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lamellae close, 5-6 mm broad, very decurrent, white becoming pallid ; 

 stem equal, tough, stuffed or hollow, glabrous, white; spores sub- 

 globose, 4 x 3 IX. 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad ; stem 4-6 cm long, 2-5 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Among fallen leaves in woods, specially pine woods. 

 Warren co. September. Rare. 



Similar to Clitocybe pithyophila Fr. from which it 

 may be separated by its long decurrent lamellae. From C. 

 adirondackensis Pk. it is separated by its broader lamellae. 



Clitocybe adirondackensis Pk. 



ADIRONDACK CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 54. P-I74, pl-6f), fig-i-i3 

 Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane and umbilicate, or soon very 

 concave and infundibuliform, glabrous, moist in wet weather, white 

 or pale tan color, flesh white ; lamellae thin, close, narrow, very 

 decurrent, white ; stem equal or nearly so, glabrous, stuffed or hol- 

 low, colored like the pileus; spores subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, 



4-5 x 3-4 **• 



Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad ; stem 4-7 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Scattered or gregarious. Woods in hilly or mountainous districts. 

 July to October. Common. Edible. 



The lamellae are scarcely broader than the thickness of the flesh 

 of the pileus. The white pileus is sometimes slightly tinged with 

 brown in the center. 



Clitocybe gilva (Pers.) Fr. 



YELLOWISH CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 54. p. 174, pl.69, fig. 14-21 as C maculosa Pk. 



Pileus fleshy, compact, convex becoming centrally depressed, 

 glabrous, often marked with small round spots, minutely downy on 

 the involute young margin which is sometimes obscurely striate. 

 whitish or cream color, flesh white or tinged with the color of the 

 pileus, taste mild ; lamellae close, narrow, decurrent, whitish or yel- 

 lowish, some of them forked ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, 

 glabrous, stuffed or hollow, whitish, sometimes tomentose at the 

 base ; spores subglobose. 4-5 n in diameter. 



Pileus 2.5-7 cnl broad ; stem 5-7 cm long, 4-8 mm thick. 



\\ oods. Adirondack mountains. August and September. Rare. 

 Edible. 



