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some form of puff-ball. They are found in open woods and in ravines. I found 

 some very fine specimens under beech trees on Cemetery Hill. They are, however, 

 widely distributed over the state and the United States. The specimens in Figure 

 203 were collected near Ashville and photographed by Prof. Beardslee. 



Clitopilus subvilis. Pk. 

 The Silky-Capped Clitopilus. Edible. 



Subvilis means very cheap, insignificant. 



The pileus is thin, centrally depressed or umbilicate, with the margin decurved, 

 hygrophanus, dark-brown, striate on the margin when moist, taste farinaceous. 



The gills are subdistant, adnate, or slightly decurrent, whitish when young, 

 then flesh-colored. 



The stem is slender, brittle, rather long, stuffed or hollow, glabrous, colored 

 like the pileus or a little paler. 



The spores are angular, 7.5-10^. Peck, 42d Rept. 



This plant is distinguished from Clitopilus villis by its shining pileus, widely 

 separated gills, and farinaceous taste. Found on Ralston's Run and in Haynes' 

 Hollow, near Chillicothe, from July to October. 



Figure 204. Clitopilus Noveboracensis. Two-thirds natural size. 



