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MUSHROOMS, EDIBLE AND OTHERWISE 



Clitopilus Noveboracensis. Pk. 



Xoveboracensis, the New York Clitopilus. Pileus thin, convex, then expanded 

 or slightly depressed ; dingy-white, cracked in areas or concentrically rivulose, 

 sometimes obscurely zonate; odor farinaceous, taste bitter. 



Gills narrow, close, deeply decurrent, some of them forked, white, becoming 

 dingy, tinged with yellow or flesh-color. 



Stem equal, solid, colored like the pileus, the mycelium white, often forming 

 white, branching, root-like fibers. Spores globose. 



Prof. Beardslee thinks that this species is doubtless identical with C. popinalis 

 of Europe. He has submitted specimens and photographs to European myco- 

 logists, who hold to this view. 



I found this plant quite abundant on the Huntington Hills after heavy rains 

 in August. Their season is from August to October. The specimens in Figure 204 

 were found growing among leaves after a heavy rain October 10th. The plants 

 have a tendency to turn blackish if they are bruised in handling them. 



Var. brevis. This is so called from its short stem. The margin of the pileus is 

 pure white when moist. Gills attached to the stem or slightly decurrent. 



Ec cilia. Fr. 



Eccilia is from a Greek verb 

 which means "I hollow out" ; so 

 called because the hollow cartila- 

 ginous stem expands upward into 

 a membranaceous pileus, whose 

 margin at first is incurved. Gills 

 decurrent, attenuated behind. 



This genus corresponds with 

 Omphalia and is separated from 

 Clitopilus by the cartilaginous, 

 smooth stem. 



FicurE 205. Kccilia carneo-gri 



or slate color. Gill- rosy. 



lie cilia cameo-grisea. B. & Br. 



Tin: Tm.ksii-Gkay Kcciua. 

 Edit.i.i:. 



Carneo-grisca means fleshy- 

 gray. 



The pileus is one inch or more 

 broad, umbilicate, dark-gray or 



