Leucosporae 



plane, not umbilicate, naked (without silky down). Gills scarcely cutocybe. 

 decurrent. 



A remarkable form but scarcely to be separated as a species. Fries. 



Quite common in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. The 

 caps are excellent when well cooked. 



C. dealba'ta Sow. dealbo, to whitewash. Pileus about I in. or a 

 little more broad, white, slightly fleshy, tough, convex then plane and 

 at length revolute and undulated, always dry (not watery in rainy 

 weather), even, smooth, somewhat shining, but as if innately pruinose 

 under a lens. Flesh thin, arid, white. Stem i in. long, 2 lines thick, 

 stuffed, wholly fibrous, at length also tubed, equal, but often ascending, 

 whitish, mealy at the apex. Gills adnate, scarcely decurrent, thin, 

 crowded, white. 



Pileus sometimes orbicular, sometimes upturned and wavy. Odor 

 weak, pleasant, but not very remarkable. Most distinct from A. can- 

 dicans in the nature of the stem. 



Edible. Its top is exceedingly like ivory. Its charming flavor is ex- 

 ceeded by very few other fungi. Stevenson. 



Among leaves and grass. Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia. 



This charming fungus is common over the land. I have known it 

 since 1881, and found it from North Carolina to West Virginia. 



C. robus'ta Pk. robustus, stout. Pileus thick, firm, at first convex, 

 soon plane or slightly depressed in the center, glabrous, white, the mar- 

 gin at first involute or decurved, naked. Flesh white. Gills narrow, 

 close, decurrent, whitish. Stem stout, rather short, solid, glabrous, 

 equal or slightly tapering upward, often with a bulbous base, white. 

 Spores elliptical, 8x4-5^. 



Pileus 3-4 in. broad. Stem 1-2 in. long, 8-12 lines thick. 



Woods among fallen leaves. Catskill mountains. September to 

 November. 



This large and robust fungus is closely allied to C. Candida Bres., 

 from which it differs in the naked margin of the pileus, the absence of 

 any marked odor and especially in the more elliptical shape of its spores. 

 The same plant has been collected in Maryland by Mr. L. J. Atwater, 

 who considers it edible, having eaten it with satisfaction and safety. 

 Peck, 49th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



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