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(gg) Pileus without cartilaginous cuticle; whole plant 

 whitish. 774. C. multiceps Pk. 

 (bb) Singly, gregarious or subcaespitose; plants small to medium 

 size; stems seldom over 8 mm. thick, 

 (c) Pileus yellow, covered with dark brown scales; on wood. 



760. C. decora Fr. 

 (cc) Pileus not like the preceding. 



(d) Pileus greenish, bluish or yellowish, not scaly, 

 (e) .Whole plant yellowish, soft; spores globose, minutely 



echinulate. 781. C. pulcherrima Pk. 

 (ee) Tinged green or blue, 

 (f) Stem solid, 

 (g) Pileus green or tinged green. 767. C. odora var. 



viridis Fr. 

 (gg) Pileus tinged blue. 771. C. connexa Pk. 

 (ff) Stem stuffed then hollow; pileus greenish, 

 (g) Gills narrow, crowded. 767. C. odora var. anisearia 



Pk. 

 (gg) Gills rather broad, close. 767. G. odora Fr. 

 (dd) Pileus not green, blue nor yellow. 



(e) Pileus funnel-form or deeply concave at maturity, 

 (f) Pileus buff-white. 776. C. catina Fr. 

 (ff) Pileus reddish-tan fading to dingy white. 777. C. in- 

 fundibuliforviis Fr. 

 (ee) Pileus obtuse, umbilicate or slightly depressed. 



(f) Pileus smoky-brown, ashy brown or clouded with gray, 

 (g) Gills deeply decurrent. 



(h) Pileus obtuse, 3-7 cm. broad; gills white or tinged 

 yellowish, subdistant; stem clavate, stout. 763. 

 C. clavipes Fr. 

 (hh) Pileus more or less depressed, 1-3 cm. broad; gills 

 dingy white, close; stem equal, slender. 779. C. 

 parilis Fr. 

 (gg) Gills short-decurrent. 



(h) Stem slender, 1-3 mm. thick; pileus depressed; gills 



tinged ashy. 766. C. vilescens Pk. 

 (hh) Stem stout, 8-16 mm. thick; pileus obtuse to um- 

 bonate. 

 (i) Gills rather crowded. 762. C. nebularis Fr. 

 (ii) Gills subdistant; stem subequal. 



(k) Gills entire. 764. C. media Pk. 

 (kk) Gills forked. 765. C. carnosior Pk. 

 (ff) Pileus rufous-brown to brick red; 2-5 cm. broad. 



(g) Gills very crowded; flesh thin; pileus umbilicate. 780. 



C. sinopica Fr. 

 (gg) Gills hardly close; flesh thick on disk; pileus obtuse. 

 761. C. praecox Kauff. 

 (fff) Pileus whitish to shining white. 



(g) Growing on wood; gills narrow and crowded. 772. 



C. truncicola Pk. 

 (gg) On the ground among leaves, or in grassy places, 

 (h) Pileus dingy-white to pale tan, umbilicate; on pine 



needles on the ground. 778. C. pinophila Pk. 

 (hh) Pileus shining-white when dry. 



(i) Pileus 3-8 cm. broad; stem solid; spores minutely 



echinulate. 770. C. albissima Pk. 

 (ii) Pileus smaller, 1-4 cm. broad; stem stuffed to 

 hollow; spores smooth, 

 (k) Stem cartilaginous; pileus regular; in woods. 



768. C. candicans Fr. 

 (kk) Stem fibrous-tough; pileus wavy on margin; 

 usually in fields and pastures. 769. C. 

 dealbata Fr. 



