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Clitocybe infundibuliformis (Schaeff.) Fr. 



FUNNEL FORM CLITOCYBE 

 N. Y. State Mus. Rep't 48, p.174, pl.24, fig.i-6 



Pileus at first convex and slightly umbonate, becoming infundi- 

 buliform, thin and minutely silky on the margin, dry, reddish or pale 

 tan color, fading with age, flesh white; lamellae thin, moderately 

 close, decurrent, white or whitish ; stem generally tapering upward, 

 spongy or stuffed, soft, elastic, colored like the pileus or rarely 

 whitish ; spores 5-6 x 3-4 [x. 



Pileus 4-7 cm broad ; stem 5-7 cm long, 6-10 mm thick. 



Single or scattered, rarely tufted. Among fallen leaves in woods. 

 July and August. Common. Edible. 



Var. membranacea Fr. Pileus thinner, not umbonate and 

 stem more slender, equal. 



Clitocybe sinopica Fr. 



SINOPICAN CLITOCYBE 

 Sylloge V, p. 1 67 



Pileus fleshy but thin, plane or centrally depressed, often umbili- 

 cate, dry, glabrous or becoming flocculose and rivulose, ochraceous 

 red sometimes becoming paler with age, flesh white, odor farina- 

 ceous ; lamellae close, rather broad, slightly decurrent, white becom- 

 ing yellowish; stem equal, somewhat fibrillose, stuffed, colored like 

 the pileus ; spores 8-10 x 5-6 jx. 



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



Woods and on burned ground in open places. June to September. 

 Adirondack mountains. 



Clitocybe sinopicoides n. sp. 



SINOPICANLIKE CLITOCYBE 



Pileus thin, convex with decurved margin, umbilicate, floccose 

 squamulose specially in the center, obscurely fibrillose on the margin, 

 firm, tawny red or brick red, flesh white, taste and odoV farinaceous ; 

 lamellae moderately close, arcuate, decurrent, white, the interspaces 

 slightly venose ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, subfloccose 

 or glabrous, solid or stuffed, colored like the pileus ; spores 

 6-8 X 3-4 /Lt. 



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



Among mosses in low wet places. Essex co. June. 



