THE WHIT ESP ORED AGARICS 



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Figure 98. Omphalia casspitosa. Natural size. 



The gills are adnate, decurrent, livid or whitish, arranged in groups of four, 

 somewhat distant. 



The stem is about one inch long, rather firm, straight or curved, sometimes 

 unequal, nearly hollow. The spores are i2xy-Sfi. 



This is found in damp places from August to November. 



Omphalia pyxidata. Bull. 



The Box Omphalia. 



Pyxidata means made like a box, from pyxis, a box. 



The pileus is somewhat membranaceous, clearly umbilicate, then funnel- 

 shaped, smooth when moist, margin often striate, brick-red. 



The gills are decurrent, rather distant, triangular, narrow, reddish gray, often 

 yellowish. 



