REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST I9II 71 



Cespitose. Woods. Saratoga co. July. Rare. Found but once. 



Some English mycologists and even Fries himself regarded this 

 as an overgrown irregular form of Clitocybe cerussata 

 Fr. In the Sylloge it is treated as a distinct species. 



Clitocybe robusta Pk. 



ROBUST CLITOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 49, p.17 



Pileus thick, firm, convex becoming plane or slightly depressed 

 in the center, glabrous, involute or decurved on the naked margin, 

 white or slightly clouded in the center, flesh white ; lamellae close, 

 narrow, adnate or decurrent, whitish ; stem stout, solid or hollow, 

 glabrous, equal or tapering upward, white ; spores ellipsoid, yellow- 

 ish, 6-8 x 4-5 [x. 



Pileus 7-10 cm broad; stem 2.5-7 cm l° n g> 16-24 mm thick. 



Single, gregarious or cespitose. Among fallen leaves in woods. 

 Common in hilly and mountainous districts. September to 

 November. 



This is related to Clitocybe Candida Bres. but may be 

 separated from it by the naked margin of the pileus, the absence 

 of any marked odor and specially by its broader spores. 



Clitocybe phyllophila Fr. 



LEAF-LOVING CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p.155 



Pileus fleshy, convex or plane, becoming depressed or umbilicate, 

 obtuse, even, dry, silvery on the margin by the silky veil, white; 

 lamellae moderately broad, subdistant, adnate or slightly decurrent, 

 white becoming yellowish ochraceous; stem equal, stuffed or hollow, 

 tough, downy and incurved at the base, spongy within, white, some- 

 times eccentric ; spores ellipsoid, 6-8 x 3-5 fx. 



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



Solitary or cespitose. Albany co. September. Rare. 



Clitocybe pithyophila Fr. 



PINE-LOVING CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p.iS5 

 Pileus fleshy, thin, nearly plane, umbilicate, glabrous, often wavy 

 or lobed on the margin, white when moist, shining white when dry ; 



