tween them. The stem is shortand not at allor but slightly thick- 
ened at the base. It is a little paler than the cap. The species 
may be distinguished from the Clouded mushroom by its darker 
cap, its less tapering stem, and especially by its gills having wider 
and veiny interspaces between them. From the Club foot clito- 
cybe, Clitocybe clavipes, it differs but slightly. Its flesh is less 
soft and spongy, its cap less narrowly obconic, and its stem 
. shorter and more cylindrical. To my taste it has an excellent 
flavor, and I could wish it more abundant. It has been found 
in autumn only. 
The Funnel-form clitocybe, Clitocybe infundibuliformis, is a 
neat and pretty species easily recognized by the funnel shape of 
its mature cap and by its pale red color. When very young the 
cap is slightly convex and of- 
ten adorned with a slight um- 
bo in its centre. As it ma & 
tures the margin becomes el- ™ 
evated so thatthe capassumes 
a shape somewhat resembling 
that of a wine glass. The 
margin is sometimes wavy. 
The flesh is thin and white. 
The gills are close,thin white 
or whitish and decurrent. 
The stem is smooth, colored 
like or a little paler than the 
cap and mostly tapering from 
the base upward. Clitocybe infundibuliformis. C. laceata. 
The cap is two to three 
inches broad, the stem one and a half to three inches long and 
one-fourth to one-half an inch thick. 
The Funnel-shaped mushroom grows in woods or copses in 
summer and autumn, especially in wet seasons. It is somewhat 
variable in color, but is usually a pale red, tinged with buif, and 
sometimes becoming more pale with age. It delights to grow 
among fallen leaves, and often there is an abundant white cot- 
tony mycelium at the base of the stem. When it grows in clus- 
ters the caps are apt to be irregular because of mutual pressure. 
The Laccate or Waxy clitocybe, Clitocybe laccata, is a small 
species, one of our most common and variable, yet one most easily 
recognized when its distinguishing characters are known. It is 
a second or third-rate mushroom, thin in flesh, not highly fla- 
vored, and apt to be tough, but because it is classed as edible and 
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