Agaricaceae 



ciitopiius. ous. Gills thin, close, slightly or deeply decurrent, at first whitish or 

 pale gray, then flesh-colored. Stem nearly equal, solid, minutely floc- 

 culose, sometimes fibrous-striated, colored like or paler than the pileus. 

 Spores irregular, 7.5-10x6.5^. 



Pileus 2-4 in. broad. Stem 1.5-3 m - l n g, 3 -6 lines thick. 



Ground and old prostrate trunks of trees in woods and open places. 

 August and September. 



Our species has been found to be edible, but its flavor is scarcely as 

 agreeable as that of some other species. Peck, 42d Rep. N. Y. State 

 Bot. 



It requires longer cooking than C. prunulus, and is then quite equal 

 in excellence. 



The fungus is so named because of the abortive form of it frequently 

 found associated with it. This is faithfully portrayed on Plate LXIII. 

 This is in every way similar to the aborted forms of C. prunulus and 

 Armillaria mellea. 



Both forms plentiful near Philadelphia. The undeveloped masses 

 are also similar to those of C. prunulus. 



The abortive form is a superior edible to the original. 



C. popina'lis Fr. popina, a cook-shop. PileilS 1-2 in. across, 

 flesh thin, flaccid, convex then depressed, somewhat wavy, glabrous, 

 opaque, gray, spotted and marbled. Flesh grayish-white, unchange- 

 able. Gills very decurrent, broader than the thickness of the flesh of 

 the pileus, lanceolate, crowded, dark-gray, at length reddish from the 

 spores. Stem stuffed, 1-2 in. long, 2 lines thick, equal, often flexu- 

 ous, naked, paler than the pileus. Spores subglobose, slightly angular, 

 4-5/A Massee. 



Solitary or gregarious, smell pleasant like new meal, entirely gray. 

 Fries. 



Woods. Gansevoort. July. The whole plant is of a grayish color 

 except the mature gills, which have a flesh-colored hue, and the base 

 of the stem, which is clothed with a white tomentum. It has a farinace- 

 ous odor. Peck, 5ist Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Scattered. Mt. Gretna, Pa. September to November. Mcllvaine. 



Edible, pleasant. 



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C. carneo-al'bus Wither. light flesh color. Pileus up to i in. 



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