FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



whitish or pale yellow; often wavy or irregular on the margin; 

 size ^ to I inch. 



Gills far apart; extending down the. stem (decurrent); 

 seldom branched or forked; yellow. 



Stem slender; smooth; solid when young, hollow when old; 

 yellow; often with whitish down at base; size, i to ijE^ inches 

 long and Via to Ve inch thick. 



Spores white. 



The small chantarelle is almost exactly like the chantarelle 

 (Cantharellus cibarius) in color but is easily recognized by its 

 smaller size and more slender appearance, its stem being 

 proportionately longer. 



Although of excellent flavor its small size detracts from its 

 importance as an edible mushroom, but sometimes in wet 

 showery weather it appears in sufficient abundance to make it 

 available for the table. Peck. 



The genus Clitocybe 



The white-spored genus Clitocybe differs from Tricholoma 

 in the character of the gills. They are attached to the stem 

 to their extremity as in that species but they are not notched 

 or excavated on the edge near the stem, and they generally 

 extend down the stem (decurrent). The flesh is continuous 

 with the stem and hence is not easily separated from it. 

 None are known to be fatally poisonous. 



Species of Clitocybe 



Clitocybe albidula; Clitocybe centralis; whitish clitocybe. 

 Species 19; Figure 10. 



On ground; in pine or mixed woods; in groups; September 

 and October; Peck does not say whether edible or not. 



Cap thin; convex or nearly plane; with a pit or depression 

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