CLASSIFICATION OP AGARICS 731 



.•ill vary. Some >.i\ the caps <>r both species are Bometimes mamil- 



late. Our plants gro\< in the m Is a ng leaves, in twos or singly, 



arid might !»<■ taken for C. candicans if one failed to examine ili«' 

 stem structure ;in<l the Bpores. The minute spores are onlj slightly 

 different in the two species, but can be used 88 a good diagnostic 

 character, since those of C. candicans are broader and shorter. 



770. Clitocybe albissima Pk. 

 N. Y. State .Mix. Rep. 26, 1874. 



PILEUS 3-8 cm. broad, /milium large, conves to expanded, dry, 

 thin and flexible, pure shining white ; n*t changed bj weather, 

 \i-i\ regular, margin subzonate. FLESH white. GILLS close, 

 short diecurrent, oarrow, whitish. STEW 5-8 cm. long, 5-10 nun. 

 thick, subequal or tapering upward, solid or sometimes with cavity 

 ;ii one place, glabrous above, Bubtomentose towards spongy base. 

 SPORES 6-8x4-5 micr., broadly elliptical, thin-walled, minutely 

 spinulose. ODOR sometimes slightly of radish. TASTE Blightly 

 hitter or mild. 



(Dried: Cap sofl and white; ^ills yellowish.) 



Gregarious, sometimes in fairy-rings. 



In conifer woods of northern Michigan, Marquette, Greenville. 

 August-September, [nfrequent. 



The siKiwy while cap and size distinguish C. albissima from C. 

 candicans ;in<l C. dealbata. In our specimens, which were identified 

 by Peck, the gills become yellowish in dried specimens, while the cap) 

 as in C. dealbata, retains its whiteness. The Bpores are unique in 

 being very minutely echinulate, like those of C pulcherrima. It is 

 said to be close to C. cerussata Ft. of Europe, which has globose 

 spores. Our specimens reported as C cerussata in 1-th Report, 

 Michigan Academy of Science, were found to belong here. 



771. Clitocybe connexa Pk. 

 V Y. State Mus. Rep. 26, L874. 



"PILEUS 5-7 cm. broad, convex, then expanded, subumbonate, 

 minutely silky, white, sometimes Jointly tinged blue, especially on 

 margin. GILLS crowded, narrow, decurrent, whitish. STEM 

 cm. long, l niui. thick, equal or tapering upwards, solid, whitish. 

 SPORES ovoid, 7 x 5 micr." 



