Leucosporee 



shaped, glabrous, shining, yellowish. Gills deeply decurrent, narrow, ciitocybe. 

 crowded, simple, white. Stem about I in. long, 3 lines thick, gla- 

 brous, colored like the pileus, solid, slightly thickened at the base or 

 equal. Massee. 



In woods, among pine leaves, etc. 



Intermediate between C. gilva and C. flaccida. The typical form of 

 C. gilva differs in the compact pileus, often with drop-like markings, 

 the very much crowded, somewhat branched, pale ochraceous gills and 

 flesh. Fries. 



Sent to me from Trenton, N. J., by E. B. Sterling. 



Edible; quality good, deficient in flavor. 



C. inver'sus Scop. inverto, inverted. Pileus 2-3 in. across. Flesh 

 thin, fragile; convex, soon funnel-shaped, margin involute, glabrous, 

 even, reddish or dull brownish-orange. Gills decurrent, simple, pallid 

 then reddish. Stem about I % in. long, 2 lines thick, glabrous, rather 

 rigid, paler than the pileus, stuffed, soon hollow. Spores subglobose, 

 4/u. diameter. Massee. 



Among leaves, etc. 



Gregarious, subcespitose, forming very large tufts, especially late in 

 the autumn, deformed. Smell peculiar, slightly acid. Stem sometimes 

 stuffed, usually hollow, hence compressed, rather rigid and corticated 

 outside, not elastic, without a bulb, glabrous, whitish; the somewhat 

 rooting base with white down, and often growing together in tufts, 

 variously deformed, curved, ascending, etc. Fries. 



Spores subglobose, 4/x Massee; 3/x, W.G.S. 



Closely resembles' C. infundibuliformis, but differs from it in the color 

 of gills and flesh. The entire plant is dark in color. Solitary; in troops; 

 cespitose. 



Found in mixed woods. Haddonfield, N. J. Summer and autumn. 



That part of the plant which readily breaks away from the stem is 

 tender and of good flavor. The remainder is tough. 



C. flac'cida Sow. flaccidus, limp. Pileus 2-3 in. across, flaccid, 

 orbicular, umbilicate, umbo persistently absent, margin spreading, 

 arched, glabrous, even, rarely cracking into minute squamules, tawny- 

 rust colored, shining, not becoming pale. Flesh thin, pallid, rather 

 fragile when fresh, but quite flaccid when dry. Gills deeply decurrent, 



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