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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Figure 70. Clitocybe metachroa. Caps dark gray. Gills pale gray. 



The gills arc white, very narrow, scarcely broader than the thickness of the 

 flesh of the pilens. crowded, long, decurrent, snharcnate. some of them forked. 



The stem is slender, snhequal, not hollow, whitish, mycelio-thickened at the 

 base. Peck. 



The pilens is one to two inches broad and the stem is one to two and a halt 

 long. This is quite a pretty mushroom and has the Clitocybe appearance in 

 .-! marked degree, The long, narrow, decurrent skills, sometimes tinged with 

 yellow, some of them forked, margin of the pilens sometimes wavy, will assist 

 in distinguishing it. I have no doubt of its edibility. Found among leaves in 

 woods after heavy rains. With us it is confined to the wooded hill-sides. The 

 specimens in Figure 71 were found in Michigan and photographed by Dr. Fischer. 

 Found in Tnlv and AugU 



