FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



Between the brown upper surface of the cap and the similarly- 

 colored stem the white gills intervene as if to separate them. 

 Fries says that this species is not edible on account of its 

 spongy texture, but I find it pleasant-flavored and digestible 

 and see no reason why it may not be utilized if taken 

 when dry. After heavy rains it is apt to be water-soaked. 

 Peck. 



Clitocybe cyathif ormis ; cup shaped clitocybe. Species 

 23. Figure 11. 



On decaying wood or on the ground; in woods or open 

 places; August and September; edibility doubtful. 



Cap fleshy but thin; depressed at the center or funnel- 

 shaped; water-soaked in appearance when moist (hygrophan- 

 ous); smooth or nearly so; occasionally with minute radial 

 furrows at the margin (striate) when old; blackish-brown or 

 grayish-brown when moist, paler when dry; iK to 3 inches 

 wide. 



Gills far apart; broadly attached to the stem or extending 

 down it (adnate or decurrent) ; united at the stem ; dingy or 

 grayish brown. 



Stem color of the cap; cylindric or slightly tapering upward; 

 pithy or hollow; an obscure network of fibrils upon the surface; 

 ^ to I >^ inches long. 



Spores white; slightly elliptic; 8-9 x 4-5 microns in diameter. 



Clitocybe dealbata ; ivory clitocybe. Species 24. Figure 10. 



On ground; grassy places, sometimes on (cultivated) mush- 

 room beds; September and October; should NOT be eaten 

 since it closely resembles a poisonous variety Clitocybe 

 dealbata, variety sudorifica. 



Cap slightly fleshy; convex, becoming plane when mature or 

 with upturned and sometimes wavy margin; dry; smooth; 

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