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The pileus sometimes has a dingy yellow or yellowish brown color. 

 The species, as the author himself remarks, has the color and general 

 appearance of Armillaria mellea Vahl. A r m i 1 1 a r i a 

 mellea exannulata Pk. evidently belongs here. The species 

 has been made a synonym of the European Agaric us tabe- 

 s c e n s Scop, by one author. 



Clitocybe fumosa Fr. 



SMOKY CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p.161 



Pileus fleshy, convex becoming nearly plane, obtuse, somewhat 

 gibbous when young, regular or irregular, even, glabrous, sooty 

 brown soon becoming livid when moist, gray when dry, flesh whitish 

 when dry ; lamellae close, adnate or decurrent, grayish white ; stem 

 nearly equal, solid or stuffed, fibrous, fleshy, glabrous, mealy at the 

 top, dingy white ; spores subglobose, 6-7 jx broad. 



Pileus 2.5-7.5 cm broad; stem 2.5-7.5 cm long, 4-10 mm thick. 



Gregarious or rarely cespitose. Albany co. September. 



Var. brevipes n. var. Stem short not exceeding 2.5 cm in 

 length. Otherwise like the typical form. Ontario co. October. 

 The stem in this variety seems to be constantly short so that the 

 pileus appears to rest on the ground. 



The specimens reported as Clitocybe ampla Pers. belong 

 to C . fumosa Fr. 



Clitocybe tumulosa Kalchb. 



MOUND CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 162 

 Pileus conic or convex becoming expanded, obtuse or umbonate, 

 even, glabrous, brown, becoming paler ; lamellae close, sinuate adnate 

 and decurrent in the same plant, cinereous white ; steam equal or 

 nearly so, solid, floccose pruinose, pallid; spores ellipsoid, 6-7x4 fi. 

 Pileus 2.5-5 cm broad ; stem 2.5-5 cm l° n g> 6-8 mm thick. 

 Densely cespitose. Pine groves. Essex co. September. Very 

 rare. Found but once. 



Clitocybe patuloides Pk. 



SPREADING CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 54, p.163, pl.E 

 Pileus fleshy, firm, rather thick, convex becoming nearly plane or 

 somewhat centrally depressed, glabrous, even and white or pale yel- 



