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Clitocybe infundibuliformis ( Schaeff. ) Fr. 



FUNNEL FORM CLITOCYBE 

 X. Y. State Mus. Rep't 48, p. 174. pl.24, fig.1-6 



Pileus at first convex and slightly nmbonate, becoming infundi- 

 buliform, thin and minutely silky on the margin, dry, reddish or pale 

 tan color, fading with age, flesh white ; lamellae thin, moderately 

 close, decurrent, white or whitish; stem generally tapering upward, 

 spongy or stuffed, soft, elastic, colored like the pileus or rarely 

 whitish ; spores 5-6 x 3-4 /x. 



Pileus 4-7 cm broad; stem 5-7 cm long, 6-10 mm thick. 



Single or scattered, rarely tufted. Among fallen leaves in woods. 

 July and August. Common. Edible. 



Var. mem bran ace a Fr. Pileus thinner, not nmbonate and 

 stem more slender, equal. 



Clitocybe sinopica Fr. 



SINOPICAN CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p.167 



Pileus flesh}- but thin, plane or centrally depressed, often umbili- 

 cate, dry, glabrous or becoming flocculose and rivulose, ochraceous 

 red sometimes becoming paler with age, flesh white, odor farina- 

 ceous ; lamellae close, rather broad, slightly decurrent, white becom- 

 ing yellowish ; stem equal, somewhat fibrillose, stuffed, colored like 

 the pileus; spores 8-10 x 5-6 p. 



Pileus 2-4 cm broad; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Woods and on burned ground in open places. June to September. 

 Adirondack mountains. 



Clitocybe sinopicoides n. sp. 



SINOPICANLIKE CLITOCYBE 



Pileus thin, convex with decurved margin, umbilicate, floccose 

 -'luamulose specially in the center, obscurely fibrillose on the margin, 

 firm, tawny red or brick red, flesh white, taste and odor farinaceous ; 

 lamellae moderately close, arcuate, decurrent, white, the interspaces 

 slightly venose; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, subfloccose 

 or glabrous, solid or stuffed, colored like the pileus; spores 

 6-8 x 3-4 (i. 



Pileus 2-4 cm broad; stem 2-4 cm long. 2-5 mm thick. 



Among mosses in low wet places. Essex co. June. 



