i^;?;?] The Laccarias and Clitocybes of North Carolina 99 



KEY TO THE SPECIES 



Plants usually more than 5 cm. broad L. ochropurpurea (1) 



Plants less than 5 cm. broad 



Cap not marked by lines; plants larger than L. tortilis 



Gills pinkish lilac L. Jaccata (2~) 



Gills deep violet-purple L. amethystea (3) 



Cap distinctly striatulate; plants small; growing in 



wet places L. tortilis (4) 



1. Laccaria ochropurpurea (Berk.) Peck. 



Plates 7 and 33 



Cap 6-13 cm. wide, almost smooth or slightW scaly, often irreg- 

 ular and contorted, bright tan or clay color with a very light tint of 

 pink from the flesh which is light pink, thick in the center and thin 

 on the margin. 



Gills purplish-lilac, changing to grayish purple and powdered by 

 the spores, distant, very wide, thick, wavy and irregular, usually 

 sinuate and slightly decurrent by a tooth. 



Stem stout, usually crooked, variable in length and thickness, 

 tough and firm, solid, color of cap, longitudinally marked with pink- 

 ish fibers. 



Spores (of No. 1311) globose, minutely asperulate, 6.8-8. 5;u, in 

 diameter. A thick spore print of No. 4675 shows a decided tint of 

 pale lavender like the gills. 



Not rare in uplands along banks, roads and margins of woods. 



For other illustrations see Peck, Bull. N. Y. St. Mus. 116: pi. 106, 

 figs. 7-11. 1907 ; Mcllvaine, Am. Fungi, pi. 24, figs. 1-4. 1900 ; Hard. 

 Mushrooms, pi. 11. 



100. In Battle's Park, October 8, 1904. 



179. In mixed woods near creek, Glen Burnie Farm, October 1, 1908. 



181. Under log in damp ground, October 1, 1909. 



641. From under the sides of rocks by a road, October 28, 1912. 



761. Along "Fern Bank," September 14, 1913. 



1311. By road through deciduous woods, October 7. 1914. 



4675. Mixed woods near Pittsboro road, October 15, 1920. Spores pale lavender, 

 spherical with sharp straight mucro, minutely echinulate, 7.2-9.5/i thick. 



Asheville. Eather common. Beardslee. 



