JO NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Clitocybe subcyathiformis Pk. 



SAUCER CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 122, p. 136, pi. no, fig.1-6 • 

 Pileus fleshy but thin, broadly convex or nearly plane becoming" 

 centrally depressed, glabrous, watery white and often obscurely 

 striatulate on the thin soon spreading margin when moist, white 

 when dry, sometimes slightly colored in the center, flesh white, taste 

 mild; lamellae thin, narrow, moderately close, adnate or slightly 

 decurrent, white or whitish; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, 

 stuffed or hollow, fihrillosely reticulate, whitish, often with a whit- 

 ish mycelioid tomentum at the base ; spores ellipsoid, 6-8 x 4-5 fx. 

 Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad ; stem 2.5-4.5 cm long, 4-8 mm thick. 

 Gregarious. Among fallen leaves under alders and birches. 

 Albany and Warren counties. September and October. Rare. 

 Edible. 



Clitocybe cerussata Fr. 



WHITE LEAD CLITOCYBE 



Sylloge V, p. 1 54 



Pileus fleshy, convex or plane, obtuse, even, moist, glabrous, white, 

 flesh soft, thick in the center, white, taste mild ; lamellae thin, nar- 

 row, very close, adnate or decurrent, white, unchangeable ; stem 

 elastic, downy at the base, naked above, white ; spores minute, sub- 

 globose, 4-5 ^ 3-4 p. 



Pileus 4-8 cm broad ; stem 3-7 cm long, 6-10 mm thick. 



Scattered or gregarious. Woods. Adirondack mountains. Sep- 

 tember and October. Not common. 



The lamellae in our specimens are apparently less close than is 

 required by the description of the European plant. 



Clitocybe difformis (Schum.) Sacc. 



DEFORMED CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 191 



Pileus fleshy, large, undulately lobed, at first sprinkled with flocci 

 or sometimes glabrous, white ; lamellae white becoming pallid ; stem 

 short, thick, longitudinally rugose or grooved, white; spores 4-5 x 



3-4 /*• 



Pileus 5-15 cm broad ; stem of the larger ones about 2.5 cm long, 

 2-2.5 cm thick. 



