Agaricaceae 



** Gills whitish. 



cntocybe. @. compres'sipes Pk. comprcssits, pressed together; pes, a foot. 

 PileuS thin, convex or expanded, umbilicate, glabrous, hygrophanous, 

 brownish when moist, whitish or pale yellow when dry, margin thin. 

 Gills close, subarcuate or horizontal, adnate or subdecurrent, whitish. 

 Stem firm, hollow, generally compressed, slightly pruinose. Spores 

 elliptical, 5-6. 5x4-4. 5/A. Flesh white when dry, odor slight, farinaceous. 



Plant gregarious, 1-1.5 in. high. PileuS 6-16 lines broad. Stem 

 12 lines thick. 



Grassy places. Albany. July. 



The moist pileus is sometimes obscurely zonate. The odor is not 

 always perceptible unless the pileus is moist or broken. The stem is 

 sometimes compressed at the top only, sometimes at the base only, and 

 rarely it is wholly top-shaped. Peck, 33d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Found on open lots in West Philadelphia. Though small it usually 

 grows in troops which yield fair quantity. The caps are tender and of 

 good flavor. 



C. fra'grans Sow. fragrans, fragrant. Smell strong, spicy. PileuS 

 about I in. across. Flesh rather thick; convex, soon expanded and 

 slightly depressed or umbilicate, even, glabrous, hygrophanous, uniform 

 watery-white, disk not darker, whitish when dry. Gills slightly decur- 

 rent, rather crowded, I line broad, distinct, whitish. Stem about 2 in. 

 long, equal, slightly curved, elastic, glabrous, whitish, stuffed then 

 hollow. 



In woods among moss, etc. 



Distinguished from other species resembling it in color and size, by 

 the fragrant smell resembling aniseed. Massee. 



Spores 6x4/1* W.G.S. 



Found in West Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. July to severe 

 frosts. Mcllvaine. 



Edible. The strong taste of anise is not lost in cooking. 



C. pino'pllila pine loving. Pileus thin, convex, umbilicate or cen- 

 trally depressed, glabrous, moist, pale tan-color, paler or alutaceous 

 when dry. Gills moderately close, subarcuate, adnate or slightly de- 

 current, whitish. Stem equal, stuffed or hollow, glabrous or subprui- 



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