728 THE AGARICACEAE OF MICHIGAN 



**Pileus greenish. 

 767. Clitocybe odora Fr. (Edible) 



Syst. Myc, 1821. 



[frustrations: Michael, Ftthrer f. Pilzfreunde, No. 86. 

 Fries, Sverig. iitlig. u. gift Svamp., PL 85. 

 Gillet, Champignons de France, No. 113. 

 Marshall, Mushroom Book. p. 71, PL XV. I As Clitocybe 



or virens.) 

 Conn. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 3, PL XVII. 



PILEUS 3-8 cm. broad, rather thin, convex then expanded-plane, 

 subrepand, even, glabrous, margin incurved and pliant, sometimes 

 substriate, pale dingy-green to bluish-green varying to whitish. 

 FLESH white, rather tough, GILLS rather broad, close, adnate- 

 decurrent, white then yellowish or tinged green. STEM 3 to 8 cm. 

 long, 4-6 mm. thick, equal or thickened below, pruinose at apex, 

 stuffed then hollow, white mycelioid or often soft-spongy at base, 

 white or tinged green. SPOKES 6-8 x 4-5 niicr., broadly elliptical, 

 smooth, white. ODOR fragant, sometimes evanescent. "Flavor, 

 when cooked, rather strong, but not unpleasant." (Mcllvaine.) 



(Dried: Green color disappears; pileus grayish-tan to dark 

 fuscous; the deep green colored pileus darkest when dried, those 

 merely tinged green, paler; gills alutaceous.) 



Subcaespitose, base of stem often deeply sunk in leaves and for- 

 est-mould. In conifer and broad-leaved forest. Marquette, Hough- 

 ton, Ann Arbor. August-September. This typical form is rare. 



This species runs into two varieties, C. anisearia Pk. and C. 

 viridis Fr., of which the first variety is by far the commonest of 

 the three in Michigan. The odor is usually strongly fragrant, but 

 is variable, so that a normal green plant may be almost in- 

 odorous in age, further, the color varies to white with no sign 

 of green, in which case the odor may be very marked. The color 

 may therefore be white, or tinged a delicate green, dull uni- 

 formly green, grayish-green to bluish-green. The variability of the 

 plant has caused some uncertainty as to whether our form is the 

 same as the European plant. Our commonest form or variety has 

 narrow, crowded gills, and is given below as ('. anisearia Pk. 

 Fries and others describe C. odora with broad gills, not crowded; 

 and C. viridis with crowded, white sills and solid stem. I believe 



