1932] The Laccarias and Clitocybes of North Carolina 111 



2001. In ash pile, south of campus, November 23, 1915. 



2006. In ash pile, southwest of campus. Spores 3.7-5 x 5-7 Ajj,. 



2007. In soil containing ashes with moss Funaria, woods southwest of athletic 



field, December 6, 1915. Spores elliptic, smooth, hyaline, 3.6-4 x 5.8-6.7/t. 



2008. In soil containing ashes, burnt-over place in woods southwest of athletic 



field, December 8, 1915. 



7. Clitocybe conglobata Yitt. 



Plate 18 



The following is by Beardslee : 



Cap 2-5 cm. broad, at first rounded convex, becoming expanded 

 with the fleshy center somewhat prominent as an obtuse umbo, smoky 

 gray to almost pure white, usually darkest at the center, marked 

 with darker fibrils. Flesh white, thin at the margin, rather fragile ; 

 no marked taste or odor. 



Gills white, close, moderately narrow, varying in attachment from 

 adnexed to adnata deeurrent. 



Stem white, solid, curving, furfuraceous at the top, springing in 

 large numbers from a solid, white-fleshed, tuberous mass 10-12 cm. 

 thick. 



Spores globose, 6-7/x thick. 



This species was found twice at Asheville, and seemed very dif- 

 ferent from the related species with globose spores, which we have 

 referred to Clitocybe tumulosa. Specimens and photos were submit- 

 ted to Bresadola who referred them as above, with the statement "C. 

 conglohata Vitt. Funghi Mangerecci, tab. 34, not Fungi Tridentini, 

 tab. 32, which is C. cinerascens Bull. ' ' 



The first figure will be found to represent our plants well. It 

 shows the cap white to pale gray, and the same densely clustered 

 stems springing from a dense subterranean mass. The figure in 

 Fungi Tridentini does not show these features. "We are referring 

 our plants to C. conglobata Vitt., therefore, in the sense of Bresadola 's 

 later views. As we find it the plant seems amply distinct and well 

 worthy of a specific name. 



Asheville. Densely cespitose in thick woods. Beardslee. 



Linville Falls. In humus, August 24, 1922. No. 5758. Coker, coll.). 



