^2, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



lamellae close, plane, adnate or slightly decurrent, persistently white ; 

 stem equal, glabrous, downy at the base, somewhat hollow, often 

 compressed, white; spores 6-7 x 3-4 \i. 



Pileus 4-7 cm broad ; stem 4-5 cm long, 3-4 mm thick. 



Gregarious or subcespitose. Pine woods. Catskill mountains. 

 September. 



Clitocybe gallinacea (Scop.) Fr. 



ACRID CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p.158 



Pileus fleshy with a thin margin, convex or nearly plane, not in- 

 fundibuliform, even, dry, opaque, white or whitish, flesh white, taste 

 acrid, odor strong; lamellae close, narrow, thin, adnate or slightly 

 decurrent, whitish ; stem equal, solid, at first floccosely mealy, 

 whitish; spores subglobose or ellipsoid, 4-6 x 3-4 /x. 



Pileus 2.5-4 cm broad; stem 2.5-5 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Gregarious. In grassy or mossy places. Essex co. September. 

 Rare. Found but once. 



Distinguished by its dingy white color and its acrid taste. 



Clitocybe regularis Pk. 



REGULAR CLITOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 54, p.948, pI.K, fig.1-7 

 Pileus thin, flexible, broadly convex becoming nearly plane, often 

 depressed in the center, orbicular, regular, whitish when moist, white 

 when dry, flesh white, taste mild ; lamellae thin, narrow, crowded, 

 decurrent, whitish; stem firm, equal, glabrous, solid or rarely hol- 

 low, whitish, spongy and thickened at the base ; spores minute, 4-5 x 



2.5-3 V" 



Pileus 1-2.5 cm broad ; stem about 2.5 cm long, 3-5 mm thick. 

 Woods. Warren co. August. Rare. Found but once. 

 Related to Clitocybe tornata Fr. from which its thin 

 flexible moist pileus, its decurrent lamellae and the spongy mass of 

 mycelioid tomentum at the base of the stem will separate it. 



Clitocybe candicans Pers. 



WHITISH CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, P.IS7 

 Pileus slightly fleshy, convex becoming plane or depressed, um- 

 bilicate, regular, rarely slightly eccentric, even, shining with a super- 



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