REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST K_)Il 89 



Clitocybe compressipes Pk. 



FLAT STEM CLITOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 33. p.18 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane, umbilicate, glabrous, hygro- 

 phanous, brownish when moist, whitish or pale tan color when dry, 

 flesh white when dry, odor slight, farinaceous ; lamellae close, subar- 

 cuate or horizontal, adnate or slightly decurrent, whitish; stem 

 firm, hollow, generally compressed, often slightly tapering upward, 

 slightly pruinose, colored like the pileus ; spores 5-6 x 4-4.5 /*. 



Pileus 2-3 cm broad ; stem 2-4 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Gregarious. In pastures or grassy places. Albany and Warren 

 counties. July. Not common. 



The odor is not always perceptible unless the pileus is moist or 

 broken. The umbilicate pileus, paler or whitish lamellae, time and 

 place of growth separate this species from Clitocybe 

 d i t o p o d a Fr. 



Clitocybe fragrans Sow. 



FRAGRANT CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 188 

 Pileus thin, convex becoming plane or umbilicate or centrally 

 depressed, glabrous, hygrophanous, watery white when moist, whit- 

 ish when dry, odor strong, aniselike ; lamellae close, slightly decur- 

 rent, 2 mm broad, distinct, white ; stem equal, slightly flexuous, 

 elastic, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, whitish ; spores 6-7 x 3-4 /x. 

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

 Woods among mosses and fallen leaves. Lewis co. July. Rare. 



