Leucosporae 



CLITO'CYBE Fr. 



Gr. sloping. (From the depression of the pileus.) 



PileilS generally fleshy, becoming thin toward the margin, flexible or ciitocybe. 

 tough, plane or depressed, margin involute. Gills adnate or decurrent, 

 never sinuate. Stem confluent and homogeneous with flesh of pileus, 

 somewhat elastic, with a spongy stuffing, frequently becoming hollow, 

 externally fibrous. Universal veil when present conspicuous on the 

 pileus like frost or silky dew, but commonly wanting. 



Growing on the ground, frequently in groups. The thinner and 

 hygrophanous species appear late in autumn. Some are quite fragrant. 

 Collybia, Mycena and Omphalia are separated by their stems being car- 

 tilaginous, not externally fibrous as in Ciitocybe. Tricholoma by its 

 sinuate gills. 



Variations in species of Ciitocybe are great. A few are easily fixed 

 in the genus, but many of them will puzzle the amateur and perplex 

 the expert. The gills are always attached to the stem, and usually run 

 down it. They are not notched next to the stem as in Tricholoma. 



Like Tricholoma, Ciitocybe has many species, most of which are com- 

 mon, and are probably edible. I therefore give Professor Peck's de- 

 scription of all Clitocybes thus far submitted to him. 



I know of but one species which is injurious to some persons Ciito- 

 cybe illudens. Many eat and enjoy it. It does not agree with others. 

 A few untried species are suspicious to a like extent. Ciitocybe illu- 

 dens possesses the property of phosphorescence. 



Several species of Ciitocybe have not been seen or tested by me, nor 

 have I information that these have been tested. 



ANALYSIS OF TRIBES. 



A. PILEUS FLESHY, OFTEN PALLID WHEN DRY, not hygrophanous. 



Flesh firm, not watery, nor splitting into plates. Those which turn 

 pale in drying differ from Series B by their silky luster. 



DlSClFORMES (disk-shaped). Page 85. 



Pileus somewhat equally fleshy ; convex then plane or depressed, ob- 

 tuse, regular; gills at first adnate or regularly adnato-decurrent. Nor- 

 mally solitary. 



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