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Clitocybc sitbditopoda. Pk. 



Subditopoda is so called because it is nearly (sub) like Fries' C. ditopus, which 

 means living in two places, perhaps referring to the stem being sometimes central 

 and sometimes eccentric. 



The pileus is thin, convex or nearly plane, umbilicate, hygrophanous, grayish- 

 brown, striate on the margin when moist, paler when dry, flesh concolorous, odor 

 and taste farinaceous. 



The gills are broad, close, adnate, whitish or pale cinerous. 



The stem is equal, smooth, hollow, colored like the pileus. The spores are 

 elliptical, .0002 to .00025 inch long, .00012 to .00016 broad. Peck. 



It is found on mossy ground in woods. I have found them under pine trees 

 on Cemetery Hill. Dr. Peck says he separated this species from C. ditopoda 

 because of the "striate margin of the pileus, paler gills, longer stem, and elliptical 

 spores." The plant is edible. September and October. 



Clitocybc ditopoda. Fr. 



Ditopoda is from two Greek words, di-totos, living in two places, and pus 

 or poda, foot, having reference to the stem being central at times and again 

 eccentric. 



The pileus is rather fleshy, convex, then plane, depressed, even, smooth, 

 hygrophanous. 



The gills are adnate, crowded, thin, dark, cinereous. 



The stem is hollow, equal, almost naked. 



This species resembles in appearance C. metachroa but can be separated by 

 the mild taste and farinaceous odor. Its favorite habit is on pine needles. August 

 and September. I found this species in various places about Chillicothe and on 

 Thanksgiving day I found it in a mixed wood in Gallia County, Ohio, along with 

 Hygrophorus laurse and Tricholoma maculatescens. I sent some specimens to 

 Dr. Herbst, who pronounced it C. ditopoda. 



Clitocybc pithyophila. Fr. 



The Pine-Loving Cutocybe. 



Pithyophila means pine-loving. This plant is very abundant under pine 

 trees on Cemetery Hill. They grow on the bed of pine needles. The pileus is 

 very variable in size, white, one to two inches broad ; fleshy, thin, becoming 

 plane, umbonate, smooth, growing pale, at length irregularly shaped, repand, 

 wavy, sometimes slightlv striate. 



