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Clitocybe pinophila Pk. 



PINE CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 31, p.32 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex becoming umbihcate or centrally de- 

 pressed, glabrous, pale tan color when moist, paler when dry, odor 

 and taste farinaceous ; lamellae moderately close, subarcuate, adnate 

 or slightly decurrent, whitish; stem equal, glabrous or slightly 

 pruinous, colored like the pileus; spores broadly ellipsoid or subglo- 

 bose, 5-6 X 4-5 IX. 



Pileus about 2.5 cm broad ; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 2-4 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Under or near pine trees. Not common. Albany, 

 Essex and Warren counties. July and August. 



Sometimes the pileus becomes striate on the margin in drying. 



Clitocybe rivulosa (Pers.) Fr. 



RIVULOSE CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 1 53 



Pileus thin, convex becoming plane or depressed, obtuse, often 

 undulate on the margin, glabrous or at first adorned with whitish 

 down, rivulose, rufescent, then pallid, flesh white, taste and odor 

 agreeable ; lamellae rather close, broad, slightly decurrent, white 

 tinged with pink ; stem equal, stuffed, subfibrillose, spongy within or 

 hollow, tough, whitish; spores ellipsoid, 5-6 x 3.5-4 /x. 



Pileus 2.5-6 cm broad ; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 6-8 mm thick. 



Gregarious. Woods. Adirondacks. Rare. Found but twice. 



Clitocybe decora Fr. 



DECORATED CLITOCYBE 



N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 25, p.73 as Agaric us (Tricholoma) 

 multipunctus Pk. 



Pileus fleshy, thin, convex becoming plane or slightly depressed, 

 dotted by minute brown or blackish hairy squamules, yellow, flesh 

 yellow; lamellae close, narrow, obtusely adnate, yellow; stem equal, 

 often curved, stuffed or hollow, fibrillose or squamulose, rarely 

 glabrous, sometimes eccentric; spores subglobose, 5-6 x 4-5 fi. 



Pileus 3-7 cm broad ; stem 2.5-6 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Decaying trunks of coniferous trees. Hilly and mountainous 

 regions. August. 



