No. 15.] HYMENIALES OF CONNECTICUT. 21 



6. -Gills narrow, close; cap dull orange; margin curved 



downward C. aurantiacus 



Gills distant 7 



7. Flesh fragrant; cap smooth, egg-yellow, margin 



elevated C. cibarius 



Flesh odorless; cap covered with brown scales. .C liitescens 



OMPHALIA Fr. 

 ^ Plants bright golden-yellow, scattered on coniferous 



logs or twigs O. scabriuscula 



Plants red-yellow i 



I. Plants usually growing in dense clusters on coniferous 

 stumps, logs, or twigs ; stem i inch long, i line thick 



O. campanella 

 Plants solitary or in small clusters ; stem i to 2 inches 

 long, ^ line thick O. campanella, var. sparsa 



CLITOCYBE Fr. 



Cap funnel-shaped i 



Cap not funnel-shaped 2 



1. Cap pale red C. infundibuliformis 



Cap pure white C. adirondackensis 



2. Plants fragrant ; cap tinged with green C. odora 



Plants not fragrant 3 



3. Plants bright, rich yellow ; fleshy C. illndens 



Plants not bright yellow 4 



4. Cap white, tinged with brown or gray ; stem distinctly 



thickened near the base C. clavipes 



Cap violet or purple-tinted 5 



5. Gills distinctly decurrent 6 



Gills attached squarely to the stem, or decurrent only 



by a tooth 7 



6. Cap dark purple; stem purple, streaked with white 



fibrils, equal, densely clothed with white hairs at 



base C. amcthystina 



Cap pale yellow, with tints of purple; stem swollen 

 in the middle C. ochro-pnrpurca 



7. Stem bulbous, thickly clothed with white tomentinn. . . 



C. trullissata 

 Stem not bulbous, slender, smooth C. laccata 



