THE WH1TE-SP0RED AGARICS 101 



Clitocybe obbata. Fr. 

 The Beaker-Shaped Clitocybe. Edible. 



Obbata means shaped like an obba or beaker. 



The pileus is somewhat membranaceous, nmbilicate, then rather deeply 

 depressed, smooth, inclined to be hygrophanous, sooty-brown, margin at length 

 striate. 



The gills are decurrent, distant, grayish-white, pruinose. 



The stem is hollow, grayish-brown, smooth, equal, rather tough. 



I found plants growing on Cemetery Hill under pine trees. I had some 

 trouble to identify the species until Prof. Atkinson helped me out. August to 

 September. 



Clitocybe gilva. Pers. 

 The Yellow Clitocybe. Edible. 



Gilva means pale yellow or reddish yellow. 



The pileus is two to four inches broad, fleshy, compact, soon depressed and 

 wavy, smooth, moist, dingy ocher, flesh same color, sometimes spotted, margin 

 involute. 



The gills are decurrent, closely crowded, thin, sometimes branched, narrow 

 but broader in the middle, ochraceous yellow. 



The stem is two to three inches long, solid, smooth, nearly equal, somewhat 

 paler than the cap, and inclined to be villous at the base. 



The spores are nearly globose, 4-5/x. 



This plant is sometimes found in mixed woods, but it seems to prefer pine 

 trees. It has a wide distribution, found in the east and south as well as the west. 

 I have found it in several localities in Ohio. Found from July to September. 



Clitocybe flaccida. Sow. 

 The Limp Clitocybe. Edible. 



Flaccida means flabby, limp. 



The pileus is two to three inches broad, rather fleshy, thin, limp, umbilicate, 

 then funnel-shaped, even, smooth, sometimes cracking into minute scales, tawny or 

 rust-colored, margin broadly reflexed. 



The gills are strongly decurrent, yellowish, to whitish, close, arcuate. 



The stem is tufted, unequal, rusty, somewhat wavy, tough, naked, villous at 

 the base. The spores are globose or nearly so, 4-5x3-471. 



