MUSHROOMS AND OTHER COMMON FUNGI. 15 



Cap 1 to 1£ inches broad; stem about 1 inch long. 



This species is edible, common, and of quite wide distribution, occurring in grass 

 and woodlands. The ivory top is quite distinctive. 



Clitocybe Hladens. (Poisonous.) 



Cap fleshy, convex or expanded, then depressed, sometimes with a small umbo, 

 saffron yellow, in age becoming sordid or brownish; gills broad, distant, unequally 

 decurrent; stem solid, firm, smooth and tapering toward the base, ascending, curved, 

 rarely erect, color same as cap. 

 Cap 4 to 6 inches broad ; stem 5 to 8 inches long. (PL X, fig. 1; from M. A. Williams.) 

 This is a very striking fungus both on account of its color and the large clumps it 

 forms about stumps or decaying trees. It is often irregular in form, from the crowded 

 habit of growth. On account of the phosphorescence which renders it conspicuous at 

 night, it is commonly known as the jack-o'-lantern. While not considered poisonous, 

 it produces illness and is to be carefully avoided. It may be found from August to 

 October. 



Clitocybe laccata. (Edible.) 



Cap thin, convex or later expanded, even or slightly umbilicate, smooth or scurfy, 

 hygrophanous when moist, dull reddish yellow; gills adnate, notched or decurrent, 

 pinkish; stem slender, equal, fibrillose, purple, base clothed with a white tomentum. 

 Cap one-half to 2 inches broad; stem 1 to sometimes 5 inches long. (PL XI, fig. 2.) 

 In Clitocybe laccata the flesh is thin, of poor flavor, and inclined to be tough. It has 

 a wide geographic range, is common, and extremely variable in form and character of 

 habitat. 



Clitocybe monadelpha. (Edible.) 



Cap fleshy, convex, then depressed, at first smooth, later scaly, honey colored to 

 pallid -brownish or reddish; gills short, decurrent, flesh colored; stem elongated, 

 twisted, crooked, fibrous, tapering at the base, pallid brownish. 

 Cap 1 to 3 inches broad ; stem 3 to 7 inches long. (PL VIII, fig. 2; from C. G. Lloyd.) 

 This species bears a resemblance to Armillaria mellea, but may be distinguished from 

 it by the absence of a ring and the decurrent gills. The plants are edible, but soon 

 become water soaked and uninviting. They grow in large clusters in grass or about 

 roots or stumps and are to be found from spring until late fall. 



Clitocybe multiceps. (Edible.) 



Cap convex, fleshy, firm, thin except on the disk, slightly moist in wet weather, 

 whitish, grayish, or yellowish gray, in young plants sometimes quite brown; flesh 

 white, taste mild; gills white, close, adnate or somewhat decurrent; stem equal or 

 little thickened, solid or stuffed, elastic, firm, somewhat pruinose at the apex. 

 Cap 1 to 3 inches broad; stem 2 to 4 inches long. (PL XI, fig. 1.) 

 This species is subject to great variation in size, color, shape of gills, texture, and 

 taste. Sometimes the gills are very slightly sinuate, reminding one of the genus 

 Tricholoma. Clitocybe multiceps appears abundantly in the spring and autu m n, grow- 

 ing in dense clusters often hidden by the grass or stubble. It is edible and by many 

 considered very good . 



Clitocybe ochropurpurea. 



Cap subhemispherical to flat, in age upturned and irregular, pale yellow or yellowish 

 tan, slightly changing to purple, smooth or somewhat hairy; gills adnate or decurrent, 

 thick, broader behind, purple; stem solid, equal or swollen in center, conspicuously 

 fibrous, paler in color than the pileus. 



Cap 2 to 4 inches broad ; stem 2\ to 5 inches long. (PL XII, fig. 2. ) 



