Agaricaceae 



ciitocybe. blue. Gills crowded, narrow, white inclining to yellowish. Stem 

 equal or tapering downward, solid, whitish. 



Plant 2-3 in. high. Pileus 2-3 in. broad. Stem 2 lines thick. 



Ground in woods. Croghan. September. 



The gills sometimes terminate rather abruptly and are not strongly 

 decurrent, hence it might easily be mistaken for a Tricholoma. The 

 margin of the pileus is sometimes marked with slight ridges as in Ag. 

 laterarius. The odor is weak but aromatic and agreeable. Peck, 26th 

 Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Found in plenty in oak woods near Philadelphia, and in West Vir- 

 ginia ; a few specimens in southern New Jersey. Autumn. 



Edible, and quite equal to most of the Clitocybes. 



C. tumulo'sa Kalchbr. tumulus, a mound. Cespitose. PiletlS 1-2 

 in. across, disk fleshy, margin thin; conico-convex then expanded, ob- 

 tusely umbonate or obtuse, even, glabrous, brownish-umber, becoming 

 pale, margin drooping. Gills more or less decurrent or slightly emar- 

 ginate, crowded narrow, white, then grayish. Stem 3-5 in. long, un- 

 equal, usually thicker below, minutely downy, pallid, solid. 



On the ground in woods. Spring and autumnal months. Readily 

 distinguished by the densely clustered habit, and the umber pileus. 

 The gills are very variable, sometimes distinctly decurrent, at others 

 rounded behind, and almost resembling a Tricholoma. Spores sub- 

 globose, 5-6/n. Massee. 



California, H. and M.; New York, Peck, Rep. 42. 



Sent to me by Mrs. Mary Fuller, Washington, D. C. The specimens 

 eaten were of good consistency and flavor. 



III. INFUNDIBULFOR'MES. 



* Pileus colored or becoming pale, etc., surface innately fiocculose or 



silky ; not moist. 



C. gigante'a Sow. giganteus, of gigantic size. Pileus 6-10 in. 

 across. Flesh rather thin in proportion to the size of the fungus, white, 

 or tinged with tan, glabrous when moist, slightly flocculose when dry; 

 margin involute then spreading, glabrous, rather coarsely grooved. 

 Gills slightly decurrent, broad, very much crowded, branched and con- 



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