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color from a delicate tan to a dark brown and from 

 a light violet to a dark purple. Cap and gills pow- 

 dered with minute whitish scales^ resembling some- 

 what the threads of a spider's web. Margin wavy 

 in the cap of full growth. 



Flesh. — Whitish. 



Gills. — Broad, rather thick and distant, attached 

 to the stem, (adnexed) and flesh colored. 



Spores. — -White. 



Stem. — 1 to 3 inches, long, slender, firm, fibrous, 

 stuffed with fibres equal and of the same color as 

 the cap. 



Rins.- — ^None. 



lolva.— None. 



Odor.— MM. 



Habitat. — Woods and pastures; a ver}- variable 

 and very abundant species, growing singly or in 

 clumps, from June to October. Common every- 

 where. 



Edible. — 



CLITOCYBE illudens (Schw.) mocking, de- 



ceiving. 



Cap. — 3 to 5 inches broad, convex then expanded, 

 slightly depressed with a small umbo in the center, 

 smooth, dry, margin revolute, wavy, thin; bright 

 yellow in color. 



Flesh. — Quite thick, firm, yellow. 



Gills. — Distant, decurrent, branched, yellow like 

 cap. 



