GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



almost glossy; tough; white; taste mild; i to i, 

 broad. 



Gills attached to the stem (adnate); close together; thin. 



Stem fibrous; cylindric; pithy (stuffed); frosted or mealy 

 at the top ; I to I >^ inches long. 



Spores white; elHptic; 4-5 x 2-2.5 microns in diameter. 



This species resembles closely Clitocybe candicans and can 

 be distinguished from it only by minute observation of the 

 various characteristics, particularly of the stem which, in 

 C. candicans, is cartilaginous, somewhat rooting, and is 

 curved and hairy at its base. The spores of C. candicans 

 are broadly elliptical while those of C. dealbata are narrow 

 ellipses. 



Clitocybe illudens; deceiving clitocybe; Jack-o'-lantem. 

 Plate VI, Species 25. 



On or about old stumps or decaying wood or roots buried in 

 the ground; July to October; woods and open places; in tufts 

 or clusters; POISONOUS. 



Cap convex or nearly plane, sometimes depressed in the 

 center, sometimes with a knob at the center even when this is 

 depressed ; often irregular or with the stem placed aside from 

 the center; smooth; 3 to 6 inches broad; saffron yellow or 

 orange yellow; flesh white or yellowish; odor strong; taste 

 disagreeable. 



Gills color of the cap; close together; extending down the 

 stem (decurrent) ; narrow at each end. 



Stem long, firm; smooth; solid; pithy or rarely hollow; often 

 tapering toward the base; color of the cap or sometimes 

 brownish toward the base; 3 to 6 inches long or even 

 longer. 



Spores white; globular; 4-5 microns in diameter. 



The deceiving clitocybe is an attractive fungus, forming large 

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