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Clitocybe maculosa Pk. 



SPOTTED CLITOCYBE 

 PLATE 69, FIG. 14-21 



Pileus fleshy, convex, often centrally depressed, glabrous, centrally 

 marked with numerous small round spots, yellowish white, the young 

 margin involute and minutely downy, flesh white, taste mild ; lamellae 

 narrow, close, very decurrent, whitish or slightly yellowish, soaie of them 

 forked ; stem equal or slightly tapering upward, glabrous or sparingly 

 fibrillose, stufted, sometimes becoming hollow, whitish ; spores subglobose 

 or orbicular, .ooo:6-,ooo2 of an inch broad. 



The peculiar mark by which the spotted clitocybe may be distin- 

 guished consists in the small round definite spots in the central part of 

 the cap. They have a slightly darker or watery or yellowish color and 

 appear as if depressed below the rest ot the surface. The cap is smooth 

 and whitish or yellowish white and is generally depressed in the center 

 and decurved on the margin. The margin is usually adorned with slight, 

 short radiating ridges. The flesh is white and the taste mild. 



The gills are closely placed side by side, narrow and prolonged down- 

 ward on the stem. They have nearly the same color as the cap. The 

 stem is nearly cylindric, smooth or adorned with a {^\v silky fibrils, 

 whitish and spongy within or sometimes hollow when old. 



The cap is from 1-3 inches broad; the stem 2-3 inches long and 2-4 

 lines thick This mushroom grows among fallen leaves in woods. It 

 appears in August and September. I have found it in the Adirondack 

 forests only. Its range is probably northward, and its rarity detracts 

 from its importance as an edible species. 



Clitocybe adirondackensis Pk. 



ADIRONDACK CLITOCYBE 



PLATE 69, FIG. 1-13 



Pileus thin, convex or nearly plane and umbiHcate, or centrally 

 depressed and funnel-form, glabrous, moist, white or pale tan color, flesh 

 white; lamellae thin, narrovv, close, very decurrent, white; stem nearly 

 equal, glabrous, stuffed or hollow, colored like the pileus ; spores subglo- 

 bose or broadly elliptic, .00016-.0002 of an inch long, .000T2-.00016 broad. 



The Adirondack clitocybe is common in the northern forests of the 

 state but is not limited to them. Its cap is thin and soon becomes 

 nearly flat with a decurved margin and a central depression or umbilicus, 

 or very concave by the elevation of the margin, and then it resembles a 



