Agaricaceae 



ciitocybe. bulbous) base. Gills adnate, somewhat decurrent, very crowded, plane, 

 23 lines broad, distinct, quite entire, white. 



Odor not remarkable, but pleasant. Gregarious, somewhat cespi- 

 tose ; white indeed, but when moist watery and somewhat liygrophanous, 

 in which it evidently differs from A. phyllophila. A. tuba, which ap- 

 pears in the same places, is very like it. Stevenson. 



Spores 6-7x4^ B. 



Massachusetts, Sprague ; New York, Peck, Bull. 1887. 



Albion, Orleans county, N. Y., October, 1898, Dr. Gushing. 



Several specimens received were clearly referable to C. pithyophila, 

 though varying in having caps deeply depressed but not umbilicate. 

 The white tomentosity at base was present but indistinct. 



Four specimens were eaten and found good. Eaten enjoyably by 

 Dr. Gushing. 



C. flis'cipes Pk. fuscus, dirty; pes, a" foot. PileilS thin, broadly 

 convex or plane, umbilicate, glabrous, whitish and striatulate when 

 moist, pure white when dry, odor and taste farinaceous. Gills nearly 

 plane, subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, white. Stem equal, 

 glabrous or slightly mealy at the top, hollow, dingy brown when moist, 

 paler when dry. Spores globose, 5-6/u,. 



Pileus 4-8 lines broad. Stem about I in. long. Under pine trees. 

 Carrollton. September. Peck, 44th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Edible. Its small size gives it minor importance, but a quantity of 

 it makes an excellent meal. 







C. can'dicans Pers. candico, to be shining white. Entirely white. 

 Pileus about i in. across, flesh thin, convex then plane or slightly 

 depressed, umbilicate, regular or slightly excentric, even, with an 

 adpressed silkiness, shining, shining white when dry. Gills adnate 

 then slightly decurrent, crowded, very thin, narrow, straight. Stem 

 1-2 in. long, 1-2 lines thick, even, glabrous, cartilaginous, polished, 

 equal, hollow, base incurved, rooting, downy. Spores broadly elliptical 

 or subglobose, 56x4^. Massee. 



Among damp fallen leaves, etc. 



Entirely white, small, rather tough; approaching Omphalia in the 

 structure of the stem. The following form is described by Fries as 

 occurring in pine woods: Stem thin, flexuous, base glabrous; pileus 



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