CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 717 



(bb) Plants rather small; gills fleBb color, pallid or violaceous. 

 i c i i Stem 3-7 cm. long; spi • micr. diam., very common. 794. 



c. toccata Fr. 

 (cci Stem 1-2 cm. long; spores 12-14 micr. diam., rare. 795. C. 



tortilia Fr. 

 i Pileus glabrous or dotted with dark points. 

 (b» Pileus thin, tunnel-form, cup-shape deeply umblllcate at 



maturity. 

 1 1- 1 Gills distant or Bubdistant. 

 id) Growing on lichens; pileus grayish-brown (moist), very 



small. 7!"». C. peltigerina Pk. 

 (.lilt Growing on » . ometimes on the debris <>r fo 



(e) Pileus virgate, with black scaly points; gills yellowish. 



poidi s Pk. 

 (ee) Pileus. stem ami gills smoky to ashy-brown (moist), pileus 

 glabrous. ~^-. C Fr. 



(cc) Gills crowded or el 



Pileus grayish-brown when moist at bast in the center; 

 pills close, 

 (e) Caespitose; pileus inf undibuliform ; gills long-decurrent. 



7S7. C. caespitosa Pk. 

 (ee) Not truly caespitose; pileus umbilicate; gills subdecur- 

 nt. 786. 0. aloidula Pk. 

 (dd) Pileus white or whitish-tan. gills very crowded. 

 (e) Stem attached by long white strands to decayed wood or 

 debris, often eccentric; gills decurrent. 785. C. eccen- 

 tric a Pk. 

 (ee) Stem without such strands; gills long decurrent. 784. 

 f '. adirondacki nsia Pk. 

 (bb) Pileus obtuse to convex-depressed; plants rather small, 

 (c) Gills, pileus and stem ashy-colored or brownish-gray. 

 id) Taste farinaceous. 7S9. C. ditopodd Fr. 

 (dd) Taste mild. 788. 0. metachroa Pr. 

 (cc) Gills, pileus and stem white or tinged tan color. 

 iili Pileus shining-white when dry. 79:>. ('. angustisaima Fr. 

 (dd) Pileus not shining-white. 



(e) On lawns, etc.. among grass. 791. C. morbifcra Pk. 

 (ee) In woods, among leaves. 792. C. compressipes Pk. 

 i.\Ai Pileus nm hygrophanous. 



(a) Stem 2-6 cm. thick; pileus very large, ochraceous tan, obtuse; gills 



soon dingy yellowish. 758. 0. maxima Fr. 

 (aa) Stem not as stout. 

 (b> Caespitose, often in large clusters; plants large. 



(c) Gills extending down the stem in lines or ridges; pileus dull- 

 white or pale tan. 757. C. piceina Pk. 

 (cc) Gills rarely decurrent In line-, 

 id) Pileus becoming deep funnel-shaped or depressed-concave; 

 very large. 

 Margin of pileus Bulcate; gills anastomosing on stem. 7.".:,. 

 C. gigantea Fr. 



Margin of pileus even; gills rounded behind at first. 756. 

 • ■ andida Br< 

 (dd) Pileus obtuse, umbonate or only slightly depressed. 



Pileus becoming scaly, reddish tawny t<> honey-colored. 

 7.".'.' ' tdelpha Morg 



ee) Pileus glabrous. 

 iti whole plant Baffron or dingy golden-yellow. 77: <\ 



illudens Schw. 

 i ft' i Plants nol at all yellow. 

 i l' i Pileus with a cartilaginous cuticle. smoky-tan or 

 paler. 77- | artilagim us Br 



