Agaricacese 



ciitocybe. solid, fibrous, commonly ascending, smooth, reddish, the rooting base 

 hairy. Gills plano-decurrent, scarcely crowded, becoming yellow. Fries. 

 A very pretty species, densely gregarious, inodorous. The stem is 

 sheathed-hairy at the base like Marasmius peronatus. Its greatest af- 

 finity is with A. vernicosus, of which it is perhaps a variety. Stevenson. 

 Quite common in pine woods of New Jersey. Though small, goodly 

 messes of it may be gathered from its patches. The caps make a pleas- 

 ing dish. 



** Pileus becoming yellow . 



None reported as tested for edibility. 



**** Pileus greenish or becoming pallid. 



C. odo'ra Bull. adorns, fragrant. (Plate XXIV, fig. 9, p. 82.) 

 Fragrant. PileilS about 2 in. across, flesh rather thick, tough; soon 

 plane and wavy, even, smooth, pale dingy green, silky when dry. Gills 

 adnate, rather close, broad, greenish or pallid. Stem about 11/2 in. 

 long, 2 lines thick, base incrassated, elastic, stuffed. Spores elliptical, 

 6-8x4-5/4. In woods. Massee. 



Readily distinguished by the strong, aniseed smell, dingy bluish- 

 green pileus, and the pallid or greenish gills. 



Sometimes somewhat cespitose. Tough; size variable, color varies 

 between pale green and greenish-gray, usually all colored alike, but the 

 gills are sometimes white; smell pleasant, spicy, especially when dry. 

 Fries . 



Spores 6x5/4 K.; 8x4/4 B. 



A rather delicate, even exquisite dish. Cooke. 



Edible. Exceedingly spicy. The flavor is pleasant, but rather 

 strong. A few specimens mixed with others of like texture but less 

 flavor make a tasty dish. 



C. rivulo'sa Pers. rivns, a stream. (Named from rivulet-like streaks 

 on pileus.) Pileus 13 in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane and 

 depressed, obtuse, often undulately lobed, dingy flesh-color or reddish, 

 becoming pale, glabrous, then covered with a whitish down. Gills 

 slightly decurrent, broad, rather crowded, pinkish-white. Stem about 

 2 in. long, 34 lines thick, rather fibrillose, tough, elastic, whitish, 

 stuffed. Spores elliptical, 6x3.5/4. Massee. 



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