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Gills, adnate, with a decurrent tooth, plane, flesh color to 

 violaceous, at length mealy from the white spores, which are 

 abundant. 



Stem, tough, fibrous, stuffed, flexous, or crooked white 

 villous at the base. 



Var. amethysticus, whole plant violet blue. 



The name of species is derived from lac, a resinous substance from a 

 tree in the East Indies, which has a color similar to that of pileus. 



This is a very perplexing species, since there are a number of varieties. 

 It varies in size from specimens of three inches to so small that you can 

 hardly believe it the same species. It also varies in color from the lac 

 brown to almost purple ; so the color of gills also varies. Abundant all 

 over the county. Wherever I traveled I met with specimens. 



C. ochropurpurea. Berk. Clay-purple Clitocybe. 



This species is named from the light clay-colored pileus and 

 the purple gills. 



Pileus, convex, fleshy, compact, clay-colored, sometimes 

 tinged with light purple around the margin, which is involute. 

 There are some odd forms of the pileus of this species, so as to 

 be almost unrecognizable. 



Gills, purple, but some white with the white spores, decur- 

 rent, broad, distant. 



Stem, robust, white, tinged with violet, solid, fibrous. 



This is purely an American species and nearly related to laccatus. The 



pileus is of a light ochraceous color, and the gills are light purple, hence 



the specific name. Some seasons it seems to be abundant, while in others 



it is more rare. Old specimens have the gills whitened with the white 

 spores. 



C. ditopus. Fr. 



The Two-legged Clitocybe, or stems growing together. 



Pileus, two inches or more broad, convex, expanded, moist,, 

 ash-grey. 



