104 MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



It might be easily taken for the ringless Armillaria mellea, but the decidedly 

 decurrcnt gills and the solid stem ought to set any one right. In very wet 

 weather it soon becomes water-soaked, and is then not good. It is found in 

 woods about stumps, and in newly cleared fields about roots or stumps. From 

 spring to October. See Plate XII, Figure 75,- for an illustration. Bresadola of 

 Europe has determined this to be the same as that described by Scoparius in 1 772 

 as Agaricus (Clitocybe) tabescens. I have preferred to retain the name given 

 by Prof. Morgan. 



Clitocybe dealbata. Sow. 



The White Clitocybe. Ediblk. 



Dealbata means whitewashed ; so called from its white color. 



The pileus is about one inch broad, rather fleshy, convex, then plane, up- 

 turned and wavy, smooth, shining, even. 



The gills are crowded, white, attached to the stem. 



The stem is fibrous, thin, equal, stuffed. Spores are 4-5x2.5^. 



This is a beautiful plant and widely distributed. Found among leaves and 

 sometimes in the grass. It makes a delicious dish. 



Clitocybe phyllophila. Fr. 

 The Leaf-Loving Clitocybe. Edible. 



Phvllophila means leaf and fond of. It is so called because it is found on 

 leaves in the woods during wet weather. 



The pileus is one and a half to three inches in diameter, whitish-tan, rather 

 fleshy, convex, then plane, at length depressed, even. dry. noticeably white around 

 the margin. 



The gills are attached to the stem, decurrent especially after the cap is 

 depressed, somewhat distant, rather broad, white, becoming yellowish or ocher 

 tinged, thin. 



The stem is two to three inches long, stuffed, becoming hollow, silky, rather 

 tough, whitish. The spores are elliptical, 6x4/*. 



The whitish-tan cap with its white, silvery zone near the margin will serve 

 to identify the species. August to October. 



