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its color and in the absence of the prominent cusp 

 of that plant. In both species the pileus is so thin 

 that in well dried specimens, slender, dark, radiating 

 lines on it, mark the position of the lamellae beneath, 

 although in the living plant these are not visible." 

 The plant in Figure 199 was found in Purgatory 

 Swamp near Boston, by Mrs. Blackford. They are 

 found in August and September. 



Bntoloma clypeatum. Linn. 

 The Buckler Entoloma. 



Cly peat it in, a shield or buckler. The pileus is 

 slightly fleshy, lurid when moist, when dry gray 

 and rather shining, streaked, spotted, campanulate, 

 then expanded, umbonate, smooth, watery. 



Gills just reaching the stem, rounded, ventri- 

 cose, somewhat distant, minutely toothed, dirty 

 flesh-color. 



The stem is stuffed, then hollow, equal, round, 

 clothed with small fibers, becoming pale, covered 

 with a minute powdery substance. The flesh is 

 white when dry. This plant will be distinguished 



usually by the amount of white mycelium at the base of the stem. Dr. Herbst 

 remarks that it is a genuine Entoloma. It is certainly a beautiful plant when fully 

 developed. It is found in woods and in rich grounds from May till September. 

 Label it poisonous until its reputation is established. 



Figure 199. Entoloma salmonea. 



Clitopilus. Fr. 



Clitopilus is from clitos, a declivity ; pilos, a cap. This genus has neither 

 volva nor ring. It is often more or less eccentric, margin at first involute ; stem 

 fleshy, diffused upward into the pileus ; the gills are white at first, then pink or 

 salmon-color as the plant matures and the spores begin to fall ; decurrent, never 

 notched. The pileus is more or less depressed, darker in the center. The spores 

 are salmon-color, in some cases rather pale, smooth or warted. Clitopilus is 

 closely related to Clitocybe, the latter having white gills, the former pink. It 

 differs from Entoloma just as Clitocybe differs from Tricholoma. It can always 

 be distinguished from Eccilia because the stem is never cartilaginous at the 

 surface. It differs from the genus, Flammula, mainly in the color of the spores. 



