Agaricaceae 



ciitocybe. color, same as pileus, stuffed, sometimes short, and pointed, sometimes 

 thickened at base. Taste and smell pleasant. Edible; good. 



C. Sllbinvolu'ta Batsch. turned under at the margin. Pileus 

 brick color, convex, depressed, smooth, margin closely involute. Flesh 

 pallid. Stem paler, stout, straight, somewhat equal, veined on the 

 lower part with oblique coalescing slightly elevated wrinkles, tomentose 

 and inclining to flesh color above toward the gills, base obtuse. Gills 

 decurrent, rather broad, of the same color as the pileus. 



The stem is rough on the surface and destitute of luster. It resem- 

 bles Paxillus involutus in size and habit, in the crenate and involute 

 margin of the pileus, and in the stem being obsoletely veined at the 

 base and tomentose toward the gills. Stevenson. 



New England, Frost; New York, Peck, Rep. 22. 



Edible, Cooke. 



C. geo'tropa Bull.l Gr. the earth; Gr. to turn. From the turned 

 down margin. PileilS 2-5 in. across. Flesh thick, white convex, 

 then plane and finally more or less depressed, obtusely umbonate, the 

 prominence remaining after the pileus becomes depressed, very smooth, 

 even, margin thin, incurved, downy, pale pinkish-tan or buff. Gills 

 decurrent, crowded, narrow, simple, white, then colored like the pileus. 

 Stem 35 in. long, i in. or more thick at the base, slightly attenuated 

 upward, compact, fibrillose, colored like the pileus or paler, solid. 

 Spores elliptical, 6-7x4-5^. Massee. 



In woods and on their borders. Often in rings or troops. 



Differs from C. maxima in being firmer, glabrous, and color much 

 more variable; from C. gilva in the thinner pileus, less crowded gills, 

 and white flesh. 



Spores 5-7 > W.G.S. 



In England and on the continent it is considered excellent and supe- 

 rior to most edible fungi. 



Found in West Virginia, 1881 ; Haddonfield, N. J., 1891. Spring 

 and autumn. Mcllvaine. 



Edible, coarse, dry. In stews and mixed to form croquettes or pat- 

 ties, it is a desirable species, owing to its plentifulness. 



C. spleil'dens Pers. splendens, shining. Solitary. Pileus 2-3 in. 

 across, flesh rather thick, white, plane then depressed or funnel- 



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