Agaricacese 



Lepiota. Charles H. Peck, in 54th Annual Report of the New York State Mu- 

 seum, says of it: "It has shown considerable variability in some of its 

 characters. Usually its pileus is very white and smooth, clean and at- 

 tractive, but specimens have been found this year having the pileus 

 dingy or smoky brown, others have been seen in which the cuticle of 

 the pileus was cracked in such a way as to form minute squamules, and 

 In one or two instances plants were observed having the surface of the 

 pileus adorned with minute granules, a character attributed to L. nau- 

 cina Fr. In such cases the importance of recognizing the spore charac- 

 ters is shown. By disregarding this character our plant has sometimes 

 been referred to L. naucina and sometimes to Agaricus cretaceus Fr., 

 both of which it closely resembles, and with which it appears to be con- 

 fused by European mycologists, some referring it to one species and 

 some to the other. ' ' 



The species named are equally excellent. 



Clitocybe. Clitocybe patllloides Pk. (Plate III.) Pileus fleshy, firm, rather 

 thick, convex, becoming nearly plane or somewhat centrally depressed, 



glabrous, even and white when 

 young, with the margin incurved, 

 becoming pale ochraceous with age 

 and often squamose or rimosely are- 

 olate. Flesh white, taste mild, odor 

 like that of mushrooms. Lamellae 

 thin, close, slightly or strongly de- 

 current, forked or anastomosing at 

 the base, white. Stem usually short, 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, 

 solid, white. Spores broadly ellip- 

 tic, 6 8/x. long, 5/u. broad. 



PileilS 1-4 inches broad. Stem 

 13 inches long, 412 lines thick. 



Gregarious or cespitose. Woods, especially of pine. When grow- 

 ing in tufts the stem is often eccentric and the pileus irregular. The 

 base of the stem is often white tomentose. Its agreeable odor and 

 mild taste led to a trial of its edible qualities, but it developed a bitter 

 taste in cooking. Peck, 54th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



7H 



CLITOCYBE PATULOIDES PK. 

 About two-thirds nat. size. After Peck. 



