Agaricaceae 



ciitocybe. arcuate, crowded, narrow, about I line broad, white, then tinged yel- 

 lowish. Stem imperfectly hollow, elastic, tough, 1-2 in. long, 2-3 

 lines thick somewhat equal, polished, naked, reddish-rust color, base 

 thickened, downy. Spores subglobose, 4 5x3 4/A. 



Among leaves, etc. Gregarious, stems often grown together at the 

 base. Sometimes solitary and regular. Summer and autumn. Massee. 



Spores subglobose, 4-5x3-4^. 



Found in 1886 in West Philadelphia oak woods. Since in New 

 Jersey, North Carolina, and interior of Pennsylvania. 



Edible. Well cooked it compares favorably with C. infundibuliformis 

 and others of like texture. 



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Pileus shining white. 



C. cati'na Fr. catimts, a bowl. Pileus 2 in. broad, at first white, 

 in no wise hygrophanous, then passing into pale flesh-color during rain, 

 and into tan-color in dry weather, fleshy, moderately thin, plane then 

 funnel-shaped, always obtuse, even, smooth. Flesh thin, flaccid, white. 

 Stem 3 in. long, i % in. thick, stuffed, internally spongy, clastic, tough, 

 thickened and tomentose at the base. Gills decurrent, straight, de- 

 scending, not horizontal, broad, not much crowded, persistently white. 

 Fries. 



Ray Brook, Adirondack mountains. August. The pileus is at first 

 white, but in wet weather it becomes pallid or discolored with age. The 

 plants were found growing among pieces of bark of arbor vitae lying on 

 the ground. Peck, 43d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Quite common in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Woods 

 among dead leaves. August until frost. 



Edible. Excellent in flavor and quality. 



Series B. 



IV. CYATHIFOR'MES. 



C. cyathifor'mis Bull. cyathus, a cup; formis, form. Pileus I--2-3 

 in. across, flesh thin, piano-depressed when young, then infundibuli- 

 form, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, rather slimy and usually dark 

 brown when moist, becoming pale and opaque when dry, undulate in 



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