White-spored Series 



Sections of C. laccata 



Time Spring to autumn. 



Habitat Wood, swamps, or open fields, naked ground, mossy 

 or grassy places. 



Var. amethystina has cap darker, gills amethyst, quite 

 decurrent. 



Var. pallidifolia, gills paler than laccata. 



Var. striatula, plants small, gills showing as lines through 

 the thin cap. 



ClitOCybe virens (SEE PLATE FACING PAGE 75) 



Cap or Pileus Fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse. Pale greenish 



blue. 



Gills or Lamella White, crowded, thin, slightly decurrent. 

 Stem or Stipe White, with occasional rusty spots ; stiff, solid. 



Sometimes two stems are found growing together at the base. 

 Spores White. 

 /%^ White. 

 Time Autumn. 

 Habitat The specimen photographed was found growing in 



mixed woods in Pennsylvania. 



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