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Gregarious or scattered. Mossy ground in woods. Essex co. 

 September. Rare. Edible. 



This species differs from the two following in its thinner pileus 

 and equal stem. 



Clitocybe nebularis (Batsch) Fr. 



CLOUDED CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 48, p.172, pi. 23, fig.8-13 



Pileus fleshy, compact, convex becoming plane or slightly 

 depressed in the center, even, grayish or clouded with a grayish 

 nebulosity, sometimes darker in the center becoming paler with 

 age, sometimes with a yellowish tint, flesh white; lamellae close, 

 narrow, adnate or slightly decurrent, white or pallid; stem firm, 

 stuffed, generally tapering upward, fibrillosely striate, white or 

 pallid; spores minute, ellipsoid, 4-5 x 2-3 /a. 



Pileus 5-10 cm broad; stem 4-8 cm long, 10—20 mm thick. 



Woods and bushy places. September. Rare. Edible. 



Hitherto found in only two or three places in our State. The 

 pileus is sometimes broadly obconic when mature. 



Clitocybe clavipes (Pers.) Fr. 



CLUB STEM CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Mem. 4, p. 139, pl.46, fig. 1-6 



Pileus very fleshy, convex or nearly plane, obconic, obtuse or with 

 a small umbo, soft, grayish brown, sooty brown, sometimes darker 

 in the center than on the margin, flesh white, taste mild; lamellae 

 rather broad, subdistant, decurrent, white or cream colored ; stem 

 tapering upward from a thickened or subbulbous base, solid, elastic. 

 soft and spongy within, glabrous or slightly hbrillose, colored like 

 or a little paler than the pileus; spores ellipsoid, 6-8 x 4-5 p.. 



Pileus 2.5-7.5 cm broad; stem 1-6 cm long, 6-12 mm thick at 

 the top, 15-24 mm at the base. 



Solitary, gregarious or rarely cespitose. Woods. Common. July 

 to October. Edible. 



This species is readily distinguished by its obconic pileus and 

 upwardly tapering stem. Clitocybe carnosior Pk. is a 

 synonym. 



