. 
Surface very pale avellaneous. 
Context without farinaceous odor. 
Stipe 2-4 mm. thick. 
Stipe 4-8 mm. thick. 
Stipe reaching 7 cm. long. 
Stipe 2-5 mm. thick. 
Pileus plane or obtuse. 
Pileus umbilicate or infundibuliform. 
Stipe 5-12 mm. thick. 
Lamellae white, unchanging. 
Lamellae white, becoming yellowish-ochraceous. 
Lamellae whitish, becoming blackish on drying. 
Stipe 20 mm. thick. 
Pileus about 10 cm. broad. 
Stipe 2.5—7 cm. long. 
Stipe 1.5 em. or less thick. 
Stipe 1.5-2.5 em. thick. 
Stipe 7-10 em. long. 
Stipe 10-15 cm. long. 
Pileus yellow, yellowish, or isabelline. 
Hymenophore solitary or gregarious. 
Pileus 7 mm. broad. 
Pileus 1-2.5 cm. broad. 
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dealbata. 
Whetstoneae, 
iruncicola, 
eccentrica, 
candens. . 
regularis. 
pithyophila,. 
aperta. 
leptoloma, 
Robinsoniae. 
fuscipes. 
albidula. 
farinacea. 
phyllophiloides. 
subcyathiformis. 
connexa. 
adirondackensis. 
catina, 
phyllophila. 
subnigricans. 
tenebricosa. 
subconnexa, 
robusta. 
Overholtsii. 
submarmorea. 
parvula. 
