FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Cap slightly fleshy; convex, becoming plane or depressed; 

 a pit at the center (umbilicate) ; regular; rarely, the stem is 

 placed to one side of the center; glossy, with a superficial silky 

 film; white when moist, shining white when dry; diameter yi 

 to iX inches. 



Gills very thin; close together; attached to the stem 

 (adnate), later extending down it (becoming decurrent); 

 white. 



Stem even; smooth, waxy and polished ; cartilaginous hollow 

 or nearly so; often curved; rooting and hairy at the base 

 (villose) ; ^ inch to 2 inches long. 



Spores white; 4-6 x 4 microns in diameter. 



Said by Cooke to be farinaceous. Small and somewhat 

 tough. Peck. 



Clitocybe clavipes; club stem clitocybe. Plate XIII, 

 Species 22. 



On ground; in woods; solitary, in groups or rarely in tufts; 

 July to October; edible. 



Cap very fleshy; generally shaped like a cone with its apex 

 downward, sometime? with a small knob at the center of the 

 convex or nearly plane upper surface; soft; grayish-brown, 

 sooty brown, sometimes darker at the center; flesh white; 

 taste mild; i to 3 inches broad. 



Gills extending down the stem (decurrent); rather broad; 

 cream-colored or white. 



Stem tapering upward from a thickened base; solid; elastic; 

 soft and spongy within; smooth or with slight fibrils on the 

 surface; color of cap or paler; j^ to 3 inches long. 



Spores ellipsoid; 'white; 6-8 x 4-5 microns in diameter. 



The club stemmed clitocybe may easily be recognized by 

 its peculiar shape and colors. The cap may be compared to 

 a very broad and short inverted cone and the stem to a very 

 narrow elongated cone, the apices of the tv;o being united. 



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