CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 7ji 



SPOKES broadly elliptical, »'» 7 i I :> micr., apiculate, with ;i large 

 oil-drop nearly filling the interior, whin-. ODOB Btrong, somewhat 

 aromatic to disagreeable. TASTE unpleasant, bitter. 

 1 Dried : Cap and gills ding} ochre to ochraceous buff, i 

 Single or subcaespitose. On verj rotten wood, or on debris under 

 hemlock trees in northern Michigan; under maple, etc., in the 



southern pari of the State. Ann Arbor, New Bid >nd, Detroit, 



Houghton, Huron Mountains, Marquette. Infrequent. Edibility 

 not tested. 



This is <nic of the large Clitoeybes, one of my specimens measur- 

 ing 25 cm. across the cap. h is easily known by the peculiar gills 

 and the narrow ridges al the apes of the stem. The chano 

 yellow on drying is very marked, and distinguishes this Bpeciee 

 fr C. nil/mil, a and C. Candida. Small to medium plants are ap- 

 parently more common than those of full size. The oil-drop in 

 the Bpores is Large and simulates a globular spore. The white 

 mycelium gives a white, mouldy appearance to the neighboring 

 leaves, etc. li appears to be the Bame as Paxillus extenuatus !•>.. 



in the sense of Kick. -n. 



758. Clitocybe maxima Fr. Edible) 

 Epicrisis, L836-38. 



Illustrations : Barla, Champignons des Alpes-maritimes, PL 50. 

 Plate CLV of this Report. | .Much reduced.) 



PILEUS 10-30 cm. or more broad, thick-fleshy, firm, ai first 

 broadly convex with broad umbo, thru plane, scared) subinfundi- 

 buliform in age but obtuse or broadly ambonate, always dry, with 

 ■•' thin, interwoven, silky-tomentosity on surface, slightly fl< 

 Bcaly in age, a1 firsl pallid, soon oohraceous-tan to rusty alutaceous, 

 margin at firsl involute ;llll | pubescenl tomentulose, then spreading 

 and even or only obscurely short-striate, PLESB thick an,/ com- 

 pact on disk, abruptly thin toward margin, later attenuated, whit- 

 ish becoming dingy. GILLS al firsl Biibemarginate becoming de 

 current to long-deeurrent in fully expanded plants, relativelj oar 

 n,w (4-10 mm.), acuminate at both ends, close, not ventrico 

 whitish ;,, first, soon dingy yellotcish, pale tan in age, separable 

 from pile, is. edge entire. STEM stoui and usuallj short, 6 12 cm. 

 l° n & inflated-bulbous to clavate-bulbous, 2-6 cm thick above, 3-8 

 cm. at bulb, spongy solid, covered by a thin, continuous, appremed 



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