GENERA AND SPECIES OF MUSHROOMS 



tufts or even patches on or about old stumps or decaying wood 

 or buried roots. Peck. 



A beautiful but unwholesome species. It causes nausea 

 and vomiting if eaten. It is possible to make it compara- 

 tively harmless by heating it in salt water for a half hour, 

 then taking it out and frying it in butter. It is phosphores- 

 cent. Large fresh specimens when placed in a dark place 

 emit a glowing light. Peck. 



From the rich saffron yellow color of all parts of the plant, 

 and especially by its strong phosphorescence, so evident in the 

 dark, it is an easy plant to recognize. 



While the plant is not a dangerously poisonous one, it has 

 occasioned serious cases of illness, acting as a violent emetic, 

 and of course should be avoided. Atkinson. 



Clitocybe inf undibulif ormis ; funnel form clitocybe. 

 Species 26. Figure 12. 



On ground; among fallen leaves in woods; single or scat- 

 tered, rarely tufted; July and August; edible. 



Cap convex and slightly knobbed at center when young; 

 funnel-shaped when mature; margin thin and minutely silky; 

 dry; reddish or pale tan color, fading with age; flesh white; 

 2 to 3 inches broad. 



Gills thin; moderately close together; extending down the 

 stem (decurrent) ; white or whitish. 



Stem generally tapering upward; generally pithy or spongy; 

 soft; elastic; color of cap or paler; 2 to 3 inches long. 



Spores white; 5-6 x 3-4 microns in diameter. 



Clitocybe laccata. See Laccaria laccata. 



Clitocybe multiceps; many cap clitocybe; many-headed 

 clitocybe. Plate VI, Species 27. Figure 13. 



On ground; open ground or in grassy places; in tufts or 

 clusters, rarely solitary; June to October; edible. 



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