1922] The Laccarias and Clitocybes of North Carolina 123 



minutely squamulose, scarcely more than pruinose (not noticeable 

 except under a lens), not at all striate or fibrous, a very faint pinkish 

 tan or soiled white. Flesh very thin, less than 0.5 ram. in marginal 

 half, color of cap, quite strong and tough, decidedly bitter. 



Gills very much crowded, thin and narrow, only 1.5 mm. wide 

 in middle, pointed at both ends, many short, none branched, margin 

 quite entire, decurrent, color of cap at certain angles, faintly cream 

 colored at others. 



Stem about 2 cm. long to gill tips, 1.5-2.5 mm. thick near top, 

 somewhat larger downward, color of cap, smooth or minutely scaly- 

 dotted like the cap except below where is is covered with long, tough, 

 creamy hairs and strands which penetrate far into the surrounding 

 trash ; texture of stem very firm, tough and strong, with a softer cen- 

 tral core which may become partly hollow. 



Spores (of No. 817a) white, smooth, very small, oval-elliptic, 

 about 2.7-3 x 3.8-4.2^^. 



Schweinitz's plant has not been recognized since he described 

 it from this state in 1822. It was placed by him under the subgenus 

 Omphalia, but Curtis and Saccardo place it in Clitocyhe. The de- 

 scription agrees so well with our plants that I see no reason why 

 this name should not be applied to them. Clitocyhe eccentrica is the 

 same. A plant from Peck's herbarium, not type but authentic (Ray 

 Brook, N. Y., Peck, coll.), is exactly like ours and has the same spores 

 except slightly longer (2.8-3 x 4-5|U,). From published data it seems 

 impossible to separate this from C. candicans. Kauffman's spore 

 measurements for the latter would serve to distinguish (4x5.5-6/x), 

 but Ricken's measurements are like ours (2-3 x 4-5/x). Omphalia 

 scyphoides Fr. is also hard to separate. 



In most species of this group the cap has a tendency to become 

 one-sided at times, thus appearing eccentric. Following is a transla- 

 tion of the original description (Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 88. 1822) : 



''White, becoming yellowish, small, cap thin, inf undibulif orm ; 

 gills crowded, thin, decurrent; stem with white, radiating hairs. 

 Rare in autumn among leaves. Stem attached to leaves, hairs about 

 one inch long, spreading in a stellate manner." 



817a. On rotting bark, twigs, and leaves, woods southeast of campus, November 



7, 1911. 

 1782. On a very rotten mossy log, Lone Pine Hill, September 14, 1915. 



Reported by Schweinitz. 



