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Clitopilus orccllus. Bull. 

 The Sweet-Bread Clitopilus. Edible. 



Orcellus is a diminutive meaning a small cask ; from orca, a cask. 



The pileus is fleshy, soft, plane, or slightly depressed, often irregular, even 

 when young; slightly silky, somewhat viscid when moist; white or yellowish-white, 

 flesh white, taste 

 and odor farinace- 

 ous. 



The gills are 

 deeply decurrent, 

 close, whitish, then 

 flesh-color. 



The stem is short, 

 solid, flocculose, of- 

 ten eccentric, thick- 

 ened above. The 

 spores are elliptical, 

 9-10x5//,. Peck, 426. 

 Rep. N. Y. 



This plant re- 

 sembles the Plum 

 mushroom, C. 

 prunulus, very 

 closely in appear- 

 ance, taste and odor, but it is considerably smaller. It grows in wet weather, in 

 open fields and lawns. It is quite widely distributed in our state, having found it 

 in Salem, Bowling Green, Sidney, and Chillicothe. I frequently find it associated 

 with Marasmius oreades. The specimens in Figure 201 were found near Ashville, 

 N. C, and were photographed by Prof. H. C. Beardslee. Found from July to 

 October. 



Figure 201. Clitopilus orcellus. 



Clitopilus abortk'us. B. and C. 

 The Abortive Clitopilus. Edible. 



Abortivus means abortive or imperfectly developed ; so called from its many 

 irregular and undeveloped forms. 



The pileus is fleshy, firm, convex, or nearly plane, regular or irregular, dry, 

 clothed with a minute silky tomentum, becoming smoother with age, gray or 

 grayish-brown, flesh white, taste and odor subfarinaceous. 



