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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  plants 
  grow 
  in 
  groups 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  woods. 
  They 
  

   appear 
  in 
  July. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  rare 
  with 
  us. 
  It 
  was 
  first 
  found 
  by 
  

   me 
  in 
  1869, 
  near 
  Greenport, 
  Suffolk 
  county. 
  The 
  second 
  locality 
  

   known 
  to 
  me 
  is 
  near 
  Gansevoort, 
  Saratoga 
  county, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  

   recently 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  but 
  near 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  some 
  

   woods. 
  Its 
  edible 
  character 
  was 
  tested 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   agreeable 
  and 
  harmless 
  but 
  not 
  highly 
  flavored. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  

   the 
  sheathed 
  Amanitopsis 
  in 
  this 
  respect. 
  European 
  authors 
  do 
  not 
  

   appear 
  to 
  have 
  included 
  it 
  among 
  the 
  edible 
  species. 
  

  

  Clitocybe 
  monadelpha 
  Morg. 
  

   Clustered 
  Clitocybe 
  

  

  Plate 
  51, 
  -fig. 
  1-5. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  fleshy, 
  convex 
  becoming 
  nearly 
  plane 
  or 
  somewhat 
  de- 
  

   pressed, 
  at 
  first 
  glabrous 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  then 
  squamulose 
  or 
  virgate, 
  

   variable 
  in 
  color^ 
  honey-color, 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown 
  or 
  reddish, 
  the 
  

   margin 
  even, 
  flesh 
  white 
  or 
  whitish; 
  lamellae 
  moderately 
  close, 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  decurrent, 
  whitish 
  or 
  pale 
  flesh 
  color; 
  stem 
  long, 
  solid, 
  

   crooked, 
  fibrous, 
  tapering 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  shining, 
  pallid 
  or 
  brown; 
  

   spores 
  subelliptic^ 
  .0003 
  in. 
  long, 
  .0002 
  broad. 
  

  

  The 
  clustered 
  Clitocybe 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  species 
  in 
  our 
  state 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   found 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  one 
  locality 
  only. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  more 
  plentiful 
  

   farther 
  west. 
  It 
  resembles 
  the 
  honey-colored 
  armillaria 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  

   general 
  appearance, 
  but 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  entire 
  ab- 
  

   sence 
  of 
  a 
  veil 
  and 
  a 
  collar, 
  by 
  its 
  decidedly 
  decurrent 
  gills 
  and 
  by 
  

   its 
  solid 
  stem. 
  The 
  cap 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  western 
  form 
  is 
  at 
  first 
  smooth 
  

   but 
  it 
  finally 
  becomes 
  scaly. 
  In 
  the 
  eastern 
  form 
  it 
  is 
  smooth 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  when 
  young, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  soon 
  adorned 
  with 
  minute 
  tufted 
  

   fibrils 
  o-r 
  fibrillose 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  with 
  darker 
  lines 
  or 
  closely 
  

   pressed 
  fibrils 
  toward 
  the 
  even 
  margin. 
  The 
  color 
  in 
  our 
  sjpecimens 
  

   is 
  a 
  pale 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  a 
  little 
  darker 
  than 
  isabelline 
  and 
  approach- 
  

   ing 
  russet. 
  The 
  western 
  form 
  varies 
  from 
  honey-color 
  to 
  reddish 
  

   brown. 
  The 
  gills 
  are 
  whitish 
  or 
  pallid 
  and 
  they 
  run 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  

   stem, 
  gradually 
  tapering 
  to 
  a 
  point. 
  The 
  stems 
  are 
  densely 
  clus- 
  

   tered 
  and 
  united 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  forming 
  tufts 
  of 
  many 
  individuals. 
  

   They 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  irregular^ 
  twisted, 
  crooked 
  and 
  tapering 
  

  

  