104 Guide to the Mushrooms 



CLITOPILUS prunulus (Scop.) from prunus, 

 plum. 



Cap. — 2 to 3 inches broad^ fleshy, at first con- 

 vex, then bent backward, dry, gre^^ish white, 

 smooth ; margin at first regular then wavy. 



Flesh. — Firm, white. 



GUIs. — Extended far downward on the stem (de- 

 current), thin, somewhat distant, flesh colored. 



Spores. — Pointed at each end, pink. 



Stem. — 1 to 2 inches long, and up to 1-2 inch 

 thick at the base, white, lined,- solid, smooth, equal. 



Ring. — None. 



Volva. — None. 



Odor. — That of fresh meal. 



Taste. — ]\Iild. 



Habitat. — In woods growing singly, sometimes 

 in small clusters of two or three, not very abund- 

 ant, from June to October. Quite frequent in 

 New England. 



Edible. 



ENTOLOMA rhodopolium (Fr.) from the 



Greek meaning rose-grey. 



Cap. — 2 to o inches broad, fragile, bell-shaped, 

 then expanded with a slight knob in the center, at 

 length plane and slightly depressed, covered with 

 small fibres when young, smooth when full grown, 

 dingy brown when moist and water soaked, pale 



