108 Journal of the Mitchell Society [September 



4. Clitocybe cerussata Fr. 



Clitopilus caespitosus Pk, 



Plate 13 



The following is by Beardslee : 



Strongly cespitose ; cap 3-10 cm. broad, round convex, becoming ex- 

 panded and plane or depressed, white with a silky luster, often gray- 

 ish white with a water-soaked appearance with age, margin thin, 

 even or obscurely striate, inrolled at first. Flesh white to watery 

 white. 



Gills white becoming dingy or flesh-color, narrow, crowded, many 

 shorter and a few forking, sinuate-adnate to adnate-decurrent. 



Stem 7-10 cm. long, usually about 1 cm. thick, spongy stuffed be- 

 coming hollow, silky fibrillose. 



Spores 2.5-3 x 4-5/x ellipsoid, flesh color in mass. 



This is without doubt Peck's Clitopilus caespitosus. In many 

 ways, however, it is more suggestive of Clitocyhe than Clitopilus. It 

 is true that the spores have a rosy tint when they are viewed in 

 mass, but they are much lighter than is usual in Rhodosporae. In 

 fact if care is not taken to secure a good spore print they ma.v easily 

 pass for white. The fact that a number of species of Tricholoma, 

 Clitocyhe, and Pleurotus have spores that are not pure white lead to 

 the belief that this plant might be known in Europe as a Clitocyhe. 

 Specimens and photographs were accordingly submitted to Bresadola 

 who positively identified our plant as C. cerussata Fr., our usual form 

 being variety difformis. 



We are therefore referring our plant to this species especially as 

 its large size, fragile flesh and light colored spores seem to indicate 

 a closer relationship with Clitocyhe than Clitopilus. 



Asheville. In large masses in the margins of woods. Beardslee. 



5. Clitocybe illudens Schw. 



Plates 14, 15 and 33 



Cap up to 15 cm. broad, expanded then depressed in center, bright 

 orange or golden yellow ; margin elevated or drooping, surface smooth 

 and glaljrous. Flesh yellowish, taste and odor rather strong. 



Gills close, strongly docurrent, color of cap. 



