White-spored Series 



Sections of C. laccata 



Ti7tie — Spring to autumn. 



Habitat — Wood, swamps, or open fields, naked ground, mossy 

 or grassy places. 



Var. ameUiystina has cap darker, gills amethyst, quite 

 decurrent. 



Var. pallidifolia, gills paler than laccata. 



Var. striatitla, plants small, gills showing as lines through 

 the thin cap. 



Ciltocybe virens 



Cap or Pilcus — Fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse. Pale greenish 



blue. 

 Gitts or Lamella; — White, crowded, thin, slightly decurrent. 

 Stem or Stipe — White, with occasional rusty spots ; stiff, solid. 



Sometimes two stems are found growing together at the base. 

 Spores — White. 

 Flesh— \N\\\it. 

 Time — Autumn. 

 Bal'itat—lht specimen photographed was found growing in 



mixed woods in Pennsylvania. 



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