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MESI/h'OOMS. EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



by the entire width ; pale fleshy-red in hue which is more constant than the color 

 of the cap and which forms an ear-mark to tell the species ; adnate with a decurrent 

 tooth, plane, the white spores being very abundant. 



The stem is tough, fibrous, stuffed, crooked, white-villous at the base, rather 

 long and slender, dull reddish yellow or reddish-fiesh-colored, sometimes 

 pallid or dull ochraceous, slightly striate; when the season is wet it is often 

 watery. 



This waxy Clitocybe has a wide range and is frequently very abundant. It 

 is found through almost the entire season. Tt will grow almost anywhere, in 



FiGUM 77. Clitocybe laccata. Two-thirds natural size. Specimens growing late in the fall. 



woods, pastures, and lawns, and sometimes on naked ground. The plants in 

 Figure 76 were found in tall grass in a grove in August. Those in Figure ~~ 

 were found the last of November on Cemetery Hill, under pine trees. 



Prof. Peck gives the following varieties: 



Var. amethystina in which the cap is much darker in color. 



Var. pallidifolia gills much paler than usual. 



\ ar. striatula cap smooth, thin, so that shadowy lines are seen on cap, radi- 

 ating from near the center to the margin. This grows in damp places. Some 

 authors make Clitocybe laccata a type for a new genus and call it Lacaria 

 laccata. 



