24 MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Clitocybe ochropurpurea Purple Top 



Cap small, 4-5 cm. wide, pale yellow or ocher-yellow, sometimes tinged with 

 purple, smooth or very slightly hairy, convex to flat, then upturned and irregular; 

 stem tall, 5-8 cm. by 1-2 cm., thicker near the middle, pale yellowish, purplish in 

 spots, often rough with fibers, solid ; gills decurrent. purple, in age whitened 

 by the spores. 



On ground in woods, during summer and autumn ; excellent when well-cooked. 



Clitocybe cyathiformis Cup Top 



Cap small. 3-7 cm. wide, dark brown or smoky, smooth, sometimes slimy 

 when moist, flat or depressed, finally funnel-form and irregular ; stem slender, 

 5-10 cm. by 5-8 mm., brownish or smoky, covered with threads, woolly at base. 

 stuft"ed or hollow : gills decurrent. more or less brownish, distant, often joined 

 near the stem; spores elliptic, 8-10 X S-6fi. The name refers to the cup-like cap. 



In woodland and grassland, rarely growing on decaying wood, in autumn ; edible. 



Clitocybe infundibuliformis Funnel Top 

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Cap small to medium. 5-10 cm. wide, tan or buff, tinged with reddish, smooth, 

 fiat, then depressed and funnel-form , often irregular from mutual pressure in 

 clusters; stem somewhat stout, 3-8 cm. by 6-12 mm., pinkish tan or buff, smooth, 

 tapering upward, stuffed or hollow, with a mass of white hairs at the base among 

 the leaves; gills decurrent. whitish; spores ellipsoid, S-6 X SAjx. The name 

 refers to the funnel-like cap. 



Among leaves in woods, during summer and autumn ; edible and of good quality. 



Clitocybe multiceps Tufted Top 



Cap small, 3-7 cm., grayish-tan or whitish, smouth. hemispheric to convex 

 and irregular from pressure; stem short, or lengthened in age. 3-8 cm. by 6-10 

 mm., whitish or grayish, smooth, elastic, stuff'ed or solid ; gills adnate or decurrent. 

 whitish, crowded; spores rounded. 5-7/x. The name refers to the habit of 

 growing in dense clusters. 



Growing in dense masses in meadows and lawns, from spring to freezing 

 weather, often into December: one of the best of edil)le species. 



Clitocybe monadelpha Honey Top 



Cap small. 3-8 cm. wide, honey-colored to brownish, at first smooth, then 

 more or less cracked or scaly, convex, then flat or depressed ; s t e m tall, slender. 



