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Svave Museum or Narurat HIisrory. 6L 
Pileus 1 to 2.5 in. broad; stem 1 to 1.5 in. long, 3 to 5 lines thick. 
Among mosses in open places. Catskill mountains. September. 
This and the next preceding species belong to the section Genuina. 
Tricholoma putidum, fF’. 
Under pine trees. Catskill mountains. September. 
Our specimens agree accurately with the description of 7. putidum, 
except that the pileus is not umbonate; but this character is limited 
by Fries in Icones Selectz to young plants. 
Clitocybe subsimilis, n. sp. 
Pileus at first conical or subturbinate, then plane, nearly obconical: 
soft, fleshy, pure white, the margin at first involute and somewhat 
tomentose, then even or marked with irregular ridges, as if from 
matted tomentum, flesh white, taste mild; lamelle in the young plant 
adnate, in the adult, decurrent, subdistant, often branched, white, the 
interspaces venose; stem equal or merely subbulbous, by no means 
obclavate, solid, soft, elastic, white; spores broadly elliptical or sub- 
globose; .0002 to .00025 in. long, .00016 to .0002 broad. 
Pileus 1 to 1.5 in. broad; stem 1 to 2 in. long, 2 to 4 lines thick. 
Under pine trees. Catskill mountains. September. 
This species is closely related to Clitocybe clavipes, of which there is 
said to be a white variety. I have separated our plant not only 
because of its pure white color, but also because of its peculiar stem, 
which is not at all obclavate as in C. clavipes, though sometimes it is 
slightly and abruptly bulbous. Its resemblance to C..clavipes has 
suggested the specific name. It is very unlike C. obtexta in its dry 
pileus and subdistant lamellie. 
Variety monstrosa. Lamelle reticulately branched or anastomosing, 
causing the hymenium to appear porous either wholly or in part. 
With the typical form. 
Clitocybe czespitosa, n. sp. 
Pileus thin, infundibuliform, often irregular, slightly. silky, hygro- 
' phanous, grayish brown when moist, subcinereous or argillaceous 
when dry; lamellee narrow, close, decurrent, somewhat branched, 
white; stem equal, stuffed or hollow, silky, white; spores minute, 
subelliptical, .00012 to .00016 in. long. 
- Pileus 1 to 1.5 in. broad; stem about 1 in. long, 2 to 3 lines thick. 
Thin woods. Catskill mountains. September. 
The plant is remarkable for its czespitose mode of growth and its 
irregular, deformed appearance. The pileus is somewhat perforated. 
The relationship is with ©. expallens, C. Adirondackensis, ete. 
