CLASSIFICATION OP A.GARL 



Gregarious or subcaespitose. On the ground, grassy places, Bandy 

 fields or thin woods. July- September. Throughout the State. Aim 

 Arbor, Detroit, NVw Richmond, Marquette. Frequent. 



Sometimes ii occurs in abundance in one place. There is a pale 

 variety, almosl white, which is widely distributed. The short 

 stem, umbilicate and subzonate pileus distinguish it from C. <// 

 bogriseus. Ii is rarely if ever found in deep woods. It differs 

 from C. subplanus in its fragile <';i|>. 



608. Clitopilus albogriseus Pk. (Edibli 

 N. V. State Mils. Rep. 31, 1879. 



PILEUS 1-3 mi. broad, convex, firm, then plane, depressed or um- 

 bilicate, glabrous, pale gray, margin even. GILLS adnato-decurrent, 

 close, rather broad, grayish then flesh color. STEM .". • ; cm. long, 2-5 

 inin. thick, solid, subequal, glabrous, pale gray. SPORES elongated- 

 angular, 10-12x6-7 micr., apiculus oblique and prominent. <»l><»U 

 ami TASTE farinaceous. 



Gregarious or solitary. Ground, in conifer or frondose woods. 

 Ann Arbor, Marquette, Houghton. July-September. Not infre- 

 quent in northern Michigan. 



The larjje spores and longer stem separate it from C. microptlS) 



the solid stem and the spores from c. subplanus. These three are 



closely related. 



609. Clitopilus subplanus Pk. 

 N. V. Mns. Bull. L22, L908. 



PILEUS 2-3 cm. broad, convex-expanded, somewhat plane. .1. 

 pressed or umbilicate, glabrous, innately silky, grayishrwhite or 

 whitish. GILLS adnato-decurrent, close, moderately broad, white 

 lb., i flesh color. STEMS 24 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick, toughish, 

 ;•■ or subcompressed, subsilky, cuticle subcartilaginous, even. 

 si'i h;i:s angular, 9-1 1 x 6-7 micr.. flesh colored in mass ; im cystidia. 



Scattered. < ra decaying leaves, etc., in mixed woods. New Rich- 

 mond, Bay View. July- September. Frequent locally. 



This s| erics differs from the two preceding in its white gills 

 when young and its stuffed to hollow stem. The wholi 

 rather tough and it- taste and odor sre i 



